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Tropidopola turanica subsp. iliensis Bey-Bienko 1948

  • 1. Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application, College of Life Sciences, Hebei Basic Science Center for Biotic Interactions, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, China
  • 2. Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps Key Laboratory of Oasis Agricultural Pest Management and Plant Protection Resources Utilization, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, College of Agriculture, Shihezi University, Shihezi 832003, China
  • 3. Luoyang 471000, China
  • 4. Urumqi 830017, China

Description

Tropidopola turanica iliensis Bey-Bienko, 1948 伊ĸnü

Tropidopola turanica iliensis Bey-Bienko, 1948: 194; Bey-Bienko & Mistshenko, 1951: 178 [188]; Mistshenko, 1965: 190 [163]; Childebaev & Storozhenko, 2001: 22.

Distribution China, Xinjiang, huocheng; Kazakhstan, Ili River.

Material examined.

1 ♀ 7 nymph (HBU), Huocheng, Ili, Xinjian, CHINA. 20-VI-2023. Coll. Xin Wan. 1♂ 1♀ (HBU), Huocheng, Ili, Xinjian, CHINA. 30-VI-2025. Coll. Shao-Shan Wang.

Description: Male: Body median size, cylindrical (Figure 1 A B). Head nearly equal pronotum. Frons extremely oblique in profile. Fastigium sharp apex. Fastigial foveolae distinct, triangle. Frontal costa distinct totally, long, slightly shrunken in fastigium (Figure1 C). Eyes oval, vertical diameter 1.7–1.8 times transverse, and 2.6–2.7 subocular furrows. Antennae filiform, short, 24 segments, reached the anterior margin of pronotum. Pronotum cylindrical, nearly straight on anterior margin and with a distinct depressed on median posterior margin. Median carina cut by 3 transverse sulci, indistinct before 3rd transverse sulci; lateral carinae absent. Prosternal process tuberculiform, truncate at apex. Mesosternal and metasternal lobes overlap (Figure1 D). Tegmina and wings well depended, nearly reached the end of abdominal. Tympanal organ distinct, semicircular, tympanal lobe indistinct. Length of hind femur 6.0–6.4 times the width, upper basal lobe on outer side extremely longer than lower one; lower genicular lobe angular. Hind tibia with 12 spines on inner side and 11 spines on outer side, external apical spine distinct. Cerci long, strongly incurved, apically rounded (Figure 1 E). Subgenital plate long, conical, bluntly rounded at apex (Figure 1 F).

Female: Body large than male (Figure 1 G H). Ovipositor short, dorsal and ventral valvulae both with black denticulations on disto-lateral apex.

Coloration. Body green. Antennae yellow. Pronotum pale brown dorsum. Basal part of hind wings pale blue. Inner side of hind femur yellow in male but red in female. Hind tibia pale blue in basal and other blue, with black spines.

Measurement (in mm). Body length: ♂ 39.42, ♀ 51.02–55.61. Pronotum length: ♂ 6.19, ♀ 8.03–8.05. Tegmina length: ♂ 26.37, ♀ 32.75–35.32. Hind femur length: ♂ 15.30, ♀ 21.16–24.43.

Notes

Published as part of Chen, Jian-Yu, Wang, Shao-Shan, Yang, Jin-Chen, Wan, Xin & Li, Xin-Jiang, 2025, First record of Tropidopolinae (Orthopetra: Acrididae) in China, pp. 441-446 in Zootaxa 5693 (3) on pages 443-444, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5693.3.9, http://zenodo.org/record/17324102

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
HBU
Event date
2023-06-20 , 2025-06-30
Verbatim event date
2023-06-20 , 2025-06-30
Scientific name authorship
Bey-Bienko
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Orthoptera
Family
Acrididae
Genus
Tropidopola
Species
iliensis
Taxon rank
subSpecies
Taxonomic concept label
Tropidopola turanica subsp. iliensis Bey-Bienko, 1948 sec. Chen, Wang, Yang, Wan & Li, 2025

References

  • Bey-Bienko, G. Y. (1948) New and characteristic grasshoppers (Acrididae, Orthoptera) of desert landscapes of southeastern Kazakhstan. Izvestiia Akademii Nauk Kazakhskoi SSR, 8, 186-195.
  • Bey-Bienko, G. Y. & Mistshenko, L. (1951) Keys to the Fauna of the U. S. S. R. [1963 English translation no. 38]. In: Locusts and Grasshoppers of the U. S. S. R. and Adjacent Countries. Zoological Institute of the U. S. S. R. Academy of Sciences, Moscow / Leningrad, pp. 1-400.
  • Childebaev, M. K. & Storozhenko, S. Y. (2001) An annotated list of brachycerous orthopterous insects (Orthoptera: Caelifera) occurring in Kazakhstan. Tethys Entomological Research, 3, 5-48.