Qinlingea brachystylata (Liu & Wang) Liu & Wang, 2007

Liu, Chun-Xiang & Kang, Le, 2007, New taxa and records of Phaneropterinae (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from China, Zootaxa 1624, pp. 17-29 : 27

3. Qinlingea brachystylata (Liu & Wang) comb. nov. ( Figs. 22–24 , 31–41 )

Isopsera brachystylata Liu & Wang, 1998 . Henan Science, 16(1): 71. Holotype: male, China: Henan Prov. (MISE, Shanghai).

Additional description: Male. Stridulatory file cambered, with about 99 teeth, becoming smaller towards both apices; basal half with closely arranged 45 indistinct teeth, apical half with 54 comparatively distinct teeth gradually ( Fig. 38 ). Male stridulatory area of right tegmen with indistinct mirror occupied by many irregular veinlets ( Figs. 24 ).

Measurements (mm): Length of body: male 21.0–25.0, female 21.0–27.0; length of pronotum: male 4.2– 4.5, female 4.5–4.8; width of pronotum: male 3.0, female 4.0; length of tegmen: male 28.0–30.0, female 26.0– 30.0; largest width of tegmen: male 7.5, female 7.5–8.5; length of anterior femur: male 7.0, female 6.5; length of anterior tibiae: male 8.5, female 8.5; length of mid femur: male 10.5, female 9.0; length of mid tibiae: male 10.5, female 10.0; length of posterior femur: male 19.0–22.5, female 19.0–22.0; length of posterior tibiae: male 29.5, female 23.5; length of ovipositor 7.5–8.5; greatest width of ovipositor 3.5.

Material examined: CHINA: Shaanxi Prov.: Nanwutai, 5 males, 9 females, viii.1957, Coll. Cai Xili, Zhang Zhide, Xiong Yulan ( NWAU); CHINA: Henan Prov.: Neixiang, Baoxiangman, 1500 m, 2males, 5females, 13. viii.1985, Coll. Zhang Xiujiang etc. ( IEAS); CHINA: Henan Prov.: Lushi, Qihe Forestry Plantation, 1500–1600 m, 5males, 1females, 24.ix.1985, Coll. Zhang Xiujiang etc. ( IEAS); CHINA: Henan Prov.: Lingbao, Hexi Forestry Plantation, 1500–2800 m, 2females, 14.viii.1987, Coll. Zhang Xiujiang etc. ( IEAS).

Distribution: China: Shaanxi Province (Nanwutai), Henan Province (Neixiang, Lingbao).

Figures

FIGURES 19 – 24. male stridulatory area. 19 - 21, Indogneta lata Ingrisch & Shishodia from Long’an, Guangxi Prov., China; 22 - 24, Qinlingea brachystylata (Liu & Wang), paratype. 19, 22, male stridulatory area, dorsal view; 20, 23, male left stridulatory area, dorsal view; 21, 24, male right stridulatory area, dorsal view.

FIGURES 31 – 41. Qinlingea brachystylata (Liu & Wang), paratype. 31, head, front view; 32, head, dorsal view; 33, head, lateral view; 34, pronotum, lateral view; 35, pronotum, dorsal view; 36, male subgenital plate, ventral view; 37, male left tegmen, lateral view; 38, stridulatory file underside of male tegmen, ventral view; 39, male abdominal apex, lateral view; 40, male abdominal apex, dorsal view; 41, female ovipositor, lateral view. (Scale bar = 1 mm).