Meconemopsis quadrinotata ( Bey-Bienko, 1971 ) Wang, Liu, Li

Wang, Hanqiang, Liu, Xianwei & Li, Kai, 2015, New taxa of Meconematini (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) from Guangxi, China, Zootaxa 3941 (4), pp. 509-541 : 523

Meconemopsis quadrinotata ( Bey-Bienko, 1971) Wang, Liu, Li comb. nov.

( Figs 31–36 )

Xiphidiopsis quadrinotata Bey-Bienko, 1971 , Ent. Rev., 50:475; Liu & Jin, 1994, Contr. Shanghai Inst. Entomol., 11:111; Jin & Xia, 1994, Jour. Orth. Res., 3:27.

Xizicus (Axizicus) xizangensis Jiao, Shi & Gao, 2013 , Zootaxa, 3694(3):298. (syn. nov)

Material examination. 5♀, Motuo County, Xizang province, alt. 970–1570 m, 1979. IX.10–1980. VIII.14, leg. JIN Gen-Tao & WU Jian-Yi; 2♀, Motuo County, Xizang province, alt. 1000 m, 2010. VIII. 6–8, leg. BI Wen-Xuan; 1♂ 2♀, Beibeng Village, Motuo County, Xizang province, alt. 850–1200 m, 1983. IV.9–V. 18, leg. HAN Yin-Heng.

Supplemental description. Male. Conical of Fastigium verticis, obtuse apically and furrowed dorsally. Last two segments of maxillary palp about equal in length. Metazona no longer than prozona, with oblique posterior edge of paranota, humeral sinus conspicuous. Tegmina far exceeding apex of hind femora, hind wings longer than tegmina by 2.0 mm. Each femur unarmed. Fore tibiae bearing ventral spurs internal and external of type 4, 4 (1, 1), 5 outer and 4 inner ventral spines of mid tibiae, hind tibiae with 19–21 teeth each margin above and 3 pairs of apical spurs. Posterior edge of 10th abdominal tergite concave in the middle, epiproct small and roundly triangular. Cerci stout, upper inner base occur a digitation, a conical elevation of which dentate in summit beneath; inner margin of apex dentate. Subgenital plate small, nearly circular, shrink in apical one fifth, apex truncate , styli very small.

Coloration. Greenish in life. Dorsum of rostrum black, disc of vertex darkish brown. Disc of pronotum with a pale brown longitudinal band and 4 blackish spots, tip of terminal darkish in some case. Apical half of tegmina with inconspicuous darkish spots.

Measurements. Lengths in millimeter: Body ♂8.5, ♀9.0–13.0; pronotum ♂3.5, ♀3.0–3.8; tegmina ♂8.0, ♀16.5–19.0; hind femora ♂7.0, ♀8.0; Ovipositor ♀6.5–7.0.

Discussion. The original description of female was accompanied by one drawing of dorsal surface of pronotum. The type specimen photo on OSF not provide the ventral view of subgenital plate. The females collected in Motuo basically matched original description, and considering Motuo is adjacent to type locality, it is reasonable to conclude that material collected in Xizang is Xiphidiopsis quadrinotata . The species is definitely not a Xiphidiopsis , the black dorsum of rostrum, pronotum with patches and stripes, hind margin of male 10th abdominal tergite without hind process inconsistent with Meconemopsis , hence the new combination.

Distribution. China (Xizang), Burma (Nam Tamai valley).

Figures

FIGURES 31 – 36. Meconemopsis quadrinotata (Bey-Bienko, 1971). 31, 32. head and pronotum of of male in lateral and dorsal view; 33, 34. male abdomen terminal in dorsal and ventral view; 35. female subgenital plate, ventral view; 36. female abdomen terminal in lateral view.