Orophyllus supeciliarilamellatus Xie, Wang & He, 2021

Xie, Hui-Cong, Wang, Han-Qiang, Li, Kai & He, Zhu-Qing, 2021, Taxonomy of genus Orophyllus Beier, 1954 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Pseudophyllinae), Zootaxa 4990 (1), pp. 147-159 : 153

Orophyllus supeciliarilamellatus Xie, Wang & He sp. nov.

Figs. 4A–I

Material examined: Holotype: 1 male, CHINA, Guangxi Prov., Maoershan (110.48°E, 25.88°N), alt 1200m, 11-viii-2020 coll. Xie Hui-Cong ( ECNU).

Paratype: 2 males, CHINA, Guangxi Prov., Jinxiu (110.25°E, 24.16°N), 19-vii-2015, coll. He Zhu- Qing ( ECNU) ; 2 males and 3 females, CHINA, Guangxi Prov., Yangmeiao (108.64°E, 25.19°N), alt 1200m, 18-vii-2015, coll. Lin & Zhu ( SEM) ; 4 males, CHINA, Guangxi Prov., Yangmeiao (108.64°E, 25.19°N), alt 1200m, 20-vii-2015, coll. Lin & Zhu ( SEM) ; 2 males, CHINA, Guangxi Prov., Yangmeiao (108.64°E, 25.19°N), alt 1200m, 21-vii-2015, coll. Lin & Zhu ( SEM) ; 1 female, CHINA, Guangxi Prov., Yangmeiao (108.64°E, 25.19°N), alt 1200m, 22-vii-2015, coll. Lin & Zhu ( SEM) ; 2 females, CHINA, Guangxi Prov., Damingshan , alt. 1250m, 19~ 25-vii-2013, coll. Zhu, Liu, Wang & Zhang ( SEM) ; 3 males, CHINA, Guangxi Prov., Yangmeiao (108.64°E, 25.19°N), 6-viii-2020, coll. Xie Hui-Cong ( ECNU) ; 3 males, CHINA, Sichuan Prov., Mengdingshan (103.03°E, 30.06°N), alt 1456m, 31-vii–1-viii-2007, coll. Liu, Huang, Zhou & Bi ( SEM) ; 1 female, CHINA, Guizhou Prov., Fanjingshan , alt. 1000~ 1800m, 6-viii-2014, coll. Sun & Li ( SEM) .

Description. Very similar to preceding species but smaller, tegmina shorter and broader, not recurved as preceding species at apex in female ( Fig. 8 ). Male cerci thicker, and styli only about half length of subgenital plate which bearing eyebrow-shaped marking basally ( Fig. 4F, G ). The basal panels of female subgenital plate each with a blunt conical tubercle at outer apex ( Fig. 4H ). Ovipositor shorter ( Fig. 4I ).

Measurements (in mm): Male: SZ 43.10–51.57, PR 6.27–8.20, FW 35.56–41.91, HF 17.09–19.56. Female: SZ 53.92–58.15, PR 6.93–8.03, FW 48.25–49.53, HF 19.54–21.25, OV 23.56–25.52.

Etymology: Species name supeciliarilamellatus means 2 stripes on the ventral surface of the subgenital plate.

Distribution: Guangxi, Guizhou, Jiangxi, Sichuan.

Figures

FIGURE 4. Morphological features of Orophyllus supeciliarilamellatus sp. nov. A) frons in fronto-ventral view B) head and pronotum in dorsal view C) pronotum in lateral view D) sterna in ventral view E) left hind femora in dorsal view F) apex of male abdomen in dorsal view G) male subgenital plate in ventral view H) female subgenital plate in ventral view I) female ovipositor in lateral view. A–G: male; H, I: female. Scale bar= 2mm.

FIGURE 8. Tegmina of all species in the genus Orophullus. Scale bar=1cm