Xiphidiopsis (Xiphidiopsis) mada (Gorochov, 2016)

Gorochov, A. V., 2019, Taxonomy of the katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from East Asia and adjacent islands. Communication 12, Far Eastern Entomologist 379, pp. 1-24 : 13

Xiphidiopsis (Xiphidiopsis) mada (Gorochov, 2016) , stat. n.

Figs 38–41 , 69

Xiphidiopsis (Xiphidiopsis) beybienkoi mada Gorochov, 2016a: 11 (holotype – ♀, Vietnam: Dong Nai Province).

MATERIAL. Vietnam: southern part, Dong Nai Prov., Vinh Cuu Distr., Vinh

Cuu Nature Reserve (= Ma Da Forest), TW Cuc Forest Station, 11º22ʹ51ʹʹN,

107º03ʹ44ʹʹE, 75 m, 18–27.VI 2011, 2 ♂, 3 ♀ (including holotype), L. Anisyutkin,

A. Anichkin.

DESCRIPTION. Male (novus). Coloration uniformly yellowish (greenish in living condition) but with whitish line along lateral edge of each dorsal tegminal field, brownish spot behind mirror in each tegmen and small marks on third segment of hind tarsus, transparent rest membranes of stridulatory apparatus and majority of membranes in hind wing, and a pair of brown dots on apex of each (inner and outer)

apical lobule of hind femur. Body structure similar to that of X. (X.) b. beybienkoi

Gorochov, 1993, but last tergite having unpaired posterodorsal process with sclerotized part clearly wider in proximal half and slightly narrowed in distal half, without distolateral lobes curved upwards, with almost semiglobular (not horizontally lamellar) apex and with hook-like and partly (in posterior half) lamellar ventral subapical lobe which asymmetrical and distinctly protruding beyond previous (more dorsal)

apex ( Figs 38, 40 ); cerci and genital plate also similar to those of above-mentioned subspecies ( Figs 38, 39 ), but distal cercal parts with clearly shorter lobules, and genital plate with apical part slightly projected behind bases of styles (vs. almost not projected behind them); genitalia membranous.

Female. All females according original description of this taxon (Gorochov,

2016a); their genital plate and ovipositor as in Figs 41 , 69 .

MEASUREMENTS. Length (in mm). Body: ♂ 11–13, ♀ 10–11; body with wings: ♂ 22–23.5, ♀ 23–25; pronotum: ♂ 3.8, ♀ 3.7–3.8; visible parts of tegmina:

♂ 18–19.5, ♀ 19.5–21; hind femora: ♂ 10–10.8, ♀ 10.2–11.5; ovipositor 9.5–10.

REMARK. The new material shows that this taxon, described originally as a subspecies of X. (X.) beybienkoi , in reality belongs to a separate species.

Figures

Figs 38–56. Meconematini: 38–41 – Xiphidiopsis mada Gor., stat. n.; 42–44 – X. shcher-

Figs 57–71. Meconematini and Phlugidini: 57–61 – Cercoteratura variegata sp. n.; 62–