Phryganogryllacris brevipennis, Li, Miaomiao, Liu, Xianwei & Li, Kai, 2016

Li, Miaomiao, Liu, Xianwei & Li, Kai, 2016, Four new species of the genus Phryganogryllacris (Orthoptera, Gryllacrididae, Gryllacridinae) in China, Zootaxa 4127 (2), pp. 376-382 : 377-378

1. Phryganogryllacris brevipennis sp. nov.

Figs. 1–3

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Description. Male. Body medium-sized, stout. Fastigium of vertex about 1.5 times as broad as scape. Anterior margin of pronotum slightly roundly projecting, posterior margin straight. Tegmina hardly extending beyond the apex of abdomen; R vein with 5 branches, Rs vein arising after the middle of R vein, with branches, CuA vein simple; A veins 4, the last of them united at base. Wings slightly extending beyond tegmina. Hind femora with 3–4 external and 5–6 internal spines beneath, hind tibiae with 5–6 external and 5–6 internal spines above. Both sides of 10th abdominal tergite with hook-like processes directed internally ( Fig. 1 ). Cerci rather elongate, 5mm long; lateral margin of subgenital plate rounded, hind margin with a deep incision, apical lobe rounded ( Fig. 2 ); styli short and flattened.

Female. Subgenital plate roundly triangular, with apex slightly incised ( Fig. 3 ). Ovipositor slightly longer than hind femora, almost straight.

Coloration. Body yellowish brown. Ocelli yellow. Eyes, apex of abdomen and spines of legs dark, black.

Measurements. (length in mm) Material. Holotype ♂, paratype 2 ♂♂, China, Henan, Tongbaixian, Tongbai Mountain, 2000. IX.11, collected by Liu Xian-Wei and Zhang Wei-Nian; 2 ♀♀, China, Henan, Luoshandongzhai, 1994. VII.23 – 26, collected by Niu Yao.

Distribution. China (Henan).

Discussion. This new species is very similar to Phryganogryllacris sheni Niu et Shi, 1999 , but differs from the latter in: tegmina hardly extending beyond the apex of abdomen; cerci of male longer.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 3. Phryganogryllacris brevipennis sp. nov. 1. End of male abdominal, lateral view; 2. Subgenital plate of male, ventral view; 3. Subgenital plate of female, ventral view. Scale bars = 1 mm.