Pteronemobius (Pteronemobius) indicus ( Walker, 1869 )

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 : 48-49

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5011.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3D1B9B5C-B0A8-4450-B135-CB0CD67C0880

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03888796-FFFD-6F60-FF45-1C95E300FE22

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Pteronemobius (Pteronemobius) indicus ( Walker, 1869 )
status

 

Pteronemobius (Pteronemobius) indicus ( Walker, 1869) View in CoL

( Figs. 51–52 View FIGURE 51 View FIGURE 52 )

Nemobius indicus Walker, 1869: 58

Pteronemobius indicus, Chopard, 1967: 167 View in CoL

Materials examined. China: 3 males & 2 females, Yunnan, Xishuangbanna, Yaoqu , vi-1-2009, Libin Ma coll. ( SNNU) .

Description. Male. Body size medium for the genus. Head round, slightly wider than the anterior of pronotum. Frontal rostrum not obvious, distinct narrower than antennal scape. Ocelli oval-like, median ocellus smallest of the three. Postclypeus transverse narrowed, anteclypeus concave medially. 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 bristles; anterior and posterior margins 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 and 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, and the basal of fourth one expanded; apical spurs three inside and outside respectively.

Genitalia. Epiphallus long, lateral lobe short and angularity, somewhat curved inward. Inner of ectoparamere rather large and transverse, lower part rather thin and short.

Female. Similar to male but veins are different.

Coloration. Body yellowish brown. Head yellow, occiput ornamented with three brown stripes. Maxillary palpi yellowish brown. Pronotum yellow and middle part somewhat dark. Tegmen pale brown. Legs yellow.

Measurements (mm). Male (n=3). BL 8.54±1.72, HW 1.43±0.38, PL 1.84±0.45, TL 5.26±0.97, HFL 5.59±0.87. Female (n=2). BL8.31±1.06, HW 1.51±0.48, PL 1.76±0.42, TL 4.68±0.55, HFL 5.58±0.62, OL 5.16±0.49.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Orthoptera

Family

Trigonidiidae

Genus

Pteronemobius

Loc

Pteronemobius (Pteronemobius) indicus ( Walker, 1869 )

He, Zhixin, Zhang, Tao & Ma, Libin 2021
2021
Loc

Pteronemobius indicus, Chopard, 1967: 167

Chopard, L. 1967: 167
1967
Loc

Nemobius indicus

Walker, F. 1869: 58
1869
Darwin Core Archive (for parent article) View in SIBiLS Plain XML RDF