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Orophyllus supeciliarilamellatus Xie, Wang & He 2021, sp. nov.

  • 1. School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China.
  • 2. Shanghai Entomological Museum, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032, China.
  • 3. Museum of Biology, School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China.

Description

Orophyllus supeciliarilamellatus Xie, Wang & He sp. nov.

Figs. 4A–I

Material examined: Holotype: 1 male, CHINA, Guangxi Prov., Maoershan (110.48°E, 25.88°N), alt 1200m, 11-viii-2020 coll. Xie Hui-Cong (ECNU).

Paratype: 2 males, CHINA, Guangxi Prov., Jinxiu (110.25°E, 24.16°N), 19-vii-2015, coll. He Zhu- Qing (ECNU); 2 males and 3 females, CHINA, Guangxi Prov., Yangmeiao (108.64°E, 25.19°N), alt 1200m, 18-vii-2015, coll. Lin & Zhu (SEM); 4 males, CHINA, Guangxi Prov., Yangmeiao (108.64°E, 25.19°N), alt 1200m, 20-vii-2015, coll. Lin & Zhu (SEM); 2 males, CHINA, Guangxi Prov., Yangmeiao (108.64°E, 25.19°N), alt 1200m, 21-vii-2015, coll. Lin & Zhu (SEM); 1 female, CHINA, Guangxi Prov., Yangmeiao (108.64°E, 25.19°N), alt 1200m, 22-vii-2015, coll. Lin & Zhu (SEM); 2 females, CHINA, Guangxi Prov., Damingshan, alt. 1250m, 19~ 25-vii-2013, coll. Zhu, Liu, Wang & Zhang (SEM); 3 males, CHINA, Guangxi Prov., Yangmeiao (108.64°E, 25.19°N), 6-viii-2020, coll. Xie Hui-Cong (ECNU); 3 males, CHINA, Sichuan Prov., Mengdingshan (103.03°E, 30.06°N), alt 1456m, 31-vii–1-viii-2007, coll. Liu, Huang, Zhou & Bi (SEM); 1 female, CHINA, Guizhou Prov., Fanjingshan, alt. 1000~ 1800m, 6-viii-2014, coll. Sun & Li (SEM).

Description. Very similar to preceding species but smaller, tegmina shorter and broader, not recurved as preceding species at apex in female (Fig. 8). Male cerci thicker, and styli only about half length of subgenital plate which bearing eyebrow-shaped marking basally (Fig. 4F, G). The basal panels of female subgenital plate each with a blunt conical tubercle at outer apex (Fig. 4H). Ovipositor shorter (Fig. 4I).

Measurements (in mm): Male: SZ 43.10–51.57, PR 6.27–8.20, FW 35.56–41.91, HF 17.09–19.56. Female: SZ 53.92–58.15, PR 6.93–8.03, FW 48.25–49.53, HF 19.54–21.25, OV 23.56–25.52.

Etymology: Species name supeciliarilamellatus means 2 stripes on the ventral surface of the subgenital plate.

Distribution: Guangxi, Guizhou, Jiangxi, Sichuan.

Notes

Published as part of Xie, Hui-Cong, Wang, Han-Qiang, Li, Kai & He, Zhu-Qing, 2021, Taxonomy of genus Orophyllus Beier, 1954 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Pseudophyllinae), pp. 147-159 in Zootaxa 4990 (1) on page 153, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4990.1.9, http://zenodo.org/record/4983016

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