Dracogryllacris zhoui ( Pang, Zhang & Bian, 2023 )

Luo, Ting, Zhang, Hui & Bian, Xun, 2024, Contribution to the knowledge of Chinese Gryllacrididae (Orthoptera: Ensifera: Stenopelmatoidea) XXVI: New additions based on the specimens from Southern China, Zootaxa 5538 (6), pp. 546-560 : 551-552

Dracogryllacris zhoui ( Pang, Zhang & Bian, 2023)

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Figure 5

Description. Female (new description). Hind femora with 7–9 internal and 5–8 external spines on ventral surface; tibiae with 3–4 pairs of dorsal spines, apices with 1 pair of dorsal spurs and 2 pairs of ventral spurs, subapical area with 1 pair of ventral spurs. Seventh abdominal sternite wider than long, posterior margin roundly projecting in middle, at end slightly overlapping with membranous basal area of subgenital plate. Subgenital plate with base widened on both sides, apically with converging lateral margins and surface sclerotised bearing a faint medial carina, apex bilobate; base with a deep oval groove with strongly sclerotised black lateral margins ( Fig. 5H ). Ovipositor elongate, faintly curved downwards apically, with slightly converging margins; tip subobtuse ( Fig. 5G ).

Measurements (mm). Female: BL 37.16–40.38, PL 8.40–8.80, TL 30.18–35.39, HFL 20.44–20.74, OvL 28.74–30.60.

Material examined. 1 female, Diding, Jingxi , Guangxi, July 21, 2024, coll. by Yanting Qin ; 1 male and 2 females, Diding, Jingxi , Guangxi, July 23, 2024, coll. by Yanting Qin ; 1 male, Diding, Jingxi , Guangxi, July 25, 2024, coll. by Yanting Qin ; 1 female, Diding, Jingxi , Guangxi, July 26, 2024, coll. by Yanting Qin .

Distribution. Guangxi (Jingxi).

Figures

FIGURE 5. Dracogryllacris zhoui (Pang, Zhang & Bian, 2023). Female: A. head in frontal view; B–C. head and pronotum: B. dorsal view, C. lateral view; D. second and third abdominal tergites in lateral view; E. hind tibiae in lateral view; F. apex of abdomen in lateral view; G. apices of ovipositor in lateral view; H. seventh abdominal sternite and subgenital plate in ventral view.