Rhaphidophora longitabula Bian, Zhu & Shi, 2017

Li, Shan & Bian, Xun, 2024, Contribution to the Chinese subfamily Rhaphidophorinae Walker, 1869 (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae) VII: New descriptions of Rhaphidophora from Yunnan and Guangxi, Zootaxa 5405 (2), pp. 246-264 : 263

Rhaphidophora longitabula Bian, Zhu & Shi, 2017

K板ẍDz

Figures 12–13

Description. Female (new description). Body large. Head and pronotum as other species of the genus. Fore coxae with 1 spine; femora with 1 short ventral spine on internal margin; tibiae with 1 internal and 2 external spines ventrally, apices with 1 pair of spines on ventral surface. Middle femora with 1 pair of apical spines on ventral surface; tibiae dorsally with 2 pairs of spines, ventral surface with 1 internal and 2 external spines, apices with 1 pair of spines on dorsal and ventral surfaces separately. Hind femora with 1 short ventral spine on internal margin; tibiae dorsally with 19 internal spines, 17–19 external spines and 1 pair of small subapical spines, apices with 1 pair of dorsal and 2 pairs of ventral spines; basitarsi with 3–4 small spines and 1 apical spine on dorsal surface along the midline ( Fig. 13E ).

Tenth abdominal tergite with median furrow on dorsal surface, posterior margin projected with arched concavity in middle ( Fig. 13G ). Epiproct roughly triangular, dorsal surface concave, apices rounded ( Fig. 13F ). Cerci slender, moderately upcurved. Subgenital plate longer than wide, the lateral margins of basal third convex, after constricted and terminating into a spine, apex acute ( Fig. 13J ). Ovipositor longer, moderately upcurved, dorsal margins smooth, apices acute; apical areas of ventral valvulae with small teeth ( Fig. 13I ).

Coloration. Body black, genae with yellowish brown spots. Sterna yellowish brown.

Measurements (mm). BL: ♀ 21.85; PL: ♀ 9.23; FFL: ♀ 12.41; MFL: ♀ 12.16; HFL: ♀ 28.95; HBL: ♀ 6.25; OvL: 20.23.

Material examined. 2 males, Xiaohaoping, Tengchong , Yunnan, August 10, 2023, coll. by Siyu Pang and Ting Luo ; 3 males and 1 female, Tongbiguan, Yingjiang , Yunnan, August 20, 2023, coll. by Siyu Pang and Ting Luo .

Distribution. Yunnan (Longchuan, Tengchong, Tongbiguan).

Figures

FIGURE 12. Rhaphidophora longitabula Bian, Zhu & Shi, 2017. Male: A. head in frontal view; B–C. head and thoraces: B. dorsal view, C. lateral view; D. apices of hind femora in lateral view; E. tarsi of hind leg in lateral view; F–I. apex of abdomen: F. lateral view, G. apico-lateral view, H. apical view, I. ventral view.

FIGURE 13. Rhaphidophora longitabula Bian, Zhu & Shi, 2017. Female: A. head in frontal view; B. head and pronotum in dorsal view; C–D. head and thoraces: C. dorsal view, D. lateral view; E. tarsi of hind leg in lateral view; F. epiproct in dorsal view; G–H. apex of abdomen: G. dorsal view, H. lateral view, I. dorsal view; I. apices of ovipositor in lateral view; J. seventh abdominal sternite and subgenital plate in ventral view.