Phlugiolopsis breviproceris, Zheng & Shi & Chang, 2023

Zheng, Mengjia, Shi, Fuming & Chang, Yanlin, 2023, Two new species of the genus Phlugiolopsis (Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) and the male description of Phlugiolopsis circolobosis Bian, Shi & Chang, 2013 from Yunnan, China, Zootaxa 5296 (1), pp. 67-74 : 70-71

Phlugiolopsis breviproceris sp. nov., Chinese name ÑẊṘAE

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Description. Male. Body small. Fastigium verticis conical, apex rounded, with a longitudinal sulcus on dorsal surface. Eyes nearly globular, slightly protruding forward. Apical segment of maxillary palpus nearly as long as subapical one, apical area inflated.

Pronotum slightly elongate backwards, anterior margin almost straight, posterior margin rounded; lateral lobe longer than deep, humeral sinus reduced. Most parts of tegmina concealed beneath pronotum, terminals not surpassing posterior margin of pronotum, apices rounded; hind wings absent.

All femora without spines on ventral surfaces. Fore coxa with 1 spine; fore tibia with 5 inner and 6 outer spines on ventral surface; tibial tympana open on both sides, long oval. Middle tibia with 4 spines on inner margin and 5 spines on outer margin of ventral surface. Genicular lobes of hind femur with apices rounded; hind tibia with 21–25 spines on both sides of dorsal surface separately, bearing 1 pair of dorsal apical spurs and 2 pairs of ventral apical spurs.

Posterior margin of tenth abdominal tergite shallowly concave. Cercus robust at base, gradually narrowing, apex rounded; dorsal surface with an obtuse short process at base ( Fig. 2D , arrow); subbasal area with a digital process on ventral surface ( Fig. 2D , arrow), which slightly curved forward near middle area, apex rounded. Basal area of subgenital plate ( Fig. 2F ) broad, which split in midline, posterior margin protruding backwards; styli comparatively long, positioned on subapex of subgenital plate.

Female. Unknown.

Coloration. Body yellowish brown. Eyes brown. Dorsal area of head with 4 longitudinal dark brown stripes. Scape and pedicel brown, lamellar uplift on internal margin of antennal socket blackish brown, flagellum with annulate black annulate stripes. Disc of pronotum with a broad longitudinal brown stripe, posterior half slightly expanded. With pinniform brown stripes on outer surface of hind femur, genicular lobes black. Tibial spines brown. Trasi blackish brown. Abdomen dark brown.

Material examined. Holotype: ♁, Laoshan, Malipo, Yunnan, 30 July, 2021, coll. Qi Guo and Yanhao Duan , Paratypes: 2♁, Laoshan, Malipo, Yunnan, 30 July, 2021, coll. Qi Guo and Yanhao Duan. Other specimens: 4♁, Laoshan, Malipo, Yunnan, 30 July, 2021, coll. Qi Guo and Yanhao Duan ; 1♁, Gula, Funing, Yunnan, 19 July, 2021, coll. Qi Guo and Yanhao Duan ; 1♁, Daweishan, Pingbian, Yunnan, 8 August, 2021, coll. Qi Guo and Yanhao Duan.

Measurements (mm). Body: ♁5.8–7.2; pronotum: ♁3.2–3.6; tegmen: ♁1.3–1.4; hind femur: ♁7.5–7.8.

Discussion. The new species resembles Phlugiolopsis circolobosis Bian, Shi & Chang, 2013 , but differs in: male cercus of new species robust, apex rounded, with an obtuse short process on dorsal surface at base.

Etymology. The name of new species is derived from male cercus with a short process at base, from Latin ‘brev -’ (short) and ‘procer -’ (process).

Distribution. China (Yunnan).

Figures

FIGURE 2. Phlugiolopsis breviproceris sp. nov., A–B. head and pronotum: A. dorsal view; B. lateral view; C–F. apex of abdomen: C. ventral view; D. dorso-apical view; E. dorso-lateral view; F. subgenital plate in ventral view. Abbreviations: dp. digital process, sp. short process; st. stylus.