Andropromachus gulinqingensis Xie & Qian, 2022

Xie, ChongXin, Cai, Jun & Qian, YuHan, 2022, New species of Andropromachus (Phasmatodea: Lonchodidae: Necrosciinae: Necrosciini) from Yunnan Province, China, Biodiversity Data Journal 10, pp. 78080-78080 : 78080

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Andropromachus gulinqingensis Xie & Qian sp. n.

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Type status: Holotype. Occurrence: recordedBy: Xiang-Jin Liu ; sex: female; lifeStage: adults; Taxon : scientificName: Andropromachus gulinqingensis; order: Phasmatodea ; family: Lonchodidae ; genus: Andropromachus ; Location : country: China; stateProvince: Yunnan Province; county: Maguan County; municipality: Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture ; verbatimLocality: Maguan County , Gulinqing Provincial Nature Reserve ; verbatimLatitude: N22.81339°; verbatimLongitude: E103.97092°; Event : year: 2020; month: 7; day: 15; Record Level : institutionCode: Southwest Forestry University , Yunnan Province, China (SWFU) Type status: Paratype. Occurrence: recordedBy: Xiang-Jin Liu ; sex: 2 females, 2 males, 10 eggs; lifeStage: adults; Taxon : scientificName: Andropromachus gulinqingensis; order: Phasmatodea ; family: Lonchodidae ; genus: Andropromachus ; Location : country: China; stateProvince: Yunnan Province; county: Maguan County; municipality: Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture ; verbatimLocality: Maguan County , Gulinqing Provincial Nature Reserve ; verbatimLatitude: N22.81339°; verbatimLongitude: E103.97092°; Event : year: 2020; month: 7; day: 15; Record Level : institutionCode: Southwest Forestry University , Yunnan Province, China (SWFU) GoogleMaps GoogleMaps GoogleMaps GoogleMaps

Description

Female

Medium size. Body robust. The general colouration of the body is green (Fig. 1 View Figure 1 A-G).

Head. Globose, longer than wide, vertex flat, sparsely covered with a few small granules and interspersed with a few acute small granules. Compound eyes rounded, occupying 1/4 of the genae. Antennae filiform, longer than forelegs; scapus rectangular, flattened and longer than pedicellus, pedicellus cylindrical and shorter than the third segment. Occiput prominently swollen and convex, with three pairs of spines on both sides of the median longitudinal sulci; anterior spines behind the compound eyes; median spines largest and with a few small branches; posterior spines close to median spines (Fig. 1 View Figure 1 C and D). Thorax. Pronotum trapezoid, as long as the head, with sparse and small granules; anterior margin slightly concave, posterior margins slightly rounded; transverse and longitudinal sulci crossing at mid-area and distinct; three pairs of spines on the two sides of median longitudinal carina, a pair of spines located at the anterior margins of pronotum, two pairs of spines located at the posterior margins of pronotum, the second pair of spines longest (Fig. 1 View Figure 1 A and B). Mesonotum trapezoid, longer than width, 2.5x length of pronotum, sparsely covered with a few small granules, median longitudinal carina distinct; five pairs of spines on the two sides of median longitudinal carina and the few spines with small branches, the first pair of spines located at anterior margins of mesonotum, the second pair of spines located at 1/3 length of mesonotum, the third pair of spines largest and located at the middle of mesonotum, the fourth pair of spines located at 2/3 length of mesonotum, the fifth pair of spines located at the posterior margin of mesonotum; four spines on the lateral carina of mesonotum and successively larger from front to back (Fig. 1 View Figure 1 A and B). Metanotum rectangle, 0.5x length of mesonotum, two pairs of spines on the two sides of median longitudinal carina, a pair of spines located at the middle of metanotum, largest and with small branches, a pair of spines located at 2/3 length of metanotum, a spine on the lateral carina of metanotum (Fig. 1 View Figure 1 A and B). Abdomen. Cylindrical, sparsely granulated. Median segment semicircle, wider than length, almost 1/2 length of metanotum, not obviously segmented, with two pairs of spines, a pair of spines located at 1/3 length of median segment, a pair of spines located at 2/3 length of median segment. Tergites II-IX: each segment with the posterolateral angle strongly elevated to form a prominent triangular, apically pointed lobe (Fig. 1 View Figure 1 A and B). Tergites II-VIII: each segment armed with five spines, two anterior spines located at 2/3 of tergites, largest and with branches at base, three posterior spines on the posterior margin of tergites, these spines most prominent on tergites II-VI (Fig. 1 View Figure 1 A, B, E and F). Sternite VII with a flat praeopercular organ (Fig. 1 View Figure 1 G). Tergite IX as long as anal segment, with a posteromedial crest and with two spines on the posterior margin of posteromedial crest. Anal segment with a few tubercles, median longitudinal carina distinct, two spines on the postmedian margin of anal segment, two strap-shaped bulges on posterolateral margin of anal segment (Fig. 1 View Figure 1 E, F). Subgenital plate scoop-shaped, tapering posteriorly, apex pointed and reaching posterior margin of anal segment (Fig. 1 View Figure 1 G). Cerci long, slightly lanceolate and surpassing posterior margin of anal segment (Fig. 1 View Figure 1 E, F). Legs: All long and moderately slender and sparsely covered with short bristles, all femora shorter and thicker than corresponding tibiae; Profemora distinctly curved basally; carinae of pro-, meso- and metafemora with distinct serrations; pro- and mesotibiae smooth and without small serrations, metatibiae with a few indistinct small serrations (Fig. 1 View Figure 1 A and B).

Male

Small size. Body robust. The general colouration of the body is green or brown (Fig. 2 View Figure 2 A-G).

