Sinochlora retrolateralis, Liu & Kang, 2007

Liu, Chun-Xiang & Kang, Le, 2007, Revision of the genus Sinochlora Tinkham (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae, Phaneropterinae), Journal of Natural History 41 (21 - 24), pp. 1313-1341 : 1337-1338

Sinochlora retrolateralis sp. n.

( Figures 2G, H , 3H , 10 A–E)

Type material

Holotype: male, China: Fujian Prov.: Sangang , 27 August to 3 September 1994, coll. Jin Xingbao and Yin Haisheng ( MSIE) . Paratypes: 10 males, one female, same data as

holotype; one female, China: Fujian Prov.: Wuyishan Mt., Guadun , 1020 m, 20 August 1985, coll. Jin Gentao ( MSIE) .

Description

Male (holotype). Form and size average for the genus. Stridulatory file on the underside of left tegmen with about 63 teeth ( Figure 3H ). Dorsal surface of undivided part possessing a converse triangular longitudinal groove in the middle, the lateral forcipate processes decurved in the apical area, and apical margin emarginated in the middle ( Figure 10A, B ). Cerci longer and coniform. Epiproct symmetrical, equilaterally triangular in the whole view, dorsally concave towards the inside, with long black heavy bristles on the basal ventral surface, and apical area with three prongs at apex, among which the middle longest, both symmetrical lateral shorter and diverging forth, and notches between triangular ( Figure 10 C–E). Subgenital plate deeply split for over apical one-half, lateral lobes upcurved beyond the tenth abdominal tergum, and with small styli.

Color. Deep foliage-green. Costal vein white and black, each tegmen with a black spot at the base of the green subcostal vein.

Female. Unknown.

Measurements of male (mm)

Length of body 30.0, length to tip of wing 58.0, pronotum 7.0, length of tegmen 47.0, largest width of tegmen 9.5, length of hind wing 52.0, length of anterior femur 7.5, length of median femur 10.0, length of posterior femur 29.5.

Remarks

The new species is similar to S. szechaeanensis , S. mesominora , S. trispinosa in the size, form, tegmen, tenth abdominal tergum, and subgenital plate, but differs by apical part of the epiproct shaped into three large spines, among which the larger middle one is straightly produced dorso-caudad, and two lateral ones diverging forth.

Distribution

China.

Figures

Figure 2. Male left and right stridulatory areas of Sinochlora species. (A, B) S. szechaeanensis from Jiangxi Prov.; (C, D) S. szechaeanensis from Zhejiang Prov.; (E, F) S. trispinosa; (G, H) S. retrolateralis sp. n.; (I, J) S. tibetensis sp. n.; (K, L) S. aequalis sp. n.

Figure 3. Stridulatory file on underside of left tegmen of Sinochlora species. (A) S. sinensis; (B) S. trapezialis sp. n.; (C) S. nonspinosa sp. n.; (D) S. hainanensis; (E) S. longifissa; (F) S. szechaeanensis from Jiangxi Prov., China; (G) S. mesominora sp. n.; (H) S. retrolateralis sp. n.; (I) S. trispinosa sp. n.; (J) S. szechaeanensis from Henan Prov., China; (K) S. szechaeanensis from Hubei Prov., China; (L) S. szechaeanensis from Hunan Prov., China; (M) S. szechaeanensis from Zhejiang Prov., China. Scale bars: 1 mm.

Figure 10. (A–E) Sinochlora retrolateralis sp. n.; (F–G) S. stylosa. (A, F) Male abdominal apex, lateral view; (B) male tenth abdominal tergum, dorsal view; (C) male epiproct, lateral view; (D) male epiproct, dorsal view; (E) male epiproct, dorso-apical view; (G) female subgenital plate, ventral view. (F–G) After Shi and Chang (2004, p 337, Figures 2, 4, 5). Scale bars: 1 mm.