Flospes hainanensis, He & Ma & Zhang & Miao, 2022

He, Zhi-Xin, Ma, Li-Bin, Zhang, Tao & Miao, Xiao-Lan, 2022, Flospes gen. nov. (Orthoptera, Trigonidiidae, Trigonidiinae), a genus of swordtail crickets from China, with two new species and new combinations, ZooKeys 1090, pp. 113-128 : 113

Flospes hainanensis comb. nov.

Amusurgus (Paranaxipha) hainanensis He et al., 2010: 60

Sectus hainanensis , Ma & Pan, 2019: 567

Holotype information.

Type locality: China. Hainan, Ledong, Jianfeng. Deposited at East China Normal University, Biology of History Museum (HSUN), Shanghai, China (not examined).

Distribution

(Fig. 1 ). China (Hainan).

Remarks.

This species has very unique male genitalia; the epiphallus is relatively short and the lateral lobe is nearly absent. These features correspond to some other genera of Trigonidiinae (e.g., Sectus and Anaxiphomorpha ), and even species of Nemobiinae . This species has been assigned in the genus Sectus according to the genitalic form ( Ma and Pan 2019). Because the type species of Sectus bears acoustical devices (tympana and stridulatory vein and mirror, etc.) and can sing, the placement of F. hainanensis , a silent cricket species, in Sectus is unsuitable. The similar appearance of this species with F. fujianensis makes it more suitable to move it to the new genus.

Figures

Figure 1. Distribution of Flospes species in China.