Mecopoda mamorata, 2019

Liu, Yun-Fei, Shen, Chu-Ze, Gong, Pu, Zhang, Ling & He, Zhu-Qing, 2019, Three new species of genus Mecopoda Serville, 1831 from China (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Mecopodinae), Zootaxa 4585 (3), pp. 561-572 : 571

2.5 M. mamorata He sp. nov.

Holotype: female, CHINA, Yunnan, Menglun 25-iv-2017, coll. He Zhu-Qing.

Description. This species is very similar to M. elongata elongata , but the new species has longer forewing and has longest ovipositor among other species ( Fig. 2J ).

Male. Not known.

Coloration. Nearly brown. Forewing yellow with brown wave pattern, and three big black spots on the base.

Etymology. The species is named after the wave pattern on the forewing.

Measurements (in mm). Female: SZ 87.2, PR 11.48, FW 76.33, HW 80.27, HF 59.41, OV 35.65.

Distribution. China (Yunnan).

Note. We found one male near the female (holotype), the color patter of forewing was similar. Unfortunately, we failed to collect it.

Figures

FIGURE 2. Mecopoda spp. from China. A-C: M. elongata elongata, DE: M. fallax sp. nov., FG: M. niponensis, HI: M. hainanensis sp. nov., J: M. mamorata sp. nov.