Head. Globose, longer than wide, vertex flat, covered with sparse and small granules and a few acute small granules. Compound eyes rounded, occupying 1/4 of the genae. Antennae filiform, longer than forelegs, scapus rectangular and flattened, longer than pedicellus, pedicellus cylindrical and shorter than the third segment. Occiput prominently swollen and convex, with two pairs of spines on both sides of the median longitudinal sulci, the anterior spines larger than posterior spines and these two pairs of spines close together (Fig. 2 View Figure 2 C and D). Thorax. Pronotum as long as the head, with sparse and small granules; transverse and longitudinal sulci crossing at middle area and distinct; three pairs of spines on the two sides of median longitudinal carina, the anterior spines located at the anterior margins of pronotum, the median spines largest and located at 2/3 length of pronotum, the posterior spines located at 4/5 length of pronotum and very small and indistinct (Fig. 2 View Figure 2 A and B). Mesonotum trapezoid, longer than width, 4x length of pronotum; median longitudinal carina distinct, sparsely covered with a few small granules; with five pairs of spines on the two sides of the median longitudinal carina and some spines with small branches, the first pair of spines located at 1/7 length of mesonotum, the second and third pair of spines located at 1/2 length of mesonotum, the fourth pair of spines largest and located at 2/3 length of mesonotum, the fifth pair of spines located at the posterior margin of mesonotum; two spines on the lateral carina and are successively larger from front to back (Fig. 2 View Figure 2 A and B). Metanotum rectangle, 0.3x length of pronotum; a pair of spines on the posterior margin of metanotum and with small branches at base (Fig. 2 View Figure 2 A and B). Abdomen. Cylindrical, sparsely granulated. Median segment square, as long as metanotum, a pair of tiny spines on the posterior margin. Tergites II-IX each with the posterolateral angle strongly elevated and forming a prominent triangular lobe and apically pointed (Fig. 2 View Figure 2 A, B, E and F). Tergites II-VIII: each segment armed with three spines, two anterior spines located at 2/3 of tergites, largest and with a small branch basally, a posterior spine on the postmedian margin of tergites, the three spines distinct on tergites II-VI (Fig. 2 View Figure 2 A, B, E and F). Tergite IX with a posteromedial crest and two tumours on the posterior margin (Fig. 2 View Figure 2 E and F). Anal segment longer than tergum IX, posterior margin with deep V-shaped emargination, posterolateral angles obtuse (Fig. 2 View Figure 2 E). Poculum cup-shaped, posterior margin rounded, reaching anterior margin of anal segment in lateral view. Vomer tongue-shaped, apices rounded and without teeth. Cerci flattened, knife-shaped, apices pointed (Fig. 2 View Figure 2 G). Legs: All long and moderately slender and sparsely covered with short bristles; all femora shorter and thicker than corresponding tibiae, profemora basal curved indistinctly; carinae of pro-, meso- and metafemora with distinct serrations; carinae of all tibiae smooth and without small serrations (Fig. 2 View Figure 2 A and B).

Egg

General colouration brown. Capsule oval, surface with sparse retirugose and densely granulose (Fig. 2 View Figure 2 H-K). Micropylar plate circular, located at the anteromedian of capsule, anterior apex margin narrowly rounded, posterior apex margin broadly rounded (Fig. 2 View Figure 2 H-J). Micropylar cup grey-black and distinct, a short light brown median line under the micropylar cup (Fig. 2 View Figure 2 H). Operculum almost circular and convex slightly and central lacking capitulum, collar distinct (Fig. 2 View Figure 2 H and I). Polar mound area rounded (Fig. 2 View Figure 2 K).

Measurements (mm)

Female. Body length 52.0-56.0; head length 3.0-4.5; pronotum length 3.5-4.0; mesonotum 11.0-12.0; metanotum 4.5-5.5; median segment 2.2-3.0; profemora 14.5-16.0; mesofemora 10.0-12.0; metafemora 18.0-20.0; protibiae 16.0-18.0; mesotibiae 14.0-15.0; metatibiae 20.0-23.0. Male. Body length 46.0-49.0; head length 2.5-3.0; pronotum length 3.0-3.5; mesonotum 10.0-10.5; metanotum 3.0-3.5; median segment 3.0-3.5; profemora 15.5-16.0; mesofemora 13.0-13.5; metafemora 18.0-19.0; protibiae 19.0-20.0; mesotibiae 10.5-11.0; metatibiae 22.5-23.5. Egg. Width 4.3-4.6, height 5.0-5.4, length 5.5-5.7.

Diagnosis

Andropromachus gulinqingensis sp. n. is similar to A. guangxiense (Chen & He, 2000), but can be distinguished by: ♀♀, middle size (body length> 50 mm), without spines between the compound eyes (Fig. 1 View Figure 1 C), abdominal tergites II-VIII: each segment armed with five spines (Fig. 1 View Figure 1 A, B, E and F), mesonotum with five pairs of spines on the sides of median longitudinal carina (Fig. 1 View Figure 1 A and B), anal segment with two strap-shaped bulges on posterolateral margin (Fig. 1 View Figure 1 E), all femora with distinct pointed serrations (Fig. 1 View Figure 1 A and B); ♂♂, without spines between the compound eyes, occipital with four spines (Fig. 2 View Figure 2 C), abdominal tergites II-VIII: each segment armed with three spines (Fig. 2 View Figure 2 A, B, E and F), all femora with distinct pointed serrations (Fig. 2 View Figure 2 A and B).

Etymology

This specific epithet is derived from Gulinqing Provincial Nature Reserve where it was collected.