Alloxiphidiopsis irregularis ( Bey-Bienko, 1962 ) Liu & Zhang, 2007

Liu, Xianwei & Zhang, Dingjie, 2007, A new genus of the tribe Meconematini (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae), Zootaxa 1581 (1), pp. 37-43 : 40-41

Alloxiphidiopsis irregularis ( Bey-Bienko, 1962) comb. n.

( Figs. 8–10 )

Xiphidiopsis irregularis Bey-Bienko, 1962 . Proc. Zool. Inst., USSR Acad. Sci., Leningrad, 30: 126–127.

Xiphidiopsis irregularis Bey-Bienko : Liu et Jin, 1994. Contr. Shanghai Inst. Entomol., 11: 110.

Xiphidiopsis irregularis Bey-Bienko : Jin et Xia, 1994. J. Orth. Res., 3: 27.

Xiphidiopsis irregularis Bey-Bienko : Gorochov, 1998. Zoosystematica Rossica, 7(1): 101.

Diagnosis. ♂. Size small. Fore tibiae with ventral spines arranged in type 4, 5 (1, 1). Median process of 9 th abdominal tergite long and asymmetrical ( Fig.8 ). Hind margin of last abdominal tergite with two short lobes. Cerci short and asymmetrical, left cercus longer than right one ( Fig.10 ). Subgenital plate quadrate, with a pair of styles.

♀. unknown.

Coloration: Yellowish (living possibly greenish), unicolourous.

Measurements (length in mm)

Additional material. 1♂, Yunnan (Xishuangbanna Menglong Mengsong), 1800m, 26.IV.1958 (Cheng Han-Hua) ( NUT) .

Distribution. China (Yunnan).

Figures

FIGURES 8–10. Alloxiphidiopsis irregularis (Bey-Bienko, 1962) comb. n. 8, male abdominal end, dorsal view; 9, male abdominal end, lateral view; 10, male abdominal end, ventral view.