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Euxiphidiopsis erromena Shi & Mao, sp. nov.

Description

1 Euxiphidiopsis erromena Shi & Mao sp. nov.

Male Body slightly larger. Fastigium verticis conical, apex obtusely rounded, with a longitudinal sulcus. Eyes globular, prominent forwards. Apical segment of maxillary palpus almost as long as subapical one, apex enlarged. Pronotum comparatively long, anterior margin straight, posterior margin rounded; posterior transverse sulcus distinct; lateral lobes of pronotum longer than deep, humeral sinus indistinct. Thoracic auditory spiracle oval. Tegmina long, surpassing apices of postfemora; hind wings a little longer than tegmina. Femora of all legs without spines on ventral surface; procoxae with a spine, protibiae with 6 spines on inner side and 7 spines on outer side of ventral surface separately, the spines near base of protibiae longer, apical spines short; tibial tympana open on internal and external sides. Posttibiae with 30–32 spines on inner and outer sides of dorsal surface separately, and a pair of dorsal apical spurs and two pairs of ventral apical spurs. Tenth abdominal tergite with a conical posterior process, membranous area slightly broad. Epiproct small, semi-membranous. Cerci stout in base 2/3 part, inner surface concave, 1/3 apices thiner, incurved, separated into short dosal and ventral lobes. Subgenital plate with base slightly broad, narrowing, posterior margin truncate; styli long on apices of lateral margins of subgenital plate.

Coloration. Body green. Fastium verticis brown, apex light brown. Disc of head with 4 stripes, two stripes on inner area usually indistinct, the two outer stripes distinct. Pronotum with a pair of longitudinal brown stripes, the area between stripes light brown, the outer margins with a pair of yellow stripes. Stridulatory area light brown. Posterior process of tenth abdominal tergite yellowish brown.

Female. Unknown.

Type material. Holotype: male, Guangxi: Rongshui, Jiuwandashan, August 6, 2006, collected by Fu-Ming Shi and Shao-Li Mao.

Measurements (mm). Male: body: 12.0; pronotum: 5.0; tegmina: 21.0; postfemora: 13.0.

Discussion. The new species differs from known species of the genus in: 2/3 base of male cerci stout, inner surface concave, 1/3 apices thin, incurved, separated into dorsal and ventral short lobes.

Etymology. The name of the new species is derived from male’s cercus morphology.

Distribution. China (Guangxi).

Notes

Published as part of Shi, Fu-Ming, Han, Li, Mao, Shao-Li & Bai, Jin-Rong, 2014, Two new species of the genus Euxiphidiopsis Gorochov, 1993 (Orthoptera: Meconematinae) from China, pp. 387-391 in Zootaxa 3827 (3) on pages 388-389, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3827.3.8, http://zenodo.org/record/224967

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Biodiversity

Family
Tettigoniidae
Genus
Euxiphidiopsis
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Orthoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Shi & Mao
Species
erromena
Taxonomic status
sp. nov.
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Euxiphidiopsis erromena Shi & Mao, 2014