Phaneroptera gracilis Burmeister, 1838

Liu, Chun-Xiang, 2011, Phaneroptera Serville and Anormalous gen. nov. (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae) from China, with description of two new species, Zootaxa 2979, pp. 60-68 : 62-64

Phaneroptera gracilis Burmeister, 1838 (Plate 2 a–f)

Phaneroptera gracilis Burmeister, 1838 , Handb. Entomol. 2: 690 (Syntype, M, F, origi. descrip., Type locality: Indo-Malaysia: Indonesia: Java; Type depository: Halle-Wittenber Museum, Martin-Luther Universität, Halle, Germany).

Phaneroptera roseata Walker, 1869 , Cat. Dermapt. Saltat. Brit. Mus. 2: 343; Ragge, 1956, Proc. Zool. Soc. London 127(2): 250 (syn.).

Phaneroptera elongata Brunner, 1878 , Monogr. Phaneropt.: 210, 217; Ragge, 1956, Proc. Zool. Soc. London 127(2): 251 (syn.).

Phaneroptera indica Brunner, 1878 , Monogr. Phaneropt.: 215; Uvarov, 1924, Bull. Minist. Agric. Egypt Tech. & Sci. Serv. 41: 9 (syn. of Phaneroptera roseata ).

Phaneroptera marginalis Brunner, 1878 , Monogr. Phaneropt.: 214; Ragge, 1956, Proc. Zool. Soc. London 127(2): 250 (syn.).

Euanerota subcarinata Bolivar, 1900 , Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 68 [1899]: 764; Bei-Bienko, 1954, Fauna of Russia 59: 82 (syn. of Phaneroptera roseata ).

Redescription: Male stridulatory file step-like, with about 46 distinct and numerous indistinct stridulatory teeth (Plate 2b).

PLATE 2, a–f, Phaneroptera gracilis Burmeister, 1838 ; g–m, Phaneroptera falcata ( Poda, 1761) . a,g, head and pronotum, lateral view; b,h, male stridulatory file on underside of left tegmen, ventral view; d, male abdominal apex, lateral view; c,j, male left cerci, dorsal view; d,k, male left cerci, apico-dorsal view; e,i, male subgenital plate, ventral view; l, male epiproct, dorsal view; f,m, female apex, lateral view.

Material examined: China: Hainan Island: 8 males, 2 females, Tongshen, 340m, 1960. VIII.3–VIII.31, Coll. Li Changqin & Li Xiaofu ( IZAS); Fujian Prov.: 1 male, 2 females, Chong’an, Chengguan, 240–290m, 1960. VIII.9, Coll. Ma Chenglin ( IZAS); Xinjiang Prov.: 3 males, 5 females, Emin, Kelumusu, 550m, 1960. IX.6, Coll. Wang Suyong ( IZAS); Yunnan Prov.: 2 males, 1 female, Xishuangbanla, Mengla, 620–650m, 1958. IX.8, Coll. Pu Fuji ( IZAS); 1 male, Menglun, 1982. IV.24, Coll. Huang Chunmei ( IZAS); Xibei, 2 males, Jingyang, 1951. X.24, Coll. Zhu Hongfu ( IZAS).

Distribution: Ethiopian, Oriental, Australasian, and partly Palaearctic regions ( Ragge 1956; Huang 2004).