Gymnaetoides indivisus ( Zhang & Liu, 2009 ) Zhang & Liu, 2009

Qin, Yanyan, Liu, Xianwei & Li, Kai, 2017, A new genus of the tribe Aemodogryllini (Orthoptera, Rhaphidophoridae, Aemodogryllinae) from China, Zootaxa 4250 (2), pp. 186-190 : 188

Gymnaetoides indivisus ( Zhang & Liu, 2009) comb. nov.

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Diestrammena (Gymnaeta) indivisa Zhang & Liu, 2009 . Zootaxa, 2272, 26.

Redescription. Male. Body rather small. Vertex of head divided into conical tubercles. Legs elongate and slender; fore femora about 2.0 times as long as the pronotum, beneath unarmed, internal knee lobe with a small spine, genicular lobe with 1 long moveable spur; fore tibiae beneath with 1 external spur and 1 internal spur. Mid femora with a long movable spur on the internal and genicular lobe, beneath unarmed; mid tibiae beneath with 1 external spur, without internal spur. Hind femora without spines beneath; hind tibiae above on each dorsal side with 34–39 spines, arrange in groups, inner subapical spur of hind tibiae distinctly shorter than hind metatarsus. Hind metatarsus with bristles beneath ( Fig. 6 ). Epiproct developed normally, apex blunt ( Fig. 7 ). Dorsolateral lobes of male genitalia with truncate and sclerotized apex ( Fig. 8 ).

Female. Unkonwn.

Coloration. Body yellowish brown, mottled with dark brown blotches.

Measurements. (length in mm) Body ♂ 11.5; pronotum ♂ 4.5; fore femora ♂ 9.0; hind femora ♂ 11.5.

Material examined. 1♂, 1♀, Wannianxian , Jiangxi, 2007. XI.6, collected by leg. Jiao.

Distribution. China (Jiangxi).

Discussion. This species is relatively similar to Gymnaetoides testaceus sp. nov., but differs from the latter in: epiphallus of male genitalia divided into two parts, apex of dorsolateral lobes truncated.

Figures

FIGURES 6 – 10. Gymnaetoides indivisus (Zhang & Liu, 2009) comb. nov. 6. Hind metatarsus, ventral view; 7. Male epiproct, dorsal view; 8. Male genitalia, dorsal view; 9. Male genitalia, ventral view; 10. Male genitalia, caudal view; scale bars = 1 mm. (Figs. 8 – 10, Copy from Zhang & Liu, 2009)