Alloxiphidiopsis emarginata ( Tinkham, 1944 ) Liu & Zhang, 2007

Liu, Xianwei & Zhang, Dingjie, 2007, A new genus of the tribe Meconematini (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae), Zootaxa 1581 (1), pp. 37-43 : 38-39

Alloxiphidiopsis emarginata ( Tinkham, 1944) comb. n.

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Xiphidiopsis emarginata Tinkham, 1944 . Proc. U.S. Nation. Mus., 94: 526.

Xiphidiopsis emarginata Tinkham, 1956 .Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., 82: 5.

Xiphidiopsis emarginata Tinkham : Xia et Liu, 1993. In Huang: Insect of Wuling Mountains Area, Southwestern China, Science Publishing House, Beijing. p. 99.

Xiphidiopsis emarginata Tinkham : Jin et Xia, 1994. J. Orth. Res., 3: 27.

Xiphidiopsis emarginata Tinkham : Liu et Jin, 1994. Contr. Shanghai Inst. Ent., 11: 110.

Xiphidiopsis emarginata Tinkham : Liu et Jin, 1997. In Yang Xingke: Insect of the Tree Gorge Reservoir area of Yangtze River, Chongqing Publishing House, Chongqing. p. 160.

Xiphidiopsis ? emarginata ? Tinkham: Gorochov, Liu et Kang, 2005. Oriental Insects, 39: 81–82.

Diagnosis. ♂. Size small. Fore tibiae with ventral spines arranged in type 4, 5 (1, 1). Median process of 9 th abdominal tergite not or scarcely reaching hind margin of last abdominal tergite, with rounded apex ( Fig.1 ). Hind margin of last abdominal tergite with two short lobes. Cerci symmetrical, with finger-like dorsal lobe and rounded ventral lobe.

♀. Subgenital plate weakly emarginated ( Fig.2 ). Ovipositor straightly extending beyond the tips of the hind femora, ventral margin with 3–5 distinct teeth near extreme apex ( Fig.3 ).

Coloration. Yellowish green. Tegmina with blackish brown spots. Hind tibial spines darkened.

Measurements (length in mm).

Additional material. 1♂, 6♀♀, Hunan ( Cili Suoxiyu ), 1–4.IX.1988 ( LIU Xian-Wei) ( SEM) ; 1♂, Guangxi ( Longan Longhushan ), 29.VIII–1.IX.1995 ( LIU Xian-Wei, JIN Xin-bao & ZHANG Wei-Nian) ( SEM) ; 2♀♀, Guangxi ( Xingan Maoershan ), 24.VIII.1992 ( LIU Xian-Wei & YIN Hai-Sheng) ( SEM) ; 1♂ 1♀, Guangxi ( Yangshuo ), 150m, 18.VII.1963 ( WANG Shu-Yong) ( IZCAS) .

Distribution. China (Hunan, Sichuan, Guangxi).

Figures

FIGURES 1–3. Alloxiphidiopsis emarginata (Tinkham, 1944) comb. n. 1, male abdominal end, dorsal view; 2, female subgenital plate, ventral view; 3, female end of ovipositor, lateral view.