Nocticola sinensis Silvestri, 1946

Fig. 2 A – L

Nocticola sinensis Silvestri, 1946: 329; Silvestri 1947: 15; Princis 1952: 43; Princis 1966: 603; Roth 1988: 299; Liu et al. 2017.

Material examined.

China • 1 ♂ (deposited in SHEM); Hong Kong • 1 ♂, (deposited in ZSCTC), Hunan Province, Yongzhou City, Jiangyong County; 25°20.51'N, 111°20.34'E; 330 m; 14 July 2024, Hao-fei Fan leg.

Description.

Small size, adult yellowish. Male. (Fig. 2 A, B). Head: vertex of head exposed (Fig. 2 C); eyes reduced to a few ommatidia narrowly grouped near antennal sockets (Fig. 2 D); ocelli absent. Pronotum suboval, middle of posterior margin with weak invagination, anterior margin, and lateral margin with 12 setae (Fig. 2 C). Tegmina and hind wings: tegmina not extending beyond the end of abdomen (Fig. 2 A), veins reduced in number, densely pubescent (Fig. 2 F). Hind wings reduced, veins reduced in number (Fig. 2 G). Legs: legs long and slender. Anteroventral margin of front femur Type C 1 (Fig. 2 E); the first tarsus of the hind leg longer than the sum of the remaining tarsi; tarsal claws symmetrical and unspecialized (Fig. 2 H), arolium and pulvillus absent (Fig. 2 I). Abdomen and genitalia: abdominal tergal gland unspecialized. Supra-anal plate symmetrical, middle of the hind margin triangular concave. Cerci 10 segments; ventral surface of segments not spinous setae (Fig. 2 J). Subgenital symmetrical, middle of the hind margin concave (Fig. 2 L). Style absent. Male genitalia: genital hook (L 3) elongate, ventral to hook with approximately 14 strong setae; accessory hook-like phallomere (L 4 N), curved inward to approach a right angle, heavily sclerotized; L 2 narrow; left process of L 1 extends downward, and the right process curved inward; R 1 membranous; R 2 surface with scale-like tubercles; R 3 membranous; R 1 H reduced, rounded margin (Fig. 2 K).

Measurements (mm).

Male, pronotum: length × width: 0.76–0.90 × 0.98–1.20, tegmen: 1.73–2.00, body length (the length from the tip of vertex up to the tip of abdomen): 2.70–3.00;

Distribution.

China (Hong Kong, Hunan Prov.).