Woznessenskia lianhua, Zhang & Tian & Long & Yin & Li & He, 2024

Zhang, Zi-Heng, Tian, Hao-Hu, Long, Xiao-Yu, Yin, Zi-Xu, Li, Kai & He, Zhu-Qing, 2024, Description of a new species of the genus Woznessenskia from Xizang, China (Orthoptera: Gryllacrididae), Zootaxa 5418 (1), pp. 83-88 : 85

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5418.1.5
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:462A0C16-841B-4B01-AE44-8CBE8E87D37B
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10718384
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7B3287DC-FF81-8E5D-54F7-FEC728975292
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Woznessenskia lianhua
status	sp. nov.

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Woznessenskia lianhua sp. nov. Zhang, Hu & He NJa沃DZẽ

Figs. 1A–I View FIGURE 1 , 2A–F View FIGURE 2 , 3A–D View FIGURE 3 , 4A–B View FIGURE 4

Diagnosis. Pronotum without darkish spots, apex of processes on male tenth abdominal tergite needle-like, while those of other species serrated.

Specimens examined. Holotype: ♂ Beibeng Township , Medog County, Xizang, China (29°15.85′ N 95°13.39′ E, Alt. 805 m), 27 July 2023, collected by Zhu-Qing He (ECNU-4948). GoogleMaps

Paratype: 1♀, same data as for holotype (ECNU-5053) GoogleMaps .

Description. Male. Body large (> 20 mm).

Head. Face narrow and oval; fastigium verticis almost as broad as antennal scape; vertex obtusely rounded ( Fig. 1A–B View FIGURE 1 ); compound eyes ovate, protruding outward ( Fig. 1C View FIGURE 1 ).

Pronotum. Anterior margin slightly protruding; posterior margin rounded ( Fig. 1A–C View FIGURE 1 ).

Legs. Procoxa with a spine along anterior margin; profemur and mesofemur without spine; protibiae and mesotibiae with four pairs of lengthy ventral spines and one pair of short ventral spurs; mesotibiae with a subapical spur on inner dorsal side; postfemora with ten inner spines and eight outer spines on ventral margin ( Fig. 1I View FIGURE 1 ); posttibiae with six inner spines and seven outer spines on dorsal margin, ventral margins with one pre-apical spine each, three apical spurs on both sides.

Wings. Fore wings obviously surpassing abdomen, close to three times as long as postfemora; R with two branches, both forked near tip; M bifurcated into MA and MP, MA without further branch and free; MP extending downwards for a distance, and intersecting with CuA1 to form MP+CuA1, which extending forwards for a distance and then bifurcated again for two parallel veins; CuA bifurcated into CuA1 and CuA2, CuA1 connecting with MP, CuA2 without further branch and free; CuP free throughout ( Fig. 3A, C View FIGURE 3 ). Hind wings slightly longer than fore wings.

Abdomen. The second and third abdominal tergites each with two rows of stridulatory pegs; processes of the tenth abdominal tergite relatively long and slightly upwards curved, covered with short setae, its apex beyond apex of cerci ( Fig. 1D–F View FIGURE 1 ); projections of the processes gradually compressed with needle-like tip ( Fig. 1H View FIGURE 1 ); the ninth abdominal tergite with a pair of S-shaped and sclerotized processes ( Fig. 1G View FIGURE 1 ); cerci covered with relatively long setae; subgenital plate with convex latero-apical margins, slightly separated by a concave excision in the middle of apical margin; styli cylindrical and extremely short.

Coloration. Body orange-yellow ( Fig. 4A–B View FIGURE 4 ); compound eyes blackish brown; ocelli orange-yellow; genae beneath eyes with a thin black stripe separately; fastigium verticis blackish brown; pronotum spotless, with thin black stripe along entire margin and the central portion orange-yellow; spines and spurs on all femora and tibiae blackish-brown with basal parts orange-yellow; fore wings semi-transparent, veins dark brown; hind wing semi-transparent, veins dark brown; abdominal tergites black.

Female. Similar to male ( Fig. 2A–C View FIGURE 2 ). Venation of fore wings little different, before M branch divides into MA and MP, M directly intersects with CuA1 ( Fig. 3B, D View FIGURE 3 ); the seventh abdominal sternite with length and width almost equal, lateral margins subparallel, apical margin little stiffened with narrow rim, convex on both sides with protrusion, and concave in middle; cercus conical, apex acute; subgenital plate short, with numerous wrinkles ( Fig. 2D–E View FIGURE 2 ); ovipositor moderately upcurved with a rounded apex ( Fig. 2F View FIGURE 2 ).

Measurements (mm). Body: ♂ 22.1, ♀ 22.2; pronotum: ♂ 4.0, ♀ 5.1; fore wings: ♂ 36.0, ♀ 37.0; postfemur: ♂ 13.5, ♀ 14.8; ovipositor: 11.3.

Distribution. China (Xizang).

Etymology. The name “lianhua ”, means “lotus flowers” in Chinese and is an alternative name for Medog. Chinese name: NJa沃DZẽ