Paraphlugiolopsis lobocera Bian & Shi

Bian, Xun, Xie, Guang-Lin, Chang, Yan-Lin & Shi, Fu-Ming, 2014, One new genus and two new species of the tribe Meconematini (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) from Yunnan, China, Zootaxa 3793 (2), pp. 286-290 : 289-290

2. Paraphlugiolopsis lobocera Bian & Shi sp. nov.

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Description. Male. Body small. Fastigium verticis stout, conical, with a median sulcus, apex obtuse. Eyes globular, protruding outwards. Apical segment of maxillary palpi as long as subapical one, apex slightly swollen.

Anterior margin of pronotum slightly concave, posterior margin obtusely rounded; lateral lobe longer than high, humeral sinus absent.

Ventral margins of all femora without spines. Procoxae with a small spine; pro- and mesotibiae with 4 spines and 4–5 spines on internal and external sides of ventral margin separately; protibial tympana open on both sides, ovoid. Genicular lobes of postfemora with apices obtuse; posttibiae with 15–16 internal spines and 17–19 external spines on ventral margin, 1 pair of dorsal apical spurs and 1 pair of ventral apical spurs.

Apices of tegmina slightly surpassing posterior margin of pronotum, reaching the middle area of second abdominal tergite. Hind wings absent.

Posterior margin of tenth abdominal tergite slightly concave in middle. Basal half of cerci stout, interno-dorsal margin expanded ( Fig. 2 C, E); apical half of cerci cylindrical, apex subacute, right-angularly curved upwards. Subgenital plate slightly deformation, basal area broad, narrowing, basal margin nearly straight; lateral margins bent ventrad; apical area trapezoid projecting, posterior margin nearly straight ( Fig. 2 G). Styli slender, conical, apices obtuse, located on ventral margin of subapex of subgenital plate.

Female. Unknown.

Coloration. Body yellowish green. Eyes black brown. Dorsum of head with an unconspicuous brown stripe. Disc of prontum with a longitudinal brown stripe in middle, outer margins with 1 pair of black brown stripes. Apices of femora and dorsal spines of posttibiae black, whole tarsi light brown. Dorsal margin of abdomen with 1 longitudinal light black stripe.

Type material. Holotype: male, Kunming, Yunnan, 16 August, 2013, collected by Fu-Ming Shi & Xun Bian. Paratypes: 2 males, the other data as holotype.

Measurements (mm). Body: ♂7.5–8.0; pronotum: ♂3.2–3.5; tegmen: ♂2.0–2.5; postfemur: ♂6.0–6.5.

Distribution. China (Yunnan).

Discussion. The species differs from Paraphlugiolopsis jiangi sp. nov. in the following: male posterior margin of tenth abdominal tergite not projecting, slightly concave; basal half of cerci expanded on interno-dorsal margin; apical area of male subgenital plate trapezoid projecting, posterior margin nearly straight.

Etymology. The name of the new species is derived from the structure of the male cerci.

Figures

FIGURE 2. Paraphlugiolopsis lobocera Bian & Shi sp. nov., male: A – B. pronotum: A. dorsal view, B. lateral view; C – D. apex of abdomen: C. dorsal view, D. lateral view; E. right cerci in interno-lateral view; F. apex of posttibiae in lateral view; G. subgenital plate in ventro-lateral view, a. posterior margin of subgenital plate.