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Phryganogryllacris truncata Li, Liu & Li 2014, sp. nov

Authors :: Li, Miao-Miao
Fang, Yan
Liu, Xian-Wei
Li, Kai
Publication Year :: 2014
Publisher :: Zenodo, 2014.
Abstract: 3.7 Phryganogryllacris truncata Li, Liu & Li, sp. nov. (Figs 18–19) Female. Body small. Head slightly wider than pronotum; fastigium of vertex broadly rounded, about 2 times as wide as scape; eyes ovoid, prominent; ocelli 3, middle ocellus rounded. Fore margin of pronotum slightly projected, hind margin straight, later lobes lower, with pale sulcus. Tegmina slightly extending beyond the apex of hind femora, R bifurcate near apex; Rs occurred from the middle of R, with 3 branches, M simple, its basal section close to R; CuA occurred behind the middle. Wings slightly extending beyond tegmen. Hind femora on ventral surface with 2 internal spines and 4–5 external spines; hind tibiae on dorsal surface with 3–4 internal spines and 6 external spines. Cerci short, conical; subgenital plate with truncate apex (Fig. 18). Ovipositor more broad and short, with blunt apex (Fig. 19). Male. Abdominal tergite 9 rounded concex, each side of basal margin with a hook-like process. Cerci shorter, conical; hind margin of subgenital plate deeply split into two lobes, apex of lobes somewhat obliquely truncate; styli rather flattened. Coloration. Body pale yellowish. Eyes, lateral and hind margin of pronotum, venation of tegmina and dorsal surface of abdomen blackish. Measurement. Body, &male; 21.0 mm, &female; 17.0 mm; pronotum, &male; 3.8 mm, &female; 4.0 mm; tegmina, &male; 19.0 mm, &female; 18.0 mm; hind femora, &male; 9.0 mm, &female; 10.5 mm; ovipositor, &female; 7.5 mm. Material examined. Holotype &female;, Guizhou, Leigong Mountain, 30 June 1985, Zu-Yao Liu leg. Paratype 1&male; (Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Guizhou, Leigong Mountain (elev. 1 500–1 700 m), 1 July 1988, Da-Yong Xue leg. Distribution. Guizhou. Etymology. The species is named refer to the subgenital plate of female. Remarks. This new species is very similar to Phryganogryllacris parva Li, Liu & Li, sp. nov., but differs from the latter by hind margin of pronotum with darkish black bands, subgenital plate of female truncate and ovipositor shorter.<br />Published as part of Li, Miao-Miao, Fang, Yan, Liu, Xian-Wei & Li, Kai, 2014, Taxonomic revision of the genus Phryganogryllacris (Orthoptera: Gryllacrididae) from China, pp. 507-519 in Zoological Systematics 39 (4) on page 513, DOI: 10.11865/zs.20140404, http://zenodo.org/record/4617426