Sinocyrtaspis truncate Liu, 2000

Wang, Hanqiang, Liu, Xianwei & Li, Kai, 2015, New taxa of Meconematini (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) from Guangxi, China, Zootaxa 3941 (4), pp. 509-541 : 537-541

Sinocyrtaspis truncate Liu, 2000

( Figs 74–80 )

Sinocyrtaspis truncata Liu, 2000 : Zool. Res. 21(3), 220; Wang, Pan & Huang, 2011: J. Guangxi Normal Univ. 29(4), 124. Sinocyrtaspis ? truncata Chang, Bian & Shi, 2012 : Zootaxa 3495, 83.

Material examined. Holotype ♀, paratype ♀, Maoer Mountain, Xing’an County, Guangxi province, 1992. VIII.22–23, alt. 900–1500 m, leg. LIU Xian-Wei & YIN Hai-Sheng; 1♂, 2♀, Maoer Mountain, Xing’an County, Guangxi province, 2013. VIII.1–2, alt. 1700–2100 m, leg. ZHU Wei-Bin et al.

Supplemental description. Male (the first time). Body form large and robust. Fastigium of vertex short and stout, dorsally grooved, compound eyes subglobular and protruding forward, last segment of maxillary palpus longer than preceding. Pronotum almost covering half of body, ventral margin of paranota concave at one third, rest two third rounded convex, humeral sinus absent, posterior transverse sulcus distinct, metazona considerably expanded and elevated, as the prolate ellipsoid ( Fig. 76 ); auditory foramina of thorax small and exposed, posterolateral opened. Tegmina completely sealed beneath the elevated metazona of pronotum, apex truncate ; hind wings reduced. Fore tibiae with ventral spines armed of type 4, 4 (1, 1), mid tibiae with 5 outer and 4 inner ventral spines, lower lobe of the hind knee rounded at tip, hind tibiae with 20 – 25 dorsal teeth either margin above and 3 pairs of apical spurs. Posterior median one-third edge of 10th abdominal tergite concave, a spade-shaped process with apex bilobate attached at the middle ( Fig. 77 ). Cerci with a dorsal branch and curved in- and downwards, inside the hook bearing a thinner expanded lobe ( Figs 78, 79 ). Genitalia sclerotized as in Fig. 77 . Subgenital plate nearly rectangular, base broad, hind margin little sunken, styli short ( Fig. 78 ).

Coloration. Body light green. Flagellum of antenna pale brown with darkish annulations. Groove of rostrum darkened. Compound eyes pale yellowish. Dorsum of pronotum light yellow with a pair of brown longitudinal stripes laterally, gradually divergent posteriorly. Each abdomen tergite with a pair of pale brown patches and together joint into two lines. Tarsi, Hind tibiae and genicular lobes pale brown.

FIGURES 74–80 . (Continued) Measurement. Lengths in millimeter: body ♂12.9, ♀12.2–13.0; pronotum ♂7.9, ♀5.0–5.1; tegmina ♂4.0, ♀1.7–1.8; hind femora ♂10.0, ♀10.1–10.6; ovipositor ♀7.0–7.6.

Distribution. Guangxi (Maoer Mountain).

Figures

FIGURES 74 – 80. Sinocyrtaspis truncata Liu, 2000. 74, 75. male and female in habitats; 76. pronotum of male in lateral view; 77 – 79. male abdomen terminal dorsal, lateral and ventral view; 80. female abdomen terminal in ventral view.