Tachycines (Tachycines) multispinosus, Qin & Wang & Liu & Li, 2018

Qin, Yanyan, Wang, Hanqiang, Liu, Xianwei & Li, Kai, 2018, Divided the genus Tachycines Adelung (Orthoptera, Rhaphidophoridae: Aemodogryllinae; Aemodogryllini) from China, Zootaxa 4374 (4), pp. 451-475 : 455-456

2. Tachycines (Tachycines) multispinosus sp. nov.

( Figs. 7–8 )

Description. Male. Body medium sized. Vertex of head divided into conical tubercles. Legs elongate and slender; fore femora about 2.0 times as long as the pronotum, ventrally unarmed, internal genicular lobe with a small spine, external genicular lobe with 1 elongate movable spur; fore tibiae ventrally with 2 external and 1 internal spur(s). Mid femora with an elongate movable spur on the internal and genicular lobe, ventrally unarmed; mid tibiae ventrally with 1 external and 1 internal spur. Hind femora beneath with 2–3 inter spines and without outer spines; hind tibiae above with 89–95 outer and inner spines respectively, arrange in groups. Super internal spur of hind tibiae almost at the position of the dorso-apical spine of hind metatarsus ( Fig. 7 ). Hind metatarsus keeled beneath. Epiphallus of male genitalia like the shape of “A”, lateral side of base inflated, median lobe with a rather large sclerite ( Fig. 8 ).

Female. Unknown.

Coloration. Body uniformly yellowish brown. Legs without distinct stripes.

Measurements. (length in mm) Body ♂ 19.0; pronotum ♂ 5.5; fore femora ♂ 11.0; hind femora ♂ 21.0.

Material examined. Holotype, 1♂, Liziping reserve, Shimian , Sichuan, alt. 2100m, 2007-VII-22 ~25, collected by Liu Xian-Wei.

Distribution. China (Sichuan).

Diagnosis. This species is rather similar to T. (T.) trilobatus sp. nov. but differs from the latter in that: hind tibiae dorsally with 85–95 spines on each side and median lateral lobe of male genitalia sclerotized. Etymology. The specific epithet refers to the multiple spines on hind tibia.

Figures

FIGURES 7–8. Tachycines (Tachycines) multispinosus sp. nov.. 7. Hind tarsus, lateral view; 8. Male genitalia, dorsal view. (Scale bars: 1mm).