Eurhaphidophora visibilis Gorochov, 2010

Bian, Xun & Shi, Fuming, 2016, Contribution to the Chinese subfamily Rhaphidophorinae Walker, 1869 (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae; Rhaphidophorinae): New additions to the genera Eurhaphidophora and Stonychophora, Zootaxa 4109 (1), pp. 46-58 : 51-52

Eurhaphidophora visibilis Gorochov, 2010

( Figs. 1 H, I; 2 O; 3)

http://lsid.speciesfile.org/urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:23434 Eurhaphidophora visibilis: Gorochov. 2010a . Far Eastern Entomologist, 206: 3; Gorochov, 2010b. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 89(4): 814.

Male. Gorochov (2010a) described male of the species. Herein the morphological photographs for male are present.

Female. Head with a pair of rostral tubercles divided by narrow and deep furrow ( Fig. 3 I–J); lateral ocelli nearly circular, occupying basal half of lateral surface of rostral tubercles ( Fig. 3 J); median ocellus nearly triangular, smaller than lateral ocelli ( Fig. 3 i). Armament of legs: fc 1, ft v2 o– 1i, v2 a; mf v2 a; mt d2, v2 o– 1i, v2 a. Hind femora unarmed on ventral surface; apices of genicular lobes obtuse; hind tibiae destroyed. Anterior margin of pronotum nearly straight, posterior margin arched; ventral margin of lateral lobes obtusely rounded, posterior margin slightly concave ( Fig. 3 K). Mesonotum with ventral margin of lateral lobes nearly rectangular, metanotic ones obliquely rounded ( Fig. 3 K). Posterior margin of eighth abdominal tergite with an angular median process directing backwards ( Fig. 3 K); ninth abdominal tergite arched concave; tenth abdominal tergite narrow, with a small concavity in middle. Epiproct nearly triangular. Cerci long and slender, conical, apices acute. Ovipositor shorter than hind femora, moderately upcurved, dorsal margin smooth with apices acute, apical area of ventral valve dentate with 13 small teeth ( Fig. 3 K). Subgenital plate triangular, basal margin nearly straight, subapical area contracted, apical area forming angular process ( Fig. 3 M).

Coloration. Body brown. Ocelli yellowish.

Measurement (mm). BL ♂ 22.5, ♀ 20.3; PL ♂ 7.7, ♀ 7.5; FFL ♂ 10.0, ♀ 8.5; HFL ♂ 22.5, ♀ 18.5; HTL ♂ 19.0; HBL ♂ 4.5; OvL 15.5. (hind tibiae and tarsi absent)

Material examined. 1 male, Mêdog County suburbs, Xizang Autonomous Region, China, 5 August, 2014, coll. by Guanglin Xie; 1 female, nearest 80 km of Mêdog County, Xizang Autonomous Region, 6 August, 2014, coll. by Guanglin Xie.

Distribution. China (Xizang).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Apex of male abdomen of Eurhaphidophora spp. A, C, E, G, H, K, L, M, O, Q. apex of abdomen in dorsal view; B, D, N, P. apex of process of male ninth abdominal tergite; I, R. apex of abdomen in lateral view; J. apex of abdomen in apicodorsal view; F. apex of process of male ninth abdominal tergite; A, B. E. tarasovi (Gorochov, 2010 b: Figs. 10, 11); C, D. E. bispina (Gorochov, 2010 b: Figs. 16, 17); E, F. E. bona (Gorochov, 2012: Figs. 2, 3); G. E. angust a (Gorochov, 2010 b: Fig. 2); H, I. E. visibilis (Gorochov, 2010 a: Figs. 11, 12); J, K. E. rotundata (Gorochov, 2010 b: Figs. 20, 21); L. E. laosi (Gorochov, 2010 b: Fig. 6); M, N. E. ampla (Gorochov, 2010 b: Figs. 65, 66); O, P. E. orlovi (Gorochov, 2010 b: Figs. 70, 71); Q, R. E. nataliae (Gorochov, 1999: Figs. 308, 309).

FIGURE 3. Eurhaphidophora visibilis Gorochov, 2010. A, I. head in frontal view; B. head in dorsal view; C, J. head and pronotum in dorsal view; D, K. head and thorax in lateral view; E. tarsus of male hind leg in lateral view; F, G, L. apex of abdomen: F, L. lateral view, G. dorsal view; M, H. subgenital plate in ventral view; A – H. male; I – M. female.