Tamdaotettix (Laotettix) curvatus ( Gorochov, 2015 )

Qin, Yanyan, Liu, Xianwei & Li, Kai, 2016, Review of the cave cricket genus Tamdaotettix Gorochov with a new species and some new descriptions (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae, Aemodogryllinae), Zootaxa 4154 (3), pp. 339-345 : 341-342

2. Tamdaotettix (Laotettix) curvatus ( Gorochov, 2015)

( Figs. 3–4 )

Tamdaotettix (Laotettix) curvatus Gorochov, 2015 . Zoosystematica Rossica, 24(1): 54, figs. 18–24.

Description. Male. Body small sized, shining. Head with fastigium of vertex divided into two conical tubercles, completely fused. Legs long and slender; fore femora about 1.2 times as long as the pronotum, beneath unarmed, external genicular lobe with a long movable spur; fore tibiae beneath with 2 external and 2 internal spurs, between the paired apical spurs with a short spur. Mid femora with a long movable spur on the external and internal genicular lobe; mid tibiae beneath with 2 external and 1 internal spur(s), between the paired apical spurs with a short spur. Hind femora beneath with 6 internal spines and without outer spines; hind tibiae above with 59–62 outer spines and 57–58 inter spines, inner subapical spur of hind tibiae longer than hind metatarsus. Hind metatarsus with 5 dorsal spines. Process of 7th abdominal tergite with concave dorsal edge ( Fig. 3 ). Process of 6th abdominal tergite without projection ( Fig. 3 ). Paraproct with a globularly rounded apex ( Fig. 4 ).

Female. Unkonwn.

Coloration. Body light brown. Pronotum with a light median band. Hind legs yellowish brown and femora with brown stripes.

Measurements. (length in mm) Body Ƌ11.5; pronotum Ƌ6.5; fore femora Ƌ8.0; hind femora Ƌ18.0; hind tibiae ♂ 19.0.

Material examined. 1♂, Mengla, Yunnan, China, 1995. VII.23–27, collected by Liu Xian-Wei et al. . Distribution . China (Yunnan) ; Laos (Xieng Khouang) .

Discussion. This species is very similar to Tamdaotettix (Laotettix) minutus Gorochov, 2015 , but differs from the latter in: process of paraproct with a globularly round apex, process of 7th abdominal tergite with concave dorsal edge.

Figures

FIGURES 3 – 4. Tamdaotettix (Laotettix) curvatus Gorochov, 2015. 3. Abdominal apex, dorsal view; 4. Abdominal apex, lateral view; scale bars = 2 mm.