Mecopoda tibetensis, Liu & Heller & Wang & Yang & Wu & Liu & Zhang, 2020

Liu, Chun-Xiang, Heller, Klaus-Gerhard, Wang, Xue-Song, Yang, Zhen, Wu, Chao, Liu, Fei & Zhang, Tao, 2020, Taxonomy of a katydid genus Mecopoda Serville (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae, Mecopodinae) from East Asia, Zootaxa 4758 (2), pp. 296-310 : 304

Mecopoda tibetensis sp. nov. Liu

( Figs 5f ; 6f )

Holotype. male, CHINA: Tibet, Motuo, Maniweng, 2006.VIII., CX Liu.

Paratypes. CHINA: Tibet, Motuo, Urban District , 6 males, 2 females, 1084m, 2006.VIII.21, HB LIANG & M BAI; 10 males, 2015.VIII.16, HB LIANG, QT WU & ZZ HUANG ; 1 males, Beibeng Village , 2015.VIII.21, HB LIANG & ZZ HUANG ( IZCAS) ; 2 males, at light, 108K near Zamo Road, Qiaotou Hotel, 2015.VIII.23, J YAO & MQ WANG; 1 male, Maniweng , 2 males, Didong, 2006.VIII., CX Liu .

Diagnosis. M. tibetensis is distinguished from M. himalaya by the comparatively long file and the comparatively wide right stridulatory apparatus ( Figs 5f ; 6f ; Tables 5–6). The species is only distributed in low altitudes of Tibet.

Etymology. The species name indicates its locality and distribution area.

Figures

FIGURE 5. Male stridulatory file under the left tegmen. a: M. niponensis (Haan, 1843); b: M. fallax He, 2019; c: M. crescendo sp. nov.; d: M. himalaya sp. nov.; f: M. tibetensis sp. nov.; f: M. marmorata He; g: M. confracta sp. nov.; h: M. synconfracta sp. nov.; i: Mecopoda_“S” (Sismondo 1990); j: Mecopda sp. from Vietnam; k: M. elongata elongata from India; l: M. minor minor subsp. nov.; m: M. m. yunnana subsp. nov..

FIGURE 6. Male right stridulatory apparatus on the right tegmen. a: M. niponensis (Haan, 1843); b: M. fallax He, 2019; c: M. crescendo sp. nov.; d: M. himalaya sp. nov.; f: M. tibetensis sp. nov.; f: M. marmorata He; g: M. confracta sp. nov.; h: M. synconfracta sp. nov.; i: Mecopoda_“S” (Sismondo 1990); j: Mecopda sp. from Vietnam; k: M. elongata elongata from India; l: M. minor minor subsp. nov.; m: M. m. yunnana subsp. nov..