Flospes fujianensis, He & Ma & Zhang & Miao, 2022

He, Zhi-Xin, Ma, Li-Bin, Zhang, Tao & Miao, Xiao-Lan, 2022, Flospes gen. nov. (Orthoptera, Trigonidiidae, Trigonidiinae), a genus of swordtail crickets from China, with two new species and new combinations, ZooKeys 1090, pp. 113-128 : 113

Flospes fujianensis comb. nov.

Chinese name: 福建花蛉蟋 Figs 1 , 2 , 3 , 4

Amusurgus fujianensis Wang, Zheng & Wu, 1999: 114

Amusurgus (Paranaxipha) fujianensis (= Sectus fujianensis ), He et al. 2010: 60; He et al. 2020:126. misidentification of F. viridipennis sp. nov.

Materials examined.

China: 3 males, 3 females; Guangdong, Nanling National Nature Reserve , bush leaves, 24.93°N, 113.04°E, 5.VIII.2019, Zhixin He & Tao Zhang, sweep net, leg. (SNNU) .

Redescription.

Male (Figs 2A , 4A, C, E, G ). Body size small, pubescent. Head small, slightly broader than anterior margin of pronotum. Frons slightly narrower than antennal scape. Eyes large and strongly protruding to sides. Clypeus narrow, upper margin straight, and lower margin medially convex. Labrum shield-like, medially plump, and apically concave. Three apical joints of maxillary palpi distinctly elongate, and fifth joint apically truncated. Pronotum transverse, anterior margin straight, and posterior margin slightly and medially convex. Tegmina pubescent. Six primary veins staggered with numerous transverse veins between them. Visible part of hindwing is half length of tegmen. Internal tympanum large and long-oval, and external one replaced by a small pit. Hind tibia bearing three pairs of dorsal spurs.

Genitalia (Fig. 3A-C ). Lateral lobes of epiphallus stick-like, apically blunt, and almost straight in dorsal view. Ectoparamere spoon-like, with sclerotized margin and membranous remainder portion. Rami very short. Ectophallic and endophallic apodemes greatly surpass the rami.

Female (Figs 2B , 4B, D, F ). Resembles male. Longitudinal veins of tegmen parallel, with a few pale transverse veins forming several rectangular cells (filled with brown). Ovipositor not surpassing hindwings. Dorsal and ventral margins of basal ovipositor smooth and faintly narrowing, and both margins of apical part slightly denticulated and apically bent upwards.

Coloration. Body yellowish-brown. Pronotum brown. Fore and middle femur darkly colored. Hind femur bearing two dark bands (middle one and apical one). Tarsus darkly color. Cercus black and white.

Measurements. Male: BL 5.08-5.73, PL 0.66-0.75, TL 4.00-4.60, HFL 4.22-4.69. Female: BL 5.61-6.42, PL 0.90-1.04, TL 4.28-4.77, HFL 4.59-5.11, OL 2.40-2.74.

Distribution

(Fig. 1 ). China (Fujian, Guangdong).

Remarks.

This species was first described from Fujian Province, China. Its primary characteristics are body brown, leg and cercus black and white, tegmen brown, and armed with rod-like lateral lobe on the epiphallus and an enormously enlarged, rounded ectoparamere. He et al. (2010) described some specimens found in Hainan, Zhejiang, and Yunnan provinces as A. fujianensis , but these specimens bear a greenish-brown tegmen and squared ectoparamere. We checked specimens collected from Hainan Province and discovered that they are consistent with the description of " A. fujianensis " in He et al. (2010). Our specimens from Guangdong Province are consistent with the original description of A. fujianensis by Wang et al. (1999). As a result, we redescribe A. fujianensis here from our Guangdong specimens and judge that " A. fujianensis " of He et al. (2010) is a misidentification (see Remarks below under Flospes viridipennis He & Ma, sp. nov.).

Figures

Figure 1. Distribution of Flospes species in China.

Figure 2. Habitus photographs of Flospes fujianensis A male B female. Scale bar: 2 mm

Figure 3. Male genitalia of Flospes fujianensis A dorsal view B lateral view C ventral view.

Figure 4. Flospes fujianensis comb. nov. A lateral view of male B lateral view of female C male tegmen D female tegmen E face in anterior view F female ovipositor in lateral view G lateral view of hind femur. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.