Published December 31, 2016 | Version v1
Taxonomic treatment Open

Yunnantettix Zheng 1995

Description

Key and distributions to species of Yunnantettix Zheng, 1995

Fig 1

1. Vertex convex; median carina of vertex protruding forward; in lateral view vertex together with frontal costa obtusely rounded and protruding forward, face slightly oblique; pronotum a little uplifted between shoulders...........................2

- Vertex not convex; median carina of vertex not protruding forward; in lateral view vertex together with frontal costa arcuate, not protruding forward, face vertical; pronotum distinctly uplifted between shoulders................................4

2. In dorsal view anterior margin of vertex arcuate; humeral angles obtusely angled; prozonal carinae short, interhumeral carinae short. Distributed in China (Yunnan)..................................................... .. Y. bannaensis Zheng

- In dorsal view anterior margin of vertex obtusely angled; humeral angles indistinct; prozonal carinae long, interhumeral carinae long.............................................................................................3

3. Apex of hind process obtusely rounded; external lateral carina of pronotum folded upwards above tegmen indistinctly, not extending backwards. Distributed in India (Darjiling)......................................... Y. elytratus (Günther)

- Apex of hind process triangularly concave; external lateral carina of pronotum folded upwards above tegmen distinctly, extending backwards and reaching 3/4 of hind femur. Distributed in Thailand (Chiang Rai)...................................................................................................... Y. variabilis Zha & Wen sp. nov.

4. Vertex 2.8(♂) or 2.7 (♀) times as wide as one eye; antennae inserted between lower margins of eyes; lateral ocelli situated middle of inner margins of eyes; external lateral carina of pronotum not reaching apex of hind process; female upper valva stout, margin of sub-base smooth, middle widest. Distributed in Thailand (Nakhon Ratchasima, Loei, Chiang Mai)....................................................................................... Y. thaicus Storozhenko & Pushkar

- Vertex 3.17(♂) or 3.6 (♀) times as wide as one eye; antennae inserted slightly below lower margins of eyes; lateral ocelli situated lower 1/3 of inner margins of eyes; external lateral carina of pronotum reaching apex of hind process; female upper valva relatively slender, sub-base widest with serrate margin. Distributed in Thailand (Nan)..... .. Y. nanensis Zha & Wen sp. nov.

Notes

Published as part of Zha, Lingsheng, Wen, Tingchi, Boonmee, Saranyaphat & Eungwanichayapant, Prapassorn D., 2016, Notes on the genus Yunnantettix Zheng (Tetrigidae: Cladonotinae), with descriptions of two new species from Thailand, pp. 373-385 in Zootaxa 4205 (4) on page 375, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4205.4.6, http://zenodo.org/record/197182

Files

Files (3.0 kB)

Name Size Download all
md5:e8e0dadd829d37d9234f1075ef890ad8
3.0 kB Download

System files (12.5 kB)

Name Size Download all
md5:915467c8a45e361810023244a43a0260
12.5 kB Download

Linked records

Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Tetrigidae
Genus
Yunnantettix
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Orthoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Zheng
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Yunnantettix Zheng, 1995 sec. Zha, Wen, Boonmee & Eungwanichayapant, 2016

References

  • Zheng, Z. M. (1995) New genera and new species of Cladonotinae from China (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 1995, 20 (3), 342 - 347. [in Chinese with English summary]