Metiochodes truncatus Li, He & Liu, 2010, sp. nov.
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5. Metiochodes truncatus sp. nov.
(Figs. 15–17)
Material. Holotype 3, CHINA: Yunnan prov. Jinping county, Menglawendang, Alt. 850m, 2009. V.26, leg. Liu Xian-Wei, Wu Jie, Zhu Wei-Bing, Bi Wen-Xuan; Paratypes 13, same data as holotype (IEAS).
Description. Male. Body small. Head wider than fore margin of pronotum (Fig. 15), vertex flattened, eyes horizontal lengthened, frontal rostrum as wide as 1st antennal joint, 5th joint of maxillary palpi triangular. Pronotum transverse, feebly narrowing in front, fore margin slightly convex and hind margin undulate, a couple of crescent on disc. Fore tibia with a rather large, oval tympanum on inner side. Hind tibia with three pairs of dorsal spurs and five apical spurs. Tegmen long, exceeding to apex of abdomen, rather feebly pubescent; 5 longitudinal veins of dorsal field very regular, straight. Wings developed. Male genitalia with truncate apical lobes (Figs. 16–17).
Female. unknown.
Coloration. Body light yellow.
Measurements. (in mm) Body35.5; body with wing 39.0; pronotum 31.0; tegmen 34.8; posterior femur 34.8.
Distribution. China (Yunnan).
Etymology. The new specific name is derived from Latin truncatus, meaning truncate apical lobes.
Discussion. Similar to M. flavescens Chopard, 1931, but differ in the body color light yellow and male genitalia with truncate apical lobes.
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Orthoptera
- Family
- Haglotettigoniidae
- Genus
- Metiochodes
- Species
- truncatus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic status
- sp. nov.
- Taxonomic concept label
- Metiochodes truncatus Li, He & Liu, 2010
References
- Chopard, L. (1931) On Gryllidae from the Malay Peninsula. Bulletin Raffles Museum, 6, 124 - 149. Chopard, L. (1932) Dr. E. Mjoberg's zoological collections from Sumatra. 12. Gryllidae. Arkiv For Zoologi, 23, 1 - 17. Chopard, L. (1936). The Tridactylidae and Gryllidae of Ceylon. Spolia Zeylanica (Bulletin Nature Museum Ceylon)