Alloxiphidiopsis longicauda, Liu & Zhang, 2007

Liu, Xianwei & Zhang, Dingjie, 2007, A new genus of the tribe Meconematini (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae), Zootaxa 1581 (1), pp. 37-43 : 41

Alloxiphidiopsis longicauda sp. n.

( Figs. 11–13 )

Diagnosis. ♂. Size small. Fore tibiae with ventral spines arranged in type 4, 5 (1, 1). Median process of 9 th abdominal tergite very long and symmetrical, with dilated apex into sharped lateral angle ( Fig.11 ). Hind margin of last abdominal tergite with two short lobes. Cerci long and asymmetrical, left cercus distinctly longer than right one ( Fig.13 ).

♀. unknown.

Coloration: Yellowish (living possibly greenish), unicolourous.

Measurements (length in mm)

Holotype ♂, Yunnan (Xishuangbanna Menglongmanbing), 650m, 16.IV.1958 (Cheng Han-Hua) ( NUT) ; Paratype 1♂, Yunnan (Jinkang Taozizhai), 1100m, 22.IV.1980 (Zhang Juan) ( IZCAS) .

Discussion. The males of this new species is very similar to A. irregularis ( Bey-Bienko, 1962) , but differs in the shape of 9 th abdominal tergite and left cercus distinctly longer than right one.

Distribution. China (Yunnan).

Etymology: Name “ long-cauda ” refers to very long median process of male 9 th abdominal tergite.

Figures

FIGURES 11–13. Alloxiphidiopsis longicauda sp. n. 11, male abdominal end, dorsal view; 12, male abdominal end, lateral view; 13, male abdominal end, ventral view.