Teratura (Teratura) flexispatha Qiu & Shi, 2010

Jiao, Jiao, Chang, Yan-Lin & Shi, Fu-Ming, 2014, Notes on a collection of the tribe Meconematini (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from Hainan, China, Zootaxa 3869 (5), pp. 548-556 : 554

Teratura (Teratura) flexispatha Qiu & Shi, 2010

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Female: Body slightly larger than male. Posttibiae with 25–29 spines on inner and outer sides of dorsal surface separately, with 1 pair of dorsal spurs and 2 pairs of ventral spurs.

Posterior margin of tenth with 1 small triangular concavity in middle. Cerci conical, apices acute. Subgenital plate basal half broad, basal margin straight; lateral margins expanded; apical half narrowing, posterior margin with 1 shallow concavity in middle. Ovipositor shorter, gently curved upwards, base stout, edges smooth, slightly surpassing apices of postfemora.

Coloration. Body dark yellowish brown, with irregular brown stripes. Eyes dark brown. Fastigium verticis black brown. Disc of pronotum with irregular brown stripes in middle area, and with a pair of brown stripes on posterior area. Tegmina dark brown, other area with some brown spots. The spines on dorsal surface of posttibiae brown, apices of spurs of posttibiae brown. Apical area of ovipositor brown.

Measurements (mm). Body (from apex of fastigium verticis to posterior margin of tenth abdominal tergite): ♂13.0–14.5, ♀16.4–17.5; pronotum: ♂5.2–6.0, ♀5.0–5.7; tegmen: ♂21.0–23.5, ♀22.0–23.0; postfemora: ♂13.5–15.5, ♀15.0–16.5; ovipositor (from base of subgenital plate to apex of ovipositor): 10.0–11.5.

Specimens examined. 1♀, Yinggezui, Baisha, Hainan, 22 May 2014, collected by Jiao Jiao; 1♂ 1♀, Bawangling, Changjiang, Hainan, 26–29 May 2014, collected by Jiao Jiao; 1♂, Jianfengling, Ledong, Hainan, 5 June 2014, collected by Jiao Jiao.

Distribution. Hainan (Bawangling, Jianfengling, Wuzhishan, Yinggezui).

Figures

FIGURE 4. Teratura (Teratura) flexispatha Qiu & Shi, 2010: A – B. pronotum: A. dorsal view; B. lateral view; C – E. apex of abdomen: C. ventral view; D. dorsal view; E. lateral view; F. subgenital plate in ventral view: G. ovipositor in lateral view; A – E. male; F – G. female.