Loxoblemmus (Asonicogryllus) bronzus He, 2021

Xu, Jing-Yi, Liu, Yi-Jiao, Li, Shi-Yu & He, Zhu-Qing, 2021, A new species of subgenus Asonicogryllus He, 2019 from Yunnan (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Gryllinae), Zootaxa 5040 (2), pp. 238-246 : 242-245

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5040.2.4

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:AE55101A-8335-4C92-99D0-64EA919FAF59

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5531323

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6837C10E-F973-EE38-F1B4-D721FD9DF534

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Loxoblemmus (Asonicogryllus) bronzus He
status

sp. nov.

Loxoblemmus (Asonicogryllus) bronzus He View in CoL sp. nov. ffiů濯Dz

Figs 1–5 View FIGURE 1 View FIGURE 2 View FIGURE 3 View FIGURE 4 View FIGURE 5

Holotype: male, CHINA, Yunnan, Dehong, Ruili (E 97.86 N 24.02), 26-iv-2018, coll. He Zhu-Qing. GoogleMaps

Paratypes: 3 females & 2 males, same data as holotype GoogleMaps ; 1 female, CHINA, Yunnan, Dehong, Longchuan (E 97.79 N 24.18), Alt. 1600 m, 10-vi-2018, coll. Bi Wen-Xuan. GoogleMaps

Description. Male. Head: shining, vertex little protruding, frontal rostrum flat, 2 times as wide as the 1st antennal joint, median ocellus lower than lateral ocelli, maxillary palpi normal ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 CDE); Thorax: pronotum setose, anterior and posterior margin almost straight, without border between disc and lateral lobes, one oval tympanum on outside of foretibia and one small tympanum on inner side ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 FG); forewings well developed, 2–2.5 times as long as pronotum (Fig. A). Hind tibia with 5 pairs of dorsal spines, three inner apical spurs and three outer spurs ( Fig. 2 H View FIGURE 2 ), epiproct normal ( Fig. 2 I View FIGURE 2 ). Genitalia: posterior epiphallic lobes elongate and apically little curved upwards, mesal posterior epiphallus protruding but little concave in middle, posterior edge of ectoparameron large and swollen; as long as posterior epiphallic lobes ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 ABC).

Female. Similar to male; forewing 1.5 times the length of pronotum ( Fig. 2 B View FIGURE 2 ), ovipositor long and straight ( Fig. 2 J View FIGURE 2 ).

Coloration.

Hatchlings: head light yellow and antennae white ( Fig. 4 A View FIGURE 4 ).

Nymphs: posterior part of head with a white stripe, antennae white with black apex ( Fig. 4 B View FIGURE 4 ).

Adults: almost black, forewing brown ( Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4 CD).

Etymology. The name bronzus is used to emphasize the color of its forewings.

Measurements (in mm).

Male: body length 12.02–13.06, pronotum length 2.59–2.88, hind femur length 6.80–7.40, forewing length 6.01–6.38

Female: body length 11.87–13.32, pronotum length 2.54–2.80, hind femur length 6.74–7.05, forewing length 3.57–3.63, ovipositor length 6.61–7.17.

Song. The song rate is about 98 pulse groups/minute. One pulse group consists of 9.029±1.243 pulses. The duration of pulse group is 0.419± 0.068s. The interval of pulse group is 0.205± 0.032s, as in Fig. 5 View FIGURE 5 .

Distribution. China (Yunnan).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Orthoptera

Family

Gryllidae

Genus

Loxoblemmus

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