Vescelia pieli subsp. monotonia, He

Tian, Di, Shen, Chu-Ze, Chen, Lin, Chen, Guang-Yu, Zhang, Tao, Li, Kai & He, Zhu-Qing, 2019, An integrative taxonomy of Vescelia pieli pieli species complex based on morphology, genes and songs from China (Orthoptera: Grylloidea: Phalangopsidae: Phaloriinae), Zootaxa 4695 (1), pp. 67-75 : 73

2.3 V. pieli monotonia He subsp. nov.

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Holotype: male, CHINA, Fujian, Wuyishan , 13-viii-2018, coll. HE Zhu-Qing.

Paratypes: 2 males, CHINA, Guangdong, Shenzhen , 21-x-2016, coll. ZHANG Tao .

Male. This species is very similar to V. pieli pieli . There is some variation in forewings between the Fujian individual (Holotype) and Guangdong individuals (Paratypes), such as chords and dividing veins. However, these characters also exist in V. pieli pieli and V. dulcis . Thus songs, COI genes and geographic information should be considered integratively, instead of only morphology. Genitalia: similar to above species, but ectoparemere elongated and bifurcated at apex ( Fig. 4A ).

Female. Unknown.

Measurements (in mm).

Male: body length (to forewing) 18.14–20.65, pronotum length 3.12–3.33, forewing length 13.87–15.70, hind femur length 13.80–15.44.

Songs. The oscillograms of V. pieli monotonia are similar to that of V. pieli pieli , but the pulse number is much more ( Fig. 5A ).

Figures

FIGURE 3. Vescelia spp., live individuals and Holotype of V. pieli pieli. A: V. pieli monotonia (from Wuyishan, Fujian); B: V. pieli pieli (from Changjian, Hainan); C: V. dulcis (from Wuzhishan, Hainan); D: V. pieli pieli (Holotype).

FIGURE 4. Male genetalia of Vescelia spp. A: V. pieli monotonia (from Wuyishan, Fujian); B: V. pieli pieli (from Changjian, Hainan); C: V. dulcis (from Wuzhishan, Hainan). 1: dorsal view; 2: ventral view.

FIGURE 5. Calling songs of Vescelia spp. A: V. pieli monotonia (from Wuyishan, Fujian); B: V. pieli pieli (from Changjian, Hainan); C: V. dulcis (from Wuzhishan, Hainan). scale bar=0.2s.