Chandozhinskia bivittata (Bey-Bienko, 1957)

(Figs. 51–65)

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Xiphidiopsis bivittata: Bey-Bienko, 1957, Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 36:410, 416; Bey-Bienko, 1962, Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta. Akademiia nauk SSSR. Leningrad, 30:128, 134; Beier, 1966, Orthopterorum Catalogus, 9:272; Liu & Jin, 1994, Contributions from Shanghai Institute of Entomology, 11:109; Jin & Xia, 1994, Journal of Orthoptera Research, 3:26.

Chandozhinskia bivittata: Gorochov, 1993, Zoosystematica Rossica, 2(1):82; Sänger & Helfert, 2004, Senckenbergiana Biologica, 84(1–2):45–58; Gorochov, Liu & Kang, 2005, Oriental Insects, 39:70.

Redescription: Fastigium verticis conical and obtuse, dorsum with a medial sulcus. Last two segments of maxillary palpi about equal in length. Lateral lobes of pronotum oblique in the posterior edge, humeral sinus inconspicuous (Figs. 51, 53, 54). Tegmina far exceeding apex of hind femora, hind wings longer than tegmina by 0.5mm. Fore tibia is bearing ventral spurs of the type 4, 4 (1, 1); inner and outer dorsal margin each with 24–26 spines of hind tibiae which bearing 3 pairs of apical spurs. Male 10th abdominal tergite concave on posterior margin (Figs. 58, 59). Male cerci straight, a small pointed process in the middle, apical half acutely spatulate (Figs. 57–61). Female epiproct roundly triangular, dorsally furrowed; cerci short, conical (Fig. 65). Male subgenital plate nearly quadrate, base broad, styli small (Figs. 60, 61). Female subgenital plate long and narrow, apex round (Figs. 62–64). Ovipositor short, an apical hook on the ventral valve (Fig. 65).

Body yellowish brown (Figs. 51, 52), maybe green in life with a pair of parallel lateral stripes on the pronotum (Figs. 53–56). About 22–28 dark spots on tegmen. The apex of genicular lobe dark.

Measurements (mm): Body ♂ 9.0, ♀ 12.0–15.0; pronotum ♂ 3.0, ♀ 2.8–3.0; tegmina ♂ 13.0, ♀ 14.5–16.0; hind femora ♂, ♀ 7.5–8.0; ovipositor ♀ 5.5–6.0.

Type locality and preservation: Simao District, Yunnan province ; type specimens are kept in IZCAS.

Material examined: 1♀, Dexing village, Medog County, Xizang province, alt. 980m, 1950. V.29, leg. JIN Gen-Tao, WU Jian-Yi ; 1♀, Dilinh ( Djiring), Vietnam, alt. 1200m, 1960. IV.22 ~28, leg. S. Quate & L. Quate (BMH) ; 1♂, Doipui, Chiangmai, Thailand, alt. 1360m, 1958. VII.2, leg. T. C. Maa (BMH)..

Distribution. China (Xizang, Yunnan); Thailand, Vietnam.