Homogryllacris brevipenna Du, Bian & Shi, 2016

Pang, Siyu, Zhang, Qianwen & Bian, Xun, 2023, Contribution to the knowledge of Chinese Gryllacrididae (Orthoptera: Ensifera: Stenopelmatoidea) XXII: New descriptions from Southwest China, Zootaxa 5374 (4), pp. 487-504 : 496

Homogryllacris brevipenna Du, Bian & Shi, 2016

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Figure 7

Description. Female (new description). Body medium. Tegmina reaching the posterior margin of metanotum; hind wings obviously shorter than tegmina ( Fig. 7D ). Fore coxae with 1 small spine; fore and middle femora unarmed, tibiae ventrally with 4 pairs of spurs and 1 pair of apical spurs; dorsal surface of middle tibiae with 1 internal spine. Hind femora with 4 internal and 5 – 6 external spines on ventral surface; dorsal surface of tibiae with 6 pairs of spines and 1 pair of apical spurs, ventral surface with 1 pair of subapical spurs and 2 pairs of apical spurs.

Second and third abdominal tergites with two rows of stridulatory pegs ( Fig. 7C ). Seventh abdominal sternite wider than long, lateral margins convex. Basal area of subgenital plate with strong transverse folds, the sclerotised plate roughly semi-oval in general outline, posterior margins obviously concave, the lateral lobes rounded ( Fig. 7G ). Ovipositor very long, moderately upcurved, margins slightly converging in apical half; apices narrowly obtuse ( Fig. 7F ). The other characters as male.

Measurements (mm). Female: BL 17.87, PL 3.79, HFL 9.85, TL 33.35, OvL 20.89.

Material examined. 1 female, Yongping , Yunnan, August 14, 2023, coll. by Siyu Pang and Ting Luo .

Distribution. Yunnan (Gaoligongshan, Yongping).

Figures

FIGURE 7. Homogryllacris brevipenna Du, Bian & Shi, 2016. Female: A. head in frontal view; B–C. head and pronotum: B. dorsal view, C. lateral view; D. right tegmen in lateral view; E, G. apex of abdomen: E. lateral view, G. ventral view; F. apices of ovipositor in lateral view.