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Gymnaetoides indivisus Zhang & Liu 2009, comb. nov.

Description

Gymnaetoides indivisus (Zhang & Liu, 2009) comb. nov.

(Figs. 6–10)

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Diestrammena (Gymnaeta) indivisa Zhang & Liu, 2009. Zootaxa, 2272, 26.

Redescription. Male. Body rather small. Vertex of head divided into conical tubercles. Legs elongate and slender; fore femora about 2.0 times as long as the pronotum, beneath unarmed, internal knee lobe with a small spine, genicular lobe with 1 long moveable spur; fore tibiae beneath with 1 external spur and 1 internal spur. Mid femora with a long movable spur on the internal and genicular lobe, beneath unarmed; mid tibiae beneath with 1 external spur, without internal spur. Hind femora without spines beneath; hind tibiae above on each dorsal side with 34–39 spines, arrange in groups, inner subapical spur of hind tibiae distinctly shorter than hind metatarsus. Hind metatarsus with bristles beneath (Fig. 6). Epiproct developed normally, apex blunt (Fig. 7). Dorsolateral lobes of male genitalia with truncate and sclerotized apex (Fig. 8).

Female. Unkonwn.

Coloration. Body yellowish brown, mottled with dark brown blotches.

Measurements. (length in mm) Body ♂ 11.5; pronotum ♂ 4.5; fore femora ♂ 9.0; hind femora ♂ 11.5.

Material examined. 1♂, 1♀, Wannianxian, Jiangxi, 2007. XI.6, collected by leg. Jiao.

Distribution. China (Jiangxi).

Discussion. This species is relatively similar to Gymnaetoides testaceus sp. nov., but differs from the latter in: epiphallus of male genitalia divided into two parts, apex of dorsolateral lobes truncated.

Notes

Published as part of Qin, Yanyan, Liu, Xianwei & Li, Kai, 2017, A new genus of the tribe Aemodogryllini (Orthoptera, Rhaphidophoridae, Aemodogryllinae) from China, pp. 186-190 in Zootaxa 4250 (2) on page 188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4250.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/452472

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Zhang & Liu
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Orthoptera
Family
Rhaphidophoridae
Genus
Gymnaetoides
Species
indivisus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic status
comb. nov.
Taxonomic concept label
Gymnaetoides indivisus (Zhang, 2009) sec. Qin, Liu & Li, 2017

References

  • Zhang, F. & Liu, X. - W. (2009) A review of the subgenus Diestrammena (Gymnaeta) from China (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae Aemodogryllinae). Zootaxa, 2272, 21 - 36.