Pteronemobius (Pteronemobius) nitidus ( Bolívar, 1901 )

He, Zhixin, Zhang, Tao & Ma, Libin, 2021, Crickets of subfamily Nemobiinae Saussure, 1877 (Orthoptera: Grylloidea; Trigonidiidae) from China with descriptions of new genera and new species, Zootaxa 5011 (1), pp. 1-70 : 49-50

Pteronemobius (Pteronemobius) nitidus ( Bolívar, 1901)

( Figs. 53–55 )

Nemobius nitidus Bolívar, 1901: 242

Pteronemobius nitidus, Chopard 1933: 2

Materials examined. China: 5 males. Wuhan, ix-10-2002, Lingde Xie coll. ( SNNU) .

Description. Male. Body size large for the genus. Head round, frontal rostrum not obvious, slightly wider than antennal scape. Ocelli round, the median one smallest. Postclypeus transversely narrowed, anteclypeus shaped as heart. Apical joint of maxillary palpi longer than the third, depressed and widened, with rounded apex; apical joint of labial palpi rod-like, longer than remainder sections, depressed and widened. Pronotum transverse wide, bearing bristle; anterior and posterior margin straight, posterior margin wider than the anterior, middle of both lateral edges slightly concave. Tegmen bearing an oblique vein and three chord veins, the third one diagonal vein converge proximally. Dividing vein transverse and separating mirror as front and hind cells. Apical region degraded, lateral region bearing four Sc branches. Fore tibia only possessing external tympanum, elongate oval-like. Hind tibia bearing four dorsal spurs on two sides respectively, of the inside, first spur stubby and far away from others, the basal of fourth one expanded; apical spurs three inside and outside respectively.

Genitalia. Middle part of epiphallus extremely short and lateral sides widened; lateral lobe tapering, apex acute and slightly curved inward. Ectoparamere similar to lateral lobe but rather short.

Female. Unknown.

Coloration. Body colored light brown. Legs colored yellowish brown.

Measurements (mm). Male (n=5). BL 6.54±1.65, HW 1.32±0.28, PL 1.26±0.30, TL 3.96±0.35, HFL 4.61±0.86. Female (n=5). BL 6.67±1.41, HW 1.38±0.26, PL 1.19±0.19, TL 4.08±0.34, HFL 4.93±0.77, OL 2.54±0.61.

Figures

FIGURE 53. P. (P.) nitidus. Habitus (alive) in field. A. Male. B. Female.