Caryanda azurea colourfula Mao, Ren & Ou, 2011

Song, Hong, Yin, Zhi-Long, Storozhenko, Sergey Yu. & Mao, Ben-Yong, 2024, A review of the Caryanda tamdaoensis species-group (Orthoptera: Acrididae), with description of a new species from Yunnan, China, Zootaxa 5474 (4), pp. 412-426 : 420-422

Caryanda azurea colourfula Mao, Ren & Ou, 2011 , stat. nov.

Chinese common name: 彩@卵OEè

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Caryanda colourfula Mao, Ren & Ou, 2011: 62 (holotype —male, China: Jinping , in BMDU; examined).

Type material examined. Holotype: CHINA: Yunnan: Jinping , 22°55′N, 103°13′E, alt. 1300–1400 m, 23 July 2006, leg. Benyong Mao. Deposited in BMDU . Paratypes: 5 males, 1 female, same data as holotype ; 38 males, 31 females, CHINA: Yunnan, Yuanjiang , 23°06′N, 102°45′E, alt. 1829 m, 29 Sepember 2009, leg. Benyong Mao ; 1 male, CHINA: Yunnan, Yuanyang , 23°23′N, 102°07′E, alt. 1731 m, 1 October 2009, leg. Benyong Mao.

Other material examined. 1 male, CHINA: Yunnan, Lvchun , 22°57′N, 102°16′E, alt. 1477 m, 22 July 2022, leg. Benyong Mao. 1 male, 1 female, CHINA: Yunnan, Lvchun , 22°49′N, 102°28′E, alt. 1317 m, 23 July 2022, leg. Zhilong Yin. 2 males, 2 females, CHINA: Yunnan, Yuanyang , 23°9′N, 102°45′E, alt. 1481 m, 25 July 2022, leg. Zhilong Yin. 2 males, 3 females, Puer , 22°51′N, 101°3′E, alt. 1600 m, 21 July, 2023, leg. Zhilong Yin. 5 males, 1 female, Menghai , 21°56′N, 100°36′E, alt. 1657 m, 21 July 2023, leg. Zhilong Yin, Hong Song. 2 males, 8 females, Lancang , 22°31′N, 99°57′E, alt. 1067 m, 21 July 2023, leg. Zhilong Yin, Hong Song.

Mesurements of length (in mm). Body: male 17.7–17.9, female 20.7; pronotum: male 3.4–3.5, female 4.4; tegmen: male 3.2–3.4, female 3.2; hind femur: male 10.5–11, female 12.2.

Distribution. China: Yunnan.

Remarks. The careful comparison of holotypes of Caryanda colourfula from China and C. azurea from North Vietnam show the same shape of epiphallus, cingular valves and apical valves of penis, therefore we consider both form conspecific. However, the specimens from Yunnan are smaller and the color of hind femora mostly red while Vietnamese specimens are larger and hind femora yellowish brown (rare grayish green) without red color. Therefore, we treat C. colourfula as a subspecies of C. azurea .

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FIGURE 5. Caryanda azurea colourfula Mao, Ren & Ou, 2011, stat. nov. A–B. Male and female habitus, lateral view; C– D. Male terminalia, dorsal and lateral views; E–F. Female subgenital plate and ovipositor, lateral and ventral views; G–I. Epiphallus, dorsal, lateral and posterior views; J–K. Phallic complex, lateral and apical views; L. Labels. Scale bars: 5 mm for A–B and 1 mm for C–K.

FIGURE 6. Caryanda azurea colourfula Mao, Ren & Ou, 2011, stat. nov. A–B. Living male from Lancang; C. Living female from Lancang; D. Habitat in Lancang.