Phlugiolopsis ventralis, Wang, Hanqiang, Li, Kai & Liu, Xianwei, 2012

Wang, Hanqiang, Li, Kai & Liu, Xianwei, 2012, A taxonomic study on the species of the genus Phlugiolopsis Zeuner (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Meconematinae), Zootaxa 3332, pp. 27-48 : 46-47

Phlugiolopsis ventralis sp.nov.

( Figs. 56 – 59 )

Material. Holotype 3, China: Yunnan, Kunming, West Mountain, 2010. X.24, leg. GUO Jiang-li; Paratype 5ƤƤ, same data as holotype.

Description. Male. Fore tibiae armed 4, 4(1, 1), mid tibiae with 3 inner and 3 outer spines, hind tibiae with 20 – 22 teeth on inner and outer margin of dorsal surface, and with 3 pairs of apical spurs. Tegmina distinctly surpassed hind margin of pronotum. 10th abdominal tergite with hind margin produced. Cerci short and robust ( Figs.

56 – 58), inner surface of basal half excavated, with weak upper lobe, apical third near triangular, strongly incurved. Subgenital plate slightly longer than wide, with long apical lobe and truncate apex, with paired styli. Female. Subgential plate nearly triangular and apex notched, lateral margin straight and with a short keel ( Fig. 59 ). Ovipositor is shorter than hind femora, ventral valve with apical hook.

Coloration. Body yellowish brown. Dorsal surface of head with 4 black longitudinal lines, antennae with few and scattered dark rings, dorsal surface of pronotum with a wide pale brown longitudinal band and 2 black lateral stripes, the stripes not reaching hind margin, abdomen with black lateral and ventral surface.

Measurements. (in mm)

Discussion. This new species is similar to Phlugiolopsis yaeyamensis Yamasaki, 1986 , differs in male cerci with apex strongly incurved and triangular ( Fig. 56 ); subgential plate of female with hind margin nearly triangular and apex notched, lateral margin straight and with a short keel ( Fig. 59 ).

Etymology. The specific name is derived from Latin ventralis , referring to the black ventral surface of abdomen.

Distribution. China (Yunnan).

Figures

FIGURES 56 – 59. Phlugiolopis ventralis sp. nov. 56. Apex of male abdomen, dorsal view; 57. Apex of male abdomen, lateral view; 58. Apex of male abdomen, ventral view; 59. Subgenital plate of female, ventral view.