Chlorizeina Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 New

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3.1 Chlorizeina Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 New record to China

Chlorizeina Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893: 130 , 131; Kirby, 1910: 319; Kirby, 1914: 174; Rehn, 1951: 1–7; Kevan, 1969: 355–366; Otte, 1994: 41; Yin, Shi & Yin, 1996: 151.

Type species: Chlorizeina unicolor Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 .

Generic diagnosis. Body medium-sized, slender, subfusiform, surface smooth. Head nearly conical; fastigium of vertex about as long as vertical diameter of eyes, longitudinally sulcated in middle; front oblique and somewhat sinuated in lateral view; frontal ridge with low longitudinal sulcus; antennae filiform, inserted below lateral ocelli, extending beyond hind margin of pronotum; eyes oval, observably prominent. Pronotum cylindrical, finely punctured, three transverse sulci present, prozona longer than metazona, hind margin roundly prominent, inferior margin of lateral lobe somewhat sinuous, infero-posterior angle faintly larger than a right-angle. Tegmina and hind wings reduced, but dorsad touching each other, extending beyond base of hind femora; hind wings shorter than tegmina, uncolored. Metasternal lobes contiguous in male or separate in female. Hind femora with upper basal lobe as long as lower one, lower knee lobe slightly pointed; hind tibiae cylindrical, with 6–7 outer spines on dorsal margin, besides apical spine. In male, 10th abdominal tergum broad, hind margin partly triangularly excised in middle, triangularly marginated in lateral sides; supra-anal plate liguliform, hind margin rounded or subacute; cerci conical, compressed, somewhat curved inwards, apex obtuse or slightly expanded; subgenital plate a little laterally compressed, cucullate. Female supra-anal plate triangular; dorsal and ventral valves toothed on outer edges; subgenital plate with posterior margin nearly straight.

Distribution. China (Yunnan), Indian, Burma, Thailand, Laos.