Vescelia pieli subsp. pieli, pieli (Chorpad, 1939)

Tian, Di, Shen, Chu-Ze, Chen, Lin, Chen, Guang-Yu, Zhang, Tao, Li, Kai & He, Zhu-Qing, 2019, An integrative taxonomy of Vescelia pieli pieli species complex based on morphology, genes and songs from China (Orthoptera: Grylloidea: Phalangopsidae: Phaloriinae), Zootaxa 4695 (1), pp. 67-75 : 72-73

2.2 V. pieli pieli (Chorpad, 1939)

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Heterotrypus pieli Chopard. 1939

Phaloria pieli Chopard. 1968

Vescelia pieli pieli Gorochov. 2003

Materials examed. Male, CHINA, Hainan, from Yuan Mantung to Huang Mao Hsiatung, 9-iv-1936, coll. G. Ros, (Holotype, SEM, CAS, No. 14068821). 1 female, CHINA, Hainan, Changjiang, Baisha, 18-iii-2019, coll. HE Zhu- Qing. 2 males, CHINA, Hainan, Changjiang, Baomei , 11-viii-2018, coll. HE Zhu-Qing. 1 male, 1 female, 2 nymphs, CHINA, Hainan, Ledong, Jiangfengling , 9-viii-2018, coll. HE Zhu-Qing. 1 nymph, CHINA, Hainan, Changjiang, Bawangling , 17-iii-2019, coll. HE Zhu-Qing. 1 male & 1 nymph, CHINA, Guangdong, Fengkai, Heishiding , 26-iv- 2019, coll. HE Zhu-Qing.

Measurements (in mm). Male: body length (to forewing) 18.36–19.52, pronotum length 3.06–3.22, forewing length 15.35–15.59, hind femur length 13.28–14.93.

Female: body length (to forewing) 18.20–20.44, pronotum length 3.34–3.83, forewing length 12.92–14.56, hind femur length 14.01–14.59, ovipositor length 6.82–7.13.

Figures

FIGURE 3. Vescelia spp., live individuals and Holotype of V. pieli pieli. A: V. pieli monotonia (from Wuyishan, Fujian); B: V. pieli pieli (from Changjian, Hainan); C: V. dulcis (from Wuzhishan, Hainan); D: V. pieli pieli (Holotype).

FIGURE 4. Male genetalia of Vescelia spp. A: V. pieli monotonia (from Wuyishan, Fujian); B: V. pieli pieli (from Changjian, Hainan); C: V. dulcis (from Wuzhishan, Hainan). 1: dorsal view; 2: ventral view.

FIGURE 5. Calling songs of Vescelia spp. A: V. pieli monotonia (from Wuyishan, Fujian); B: V. pieli pieli (from Changjian, Hainan); C: V. dulcis (from Wuzhishan, Hainan). scale bar=0.2s.