Allocytopsis ornata, Wang, Hanqiang, Liu, Xianwei, Li, Kai & Fang, Yan, 2012

Wang, Hanqiang, Liu, Xianwei, Li, Kai & Fang, Yan, 2012, A new genus and five new species of the Meconematini (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae), Zootaxa 3521, pp. 51-58 : 54-55

3. Allocytopsis ornata sp. nov. Wang & Liu.

( Figs. 6–11 )

Material. Holotype 3, China: Tibet, Hanmi, Alt. 2100m, 2011. VII.23–VIII.7, leg. BI Wen-xuan; Paratype 1♀, same data as holotype.

Description. Male. Tegmina not exceeded hind margin of pronotum. Fore tibiae armed spinal formula 4, 5(1, 1). Middle tibiae with 4 inner and 4 outer spines excluding apical spurs, hind tibiae with 19~21 dorsal teeth each margin above and 3 pairs of apical spurs. 10th abdominal tergite with median concaved hind margin ( Fig. 8 ). Cerci elongate, inner surface excavate, basal half with lower lobe, apical half slender and slightly curved ( Fig. 8 ). Subgenital plate long and narrow, little thick at base, hind margin with a median finger-shaped process and styli situated both sides ( Fig.10 ).

Female. Tegmina whole concealed beneath pronotum, situated laterally. Hind margin of 10th abdominal tergite medially notched, cerci long and conical. Subgenital plate almost inverted triangular, hind margin with a median concave ( Fig.11 ). Ovipositor shorter than hind femur, slightly curved upwards, and margins smooth. Coloration. Pale brown. Antennae with scattered dark rings. Male pronotum yellowish with a dark brown longitudinal band widened posteriorly; abdomen with a dark brown longitudinal dorsal band, dorsal teeth of hind tibiae and tarsus dark.

Measurements. (in mm)

Discussion. This new species differs from other species of this genus in the brown longitudinal band of pronotum, longer male cerci, branched and inner surface excavated, subgenital plate with finger-shaped process on hind margin.

Etymology. The new specific name derived from Latin “ornatus”, refers the character of exterior. Distribution. China (Tibet).

Figures

FIGURES 6 – 11. Allocytopsis ornata sp. nov. 6. Body, lateral view; 7. head and pronotum, dorsal view; 8. End of male abdomen, dorsal view; 9. End of male abdomen, lateral view; 10. End of male abdomen, ventral view; 11. subgenital plate of female, ventral view.