Pseudoteratura (Pseudoteratura) raggei (Bey-Bienko, 1971)

Jin, Xingbao, Liu, Xianwei & Wang, Hanqiang, 2020, New taxa of the tribe Meconematini from South-Pacific and Indo-Malayan Regions (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Meconematinae), Zootaxa 4772 (1), pp. 1-53 : 36

51) Pseudoteratura (Pseudoteratura) raggei (Bey-Bienko, 1971)

1♀ (all legs and antenna lost, but left front leg): BORNEO: SARAWAK / Bau dist. Pang-/ Kalan, Tebang / 300– 450 m ./ Sept. 5–8, ’58; T. C. Maa / Collector / MB 304

1♂ (left hind leg, right middle and hind legs lost): same as above, except “ MB 305 ”

Note. Pronotum and ovipositor as Xiphidiopsis raggei Bey-Bienko , (1971: 838, Fig. 26 ). A male from same locality apparently is a new sex not been described.

Description of male. Body small and slender. Pronotum disc with yellowish median stripe, shorter metazona, lateral plate with sinuate posterior margin, humeral sinus indistinct. The 10 th tergite with shallow and small posteriomedian notch. Epiproct specialized into an elongated lobe, laterally compressed with a distinct median longitudinal furrow, apex enlarged into a hook-like process on both sides downward directed ( Fig. 23b, d ). Cerci strongly bent inwardly, with triple lobes, 1 narrow, 2 broad, a small denticulate in middle near to base. Subanal plate sturdy and thick lobe with broad apex stretched out, connected with and exceed over subgenital plate. Subgenital plate narrow with posterior margin smooth, styli moderate long ( Fig. 23d ).

Measurements (mm). Body: ♂ 9.9, ♀ 9.3; Pronotum: ♂ 3.6, ♀ 3.4; Tegmina: ♂ 14.9, ♀ 17.1; Hind femora: ♂, ♀ lost; Ovipositor: 6.9.

Comparison. The male of this species is close to Pseudoteratura (Pseudoteratura) bella Gorochov (2008: 30 , Figs. 22–26 ) from North Borneo. But differs obviously from it by longer and narrower epiproct and much complicated male cerci.

Figures

FIGURE 22. Pseudoteratura (Pseudoteratura) mittena Liu sp. n. a. male; b. female; male abdominal terminal: c. dorsal view, d. lateral view, e. ventral view, f. lateral to ventral view; g. female subgenital plate.

FIGURE 23. Pseudoteratura (Pseudoteratura) raggei (Bey-Bienko, 1971) a. male in lateral; male abdominal terminal: b. dorsal view, c. dorsal to lateral view, d. ventral view; e. female subgenital plate in ventral view; f. ovipositor in lateral.

FIGURE 24. Borneratura kinabaluana (Bey-Bienko, 1971) comb. n. body in lateral; a. male, b. female; male abdominal terminal: c. dorsal view, d. lateral view, e. ventral view; female abdominal terminal: f. ventral view, g. lateral view.

FIGURE 25. Epiproctopsis silvamontana Gorochov, 2016 male a. male in lateral; abdominal terminal: b. dorsal view, c. lateral view, d. ventral to lateral view.

FIGURE 26. Borneopsis cryptosticta (Hebard, 1922) comb. n. new male male abdominal terminal: a. dorsal view, b. lateral view; c. male subgenital plate; d. female subgenital plate.