Gryllotalpa henana Cai et Niu, 1998

Ma, Libin & Zhang, Yalin, 2011, Redescriptions of two incompletely described species of mole cricket genus Gryllotalpa (Grylloidea; Gryllotalpidae; Gryllotalpinae) from China with description of two new species and a key to the known Chinese species, Zootaxa 2733, pp. 41-48 : 42-44

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.202424

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6192642

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scientific name

Gryllotalpa henana Cai et Niu, 1998
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Gryllotalpa henana Cai et Niu, 1998

(Figs. A2, B2, C2, D2)

Cai & Niu, 1998: 17–19.

Material examined. Male, China: Henan, Neixiang County, Baotianman, 23-August-2002, coll. Niu Yao ( NWAFU). Two females: the same data as male.

Diagnosis. Male. Small and slender. Ocelli convex and somewhat large. Pronotum about 1.2 times longer than width. Tegmen slightly long, but much away from the tip of abdomen; harp as a reverse triangular; c1 and c2 opened distally toward; the radius vein divided apically. Stridulatory file sinuate; subapical corner of inside part dilated and concave, on which are dispersed 21 teeth (but few small ones) and most of them lodged; remaining teeth sparsely distributed. This specimen with right tegmen over left. Hind wings slightly long, but distant from tip of tegmen. Hind tibiae armed with four internal preapical spines. Genitalia: transverse sclerite wide, inside apex villiform and quadrate; outside part curved downward and compressed apically; epiphallus scoop-like but hardly curved at bottom with just the apex slightly upward curved; paramere of ectophallus nearly oval shaped; internal process of ectophallus paramere, upward pointed, slightly thick and spicula-like.

Female. Tegmen slightly longer than in male and veins longitudinal with hardly of crossveins. Other characters same as male.

FIGURES A. 1–4. Bodies, in dorsal view: 1. G. jinxiuensis ; 2. G. henana ; 3. G. breviabdominis nov. sp.; 4. G. cycloptera nov. sp.

FIGURES B. 1–4. Tegmens: 1. G. jinxiuensis ; 2. G. henana ; 3. G. breviabdominis nov. sp.; 4. G. cycloptera nov. sp.

Coloration: Body dark brownish, but light in fore and media legs which mainly yellowish brown. Ocelli yellowish brown.

Measurements: BL 24.5, PL 6.5, PW 5.5, PI 1.18, FWL 7.8, FWW 2.2, HWL 5.5, HLL 6.5, SAL 3.3, SAW 1.4, SFL 1.7, NST 49.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Orthoptera

SuperFamily

Grylloidea

Family

Lathiceridae

SubFamily

Gryllotalpinae

Genus

Gryllotalpa

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