Sinochlora sinensis Tinkham, 1945

Liu, Chun-Xiang & Kang, Le, 2007, Revision of the genus Sinochlora Tinkham (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae, Phaneropterinae), Journal of Natural History 41 (21 - 24), pp. 1313-1341 : 1328-1329

Sinochlora sinensis Tinkham

( Figures 1A, B , 3A , 4 A–F)

Sinochlora sinensis Tinkham 1945, p 235 –246; Eades et al. 2006.

Material examined

One male, one female, China: Guangxi Prov.: Baishou , 29 June 1952 (collector unknown) ( IZAS) ; two males, four females, China: Guangxi Prov.: Mt. Maoershan , 1080–1200 m, 25 August 1982, coll. Yang Jikun ( ICAU) ; two males, one female, China: Sichuan Prov.: Mt. O’meishan, Qingyinge , 800–1000 m, 19 November 1957, coll. Huang Keren and Lu Youcai ( IZAS) ; one male, China: Guizhou Prov.: Jiangkou, Mt. Fanjingshan , 530 m, 13 July 1988, coll. Wang Shuyong ( IZAS) ; one male, one female, China: Fujian Prov.: Chong’anxingcun, Sangang , 740–840 m, 27 July 1960, coll. Ma Chenglin ( IZAS) ; one male, China: Fujian Prov.: Chong’anxingcun, Longdu , 580–650 m, 12 July 1960, coll. Ma Chenglin ( IZAS) ; one male, China: Zhejiang Prov.: Taishun , 29 August 1987, coll. Liu Zuyao and Jin Gentao ( MSIE) ; one female, China: Zhejiang Prov.: Qingyuan , 650 m, collecting data and collector unknown ( MSIE) ; one female, China: one female, Fujian Prov.: Shaowu , 13 August 1957, coll. Fan Zide and Wang Mingshi ( MSIE) ; one male, China: Fujian Prov.: Hexi , collecting data and collector unknown ( MSIE) ; one female, China: Sichuan Prov.: Qingchengshan Mt. , 870 m, 10 September 1985, coll. Jin Gentao ( MSIE) ; one male, China: Sichuan Prov.: Chongqing, Cuiweishan Mt. , 4 August 1992, coll. Wang Tianqi ( MSIE) ; two females, China: Guizhou Prov.: Jiangkou, Fanjingshan Mt. ( MSIE) , 22 September 1988, coll. Liu Xianwei ( MSIE) ; one female, China: Guizhou Prov.: Shiqian County, 23 July 1988, coll. Liu Zuyao ( MSIE) .

Redescription

Male. Stridulatory file on underside of left tegmen with about 50 teeth ( Figure 3A ). Epiproct approximately long triangular, dorsally concave towards the inside, without long black heavy bristles in the ventral surface; basal half area semicircular, then abruptly narrowed; apical third very narrow, subparallel-sided, and armed with a pair of very small spine-like processes projected dorsad only at apex, notch between triangular ( Figure 4C, D ).

Color. Deep foliage-green. Costal vein white and black, and each tegmen with a black spot at the base of the green subcostal vein.

Measurements (mm)

Length of body: male 30.0–31.0, female 30.0; length to apex of ovipositor 34.0; length to tip of wing: male 58.0–59.0, female 59.0; length of pronotum: male 6.0–6.1, female 6.0; length of tegmen: male 45.5–48.0, female 48.0; widest width of tegmen: male 9.0–9.5, female 9.2; length of hind wing: male 51.0–53.5, female 58.2; length of anterior femur: male 8.5, female 8.5; length of median femur: male 13.0, female 12.5; length of posterior femur: male 27.0–30.0, female 29.0; length of ovipositor 9.0–10.0.

Distribution

China.

Figures

Figure 1. Male left and right stridulatory areas of Sinochlora species. (A, B) S. sinensis; (C, D) S. trapezialis sp. n.; (E, F) S. nonspinosa sp. n.; (G, H) S. hainanensis; (I, J) S. longifissa; China; (K, L) S. mesominora sp. n. (A, C, E, G, I, K) Male left stridulatory areas, dorsal view; (B, D, F, H, J, L) male right stridulatory areas, dorsal view.

Figure 3. Stridulatory file on underside of left tegmen of Sinochlora species. (A) S. sinensis; (B) S. trapezialis sp. n.; (C) S. nonspinosa sp. n.; (D) S. hainanensis; (E) S. longifissa; (F) S. szechaeanensis from Jiangxi Prov., China; (G) S. mesominora sp. n.; (H) S. retrolateralis sp. n.; (I) S. trispinosa sp. n.; (J) S. szechaeanensis from Henan Prov., China; (K) S. szechaeanensis from Hubei Prov., China; (L) S. szechaeanensis from Hunan Prov., China; (M) S. szechaeanensis from Zhejiang Prov., China. Scale bars: 1 mm.

Figure 4. (A–F) Sinochlora sinensis; (G–M) S. trapezialis sp. n. (A, G) Male abdominal apex, lateral view; (B, H) male tenth abdominal tergum, dorsal view; (C, J) male epiproct, dorsal view; (D, L) male epiproct, ventral view; (E, M) male subgenital plate, ventral view; (F) female subgenital plate, ventral view; (I) male tenth abdominal tergum, dorso-apical view; (K) male epiproct, dorso-apical view. Scale bars: 1 mm.