Gibbotettix emeiensis Zheng, 1992

Deng, Wei-An, 2020, Taxonomic revision of the subfamily Cladonotinae (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) from China with description of three new species, Zootaxa 4789 (2), pp. 403-440 : 418-419

Gibbotettix emeiensis Zheng, 1992

( Figure 6 A–B)

Gibbotettix emeiensis Zheng, 1992b: 2 (holotype – ♀, China: Sichuan prov., Emeishan County, in IZSNU, examined); Liang, 1998: 46; Zheng, 2005: 43; Zeng & Zheng, 2011: 844; Deng et al., 2016: 430.

Gibbotettix serrifemura Deng, Zheng & Wei, 2016: 431 (holotype— ♀, China, Sichuan prov., Emeishan County, in EMHU, examined; paratype, 1♂, China, Guizhou Prov., Fanjingshan , 03. VI. 2002, EMHU, examined), syn. nov.

Gibbotettix longivalva Zha & Li, In Li et al., 2018: 304 (holotype— ♀, China, Guizhou prov., Tongzi County, in SSHNU, not examined), syn. nov.

Type material examined. holotype, ♀, China, Sichuan Prov., Emeishan , 06. V. 1955, IZSNU . Other material exam- ined. 1♂, China, Sichuan Prov., Emeishan, 23. VII. 2014, EMHU ; 1♂ 2♀, China, Sichuan Prov., Emeishan, 09. VIII. 2013, EMHU . 1♂ 1♀, China, Sichuan Prov., Emeishan County, 06. VII. 2011, EMHU ; 1♂, China, Guizhou Prov., Fanjingshan, 03. VI. 2002, EMHU .

Notes. I have examined holotypes of G. emeiensis and G. serrifemura and I found that structures and coloration of the body are the same in both taxa. Therefore, G. serrifemura is here considered a synonym of G. emeiensis .

The comparison of the holotype of G. emeiensis and additional specimens from Sichuan and Guizhou with the original description and photographs of holotype and allotype of G. longivalva show that these taxa are conspecific and characterized by the anterior margin of pronotum truncated, the middle has an angled protrusion forward; anterior part of pronotum gradually elevated and swollen; pronotal disc at the level of humeral angles concave in the center, behind shoulders has 4–5 humps on each; lower margins of middle femur have 2–3 large lamellate teeth. These characters for the basis of the new synonymy are proposed here.

Distribution. China (Sichuan and Guizhou).

Figures

FIGURE 6A–J. Gibbotettix emeiensis Zheng, 1992; Gibbotettix guangxiensis Zheng & Jiang, 1998; Gibbotettix guizhouensis Zeng & Zheng, 2011; Gibbotettix hongheensis Zheng, 1992; Gibbotettix hupingshanensis Fu & Zheng, 2002.A—G. emeiensis, dorsal view of body; B—G. emeiensis, lateral view of body; C—G. guangxiensis, lateral view of body; D—G. guangxiensis, dorsal view of body; E—G. guizhouensis, dorsal view of body; F—G. guizhouensis, lateral view of body; G—G. hongheensis, dorsal view of body; H—G. hongheensis, lateral view of head and pronotum; I—G. hupingshanensis, dorsal view of body; J—G. hupingshanensis, lateral view of body. (A–D photo: Weian Deng, E–F photo: Zeng & Zheng, G–H after Zheng, I–J photo: Weian Deng).