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Amusurgus (Usgmona) genji Furukawa 1970, comb. nov.

Description

1. Amusurgus (Usgmona) genji Furukawa, 1970 comb. nov.

(Figs. 1–4)

Usgmona genji Furukawa, 1970. Kontyu Tokyo, 38: 59–62, figs.1–15.

Amusurgus lateralis Yin & Liu, 1995. Synopsis on the Classification of Grylloidea and Gryllotalpoidea from China: 31, figs. 80–84 (nec Chopard, 1969).

Metiochodes genji Ichikawa, Murai & Honda, 2000. Bulletin of the Hoshizaki Green Foundation 4: 285.

Material. 13, 1Ƥ, CHINA: Shanghai Sheshan, 1930. VIII.19–20, leg. Piel; 1Ƥ, Shanghai, 1932. IX.5, leg. Piel; 1Ƥ, Shanghai, 1933. IX.5, leg. Piel; 1Ƥ, Shanghai, 1936. IX.10–18, leg. Piel; 23, Shanghai, 1936. VIII.28, leg. Piel; 13, 1Ƥ, label miss (IEAS). 5ƤƤ, Shanghai Chongming, 2007. VII.11, leg. Hu Jia-Yao (HSNU).

Diagnosis. Body brownish grey, with darker lateral side and green underside in life. Head orange with brownish black face (Fig. 1), tegmen with veins lighter than cells. Eyes vertically lengthened, 5th joint of maxillary palpi triangular. Anterior tibiae without tympanum, veins of male tegmen as in Fig. 2. Male genitalia as in Figs. 3–4.

Measurements. (in mm) Body Ƥ 5.0–6.0; body with wing Ƥ 6.5–10.5; pronotum Ƥ 1.0; tegmen Ƥ 4.0–5.0; posterior tibiae Ƥ 4.5–5.0; ovipositor 3.0.

Distribution. China (Shanghai, Jiangsu); Japan.

Notes

Published as part of He, Zhuqing, Li, Kai, Fang, Yan & Liu, Xianwei, 2010, A taxonomic study of the genus Amusurgus Brunner von Wattenwyl from China (Orthoptera, Gryllidae, Trigonidiinae), pp. 55-62 in Zootaxa 2423 on pages 56-57, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.194524

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Furukawa
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Orthoptera
Family
Haglotettigoniidae
Genus
Amusurgus
Species
genji
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic status
comb. nov.

References

  • Furukawa, H. (1970) Two new interesting genera and species of crickets of Japan (Orthoptera). Kontyu, 38, 59 - 66.
  • Yin, H. S. & Liu, X. W. (1995) Synopsis on the Classification of Grylloidea and Gryllotalpoidea from China. Shanghai Scientific and Technological Literature Publishing House, Shanghai, 237 pp.
  • Chopard, L. (1969) Orthoptera Volume 2 Grylloidea. In: Sewell, R. B. S. (Ed.), The Fauna of India and the Adjacent Countries. Baptist Mission Press, Calcutta, pp. 1 - 421.