Sinochlora trispinosa Shi & Chang, 2004

Wang, Gang, Lu, Rong-Sheng & Shi, Fu-Ming, 2012, Remarks on the genus Sinochlora Tinkham (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae, Phaneropterinae), Zootaxa 3526, pp. 1-16 : 5

8. Sinochlora trispinosa Shi & Chang, 2004

( Figs. 15–16 , 39, 45 , 48 ; Map 1)

Sinochlora trispinosa Shi & Chang 2004 , Oriental Insects, 38: 338; Liu & Kang 2007, J. Nat. Hist., 41(21): 1337. Sinochlora retrolateralis Liu & Kang 2007 , J. Nat. Hist., 41(21): 1337 (Syn. nov.).

Material examined. Holotype: male, Jiuwanshan, Guangxi, 25 Aug. 2001. Paratypes: 1 male, Dadongshan, Lian, Guangdong, 3 Sep. 1994, coll. Hong Peng, 1 female, same locality, 12 Sep. 1994, coll. Xu-Sheng Zhang. Other specimens, 2 males, Jiuwanshan, Guangxi, 1–2 Aug. 2006, 2 males, Fangxiang, Leishan, Guizhou, 18 Sep. 2005, coll. Fu-Ming Shi; 3 males, Mujiao, Tongdao, Hunan, 26 Jul. 2004, coll. Jian-Feng Wang.

Discussion. The species is slightly similar to S. aequalis Liu & Kang, 2007 , S. mesominora Liu & Kang, 2007 and S. szechwanensis Tinkham, 1945 , but differs from them in: epiproct with three stout apical spines, the central spine swollen at base and strongly recurved, much longer than lateral ones.

Distribution. China (Fujian, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou).

Figures

FIGURES 5 – 16. Male left and right stridulatory areas of Sinochlora species: 5 – 6. S. apicalis sp. nov.; 7 – 8. S. semicircula; 9 – 10. S. longipenis sp. nov.; 11 – 12. S. cucullata sp. nov.; 13 – 14. S. stylosa; 15 – 16. S. trispinosa.

FIGURES 34 – 45. Vertical fastigium and male stridulatory file: 34 – 39. fastigium of vertex; 40 – 45. male stridulatory file. 34, 40. Sinochlora apicalis sp. nov.; 35, 41. S. longipenis sp. nov.; 36, 42. S. cucullata sp. nov.; 37, 43. S. semicircula; 38, 44. S. stylosa; 39, 45. S. trispinosa.

FIGURES 46 – 68. Male abdominal apex and female subgenital plate: 46 – 47, 67. Sinochlora stylosa; 48. S. trispinosa; 49 – 51. S. apicalis sp. nov.; 52 – 54. S. longipenis sp. nov.; 55 – 56, 65. S. cucullata sp. nov.; 57. S. longifissa; 58. S. aequalis; 59. S. tibetensis; 60, 68. S. trapezialis; 61. S. sinensis; 62. S. szechwanensis; 63. S. nonspinosa; 64, 66. S. semicircula. 46, 48 – 49, 52, 55, 57 – 64. male abdominal apex in lateral view; 50, 53. male epiproct in lateral view; 47, 51, 54, 56. male tenth abdominal tergum in dorsal view; 65 – 68. female subgenital plate in ventral view.