Caryanda viridis

Mao, Ben-Yong, Niu, Yao, Zheng, Zhe-Min & Scott, Matthew B., 2015, Review of the genus Qinshuiacris (Orthoptera: Acrididae) from China with proposal of Caryanda viridis - species group and description of a new species, Zootaxa 3981 (4), pp. 565-576 : 567

Key to the species of Caryanda viridis -species group

1A Male cerci decurved in apical two fifths, apex thicker and contorted outward ( Figs 2–3 , 9–10 )......................... 2

1B Male cerci decurved in apical fifth, apex slenderer and not contorted outward ( Figs 24, 26 )........................... 3

2A Hind femora green or yellowish green, without any colour ring before knee ( Figs 19–21 )............. C. viridis comb. nov.

2B Hind femora red, with a yellow ring before knee ( Figs 22–23 )................................ C. eshana Mao sp. nov.

3A Hind femora greenish to greenish yellow; back of body green to glaucous in both sexes ( Figs 24–27 ); female subgenital plate with posterior margin nearly straight at both sides................................................. C. dehongensis

3B Hind femora red; back of body with 13 yellowish white maculations in male; female subgenital plate with a large triangular process on both sides of posterior margin...................................................... C. albomaculata

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 7. Caryanda viridis comb. nov.. 1. Male pronotum in lateral view; 2. Male terminalia in dorsal view; 3. Male cercus in lateral view; 4 – 5. Epiphallus in dorsal and lateral views; 6 – 7. Subgenital plate and ovipositor, in lateral and ventral views. an = ancora; ap = anterior projection; ilo = inner lophus; olo = outer lophus. Scale bars = 1 mm.

FIGURES 8 – 14. Caryanda eshana Mao sp. nov.. 8. Male pronotum in lateral view; 9. Male terminalia in dorsal view; 10. Male cercus in lateral view; 11 – 12. Epiphallus in dorsal and lateral views; 13 – 14. Subgenital plate and ovipositor, in ventral and lateral views. an = ancora; ap = anterior projection; ilo = inner lophus; olo = outer lophus. Scale bars = 1 mm.

FIGURES 19 – 27. Habitus in lateral view. 19 – 21. Caryanda viridis comb. nov.: 19. Holotype male; 20 – 21. Topotype male and topotype female. 22 – 23. C. eshana Mao sp. nov., holotype male and paratype female. 24 – 25. C. dehongensis Mao, Xu & Yang, 2003, holotype male and paratype female. 26 – 27. C. yini Mao & Ren, 2006 syn. nov. (= C. dehongensis Mao, Xu & Yang, 2003), holotype male and paratype female. Scale bars = 5 mm.