Pseudoteratura (Pseudoteratura) mittena Liu, 2020

Jin, Xingbao, Liu, Xianwei & Wang, Hanqiang, 2020, New taxa of the tribe Meconematini from South-Pacific and Indo-Malayan Regions (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Meconematinae), Zootaxa 4772 (1), pp. 1-53 : 33-35

46) Pseudoteratura (Pseudoteratura) mittena Liu sp. n.

Holotype ♂ (left front and hind leg, right middle and hind legs lost): SARAWAK: BORNEO:/ Matang / 15.ix.1958 / J.L. Gressitt Coll ../ BISHOP Museum

Paratype 1♂ (all legs and antenna lost, but right front leg): BORNEO: SARAWAK / Gunong Matang / 120 m ., IX-14-’58; J.L. Gressitt/ Collector

Paratype 1♀ (left middle, right front legs and antenna lost): NORTH BORNEO ( SE)/ Tawau , Quoin Hill / Cocoa Res. Sta./ 225m, 25.IX.1962; K.J. Kuncheria / Collector / BISHOP

Paratype 1♀ (left front leg lost): BRITISH N. BORNEO/ Tawau Quoin Hill / Cocoa Res. Sta. / 7.IX.1962; Y. Hirashima / Collector / BISHOP

Diagnosis. Overall morphology typical of the genus. Body small and slender, with fully developed wings, similar to Pseudoteratura (Pseudoteratura) tridenta Liu sp. n.

Male 10 th tergite with a small posteriormedian notch. Epiproct moderate lobe with bifurcated apex ( Fig. 22c ). Cerci broad lobe in mitten-like form, 1 small lobe and 1 large lobe, a sharp and long tooth at base ventrally. Subanal plate in 1 thick lobe with slightly enlarged round apex and fused with subgenital plate ( Fig. 22 c–f). Subgenital plate narrow with round posterior margin, styli comparatively short ( Fig. 22e ).

Female subgenital plate short with smooth and round posterior margin. Ovipositor comparatively short, nearly straight, with acute apex, basal half a bit thick ( Fig. 22b ).

Measurements (mm). Body: ♂ 9.5–10.0, ♀ 10.0–10.2; Pronotum: ♂ 3.5–3.7, ♀ 3.5–3.9; Tegmina: ♂ 14.7, ♀ 16.9–18.0; Hind femora: ♂ lost, ♀ 9.8–10.7; Ovipositor: 6.9–7.1.

Comparison. This species also close to Pseudoteratura (Pseudoteratura) raggei (Bey-Bienko, 1971) and Pseudoteratura (Pseudoteratura) tridenta Liu sp. n., but male cerci with broader bifurcated lobes in mitten-like shape. Female subgenital plate with smooth and round posterior margin. Etymology. Species name refers to male cerci in mitten-like form.

Figures

FIGURE 22. Pseudoteratura (Pseudoteratura) mittena Liu sp. n. a. male; b. female; male abdominal terminal: c. dorsal view, d. lateral view, e. ventral view, f. lateral to ventral view; g. female subgenital plate.