Anaxiphomorpha nonggangensis He & Ma, 2021

He, Zhi Xin & Ma, Li Bin, 2021, Two new species of cricket genus Anaxiphomorpha Gorochov, 1987 (Orthoptera, Trigonidiidae, Trigonidiinae) in China, ZooKeys 1073, pp. 13-20 : 13

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1073.75598

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persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/960B75C1-468B-4D24-BADE-06F8D7F93D2E

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scientific name

Anaxiphomorpha nonggangensis He & Ma
status

sp. nov.

Anaxiphomorpha nonggangensis He & Ma sp. nov.

Figs 1 View Figure 1 , 2 View Figure 2 , 3A, B View Figure 3 , 4A-C View Figure 4

Material examined.

Holotype. China: Male, Guangxi, Longzhou, Nonggang National Natural Reserve , 5.V.2019, 22.46°N, 106.96°E, Libin Ma & Tao Zhang leg. GoogleMaps Paratypes. 7 males and 4 females, same information as holotype (SNNU).

Diagnosis.

Male (Figs 2A View Figure 2 , 3A View Figure 3 ). Body size small. Head small and pubescent, slightly wider than anterior margin of pronotum; frontal rostrum as wide as antennal scape; eyes large and protruding forwards; apical three joints of maxillary palpi distinctly elongate, 5th joint truncated apically. Pronotum transverse, strongly widened posteriorly and distinctly longer than width of anterior one. Tegmina extending slightly over apex of abdomen, armed with one oblique vein; mirror slightly elongate; hindwings absent. Fore tibia armed with a large long-oval external tympanum, and without internal tympanum. Hind tibia bearing three dorsal spurs on two sides respectively, and bearing two apical spurs inside and three outside.

Genitalia (Fig. 4A-C View Figure 4 ). Lateral lobes of epiphallus slightly longer than median lobes, and possessing several teeth at outer margin, not narrowed apically in dorsal view, gradually narrowed apically in lateral view; median lobes shaped as boot and abruptly narrowed apically in lateral view. Etcoparameres transversely and truncated apically.

Female (Figs 2B View Figure 2 , 3B View Figure 3 ). Body slightly smaller than male. Tegmen rather convex, armed with five regular veins on dorsal field. Ovipositor blade-shaped.

Coloration.

Body colored yellow. Dorsal area of head ornamented with four brown longitudinal stripes in ventral view, anterior half of abdomen colored dark brown in male or small part of middle abdomen colored dark in female. Apex of each hind femur bearing a small dark spot on two sides respectively. Ovipositor ventrally colored brown to dark brown and remainder yellowish.

Measurements.

Male. BL 5.17-6.42, PL 0.98-1.19, TL 3.73-4.54, HFL 3.27-3.96. Female. BL 4.50-5.63, PL 0.99-1.17, TL 3.87-4.42, OL 2.22-2.67.

Etymology.

The name refers its type locality, Nonggang National Natural Reserve.

Distribution.

China (Guangxi) (Fig. 1 View Figure 1 ).

Remarks.

This species is very similar to A. brevisparamerus in the ectoparameres of the male genitalia, but different in the epiphallic lateral lobes of this new species, which are shaped as boot with an acute apex.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Orthoptera

Family

Gryllidae

Genus

Anaxiphomorpha