Furcilarnaca affinis, Li, Miaomiao, Sun, Mei Ling, Liu, Xianwei & Li, Kai, 2015

Li, Miaomiao, Sun, Mei Ling, Liu, Xianwei & Li, Kai, 2015, A taxonomic study on the species of the genus Furcilarnaca (Orthoptera, Gryllacrididae, Gryllacridinae), Zootaxa 4039 (3), pp. 418-430 : 424-425

7. Furcilarnaca affinis sp. nov.

( Figs. 14–15 )

Description. Male. Body small sized, slender. Head broadly oval, fastigium of vertex about 2 times as broad as scape. Fore margin of pronotum slightly convex, hind margin straight. Tegmina extending beyond apex of hind femur; Rs arising from R vein before middle, with 3 branches; posterior branch of M united with the anterior branch of Cu 1 in base ( Fig. 14 ); A vein with 4 branches, the last of them united at base. Wings slightly extending beyond tegmina. Hind femur with 7–8 inter spines and outer spines on ventral surface; hind tibia on dorsal surface with 5–6 outer spines and inter spines. Hind margin of male 10th abdominal tergite bearing 2 spines, with pairs of hook-like processes on ventral surface. Subgenital plate divided into two lobes, lobes long and narrow, apical part spine-like and curved externally ( Fig. 15 ). Styli situated in the base of subgenital plate, longer, cylindrical.

Female. Unknown.

Coloration. Body pale yellowish-brown, unicolor. Eyes blackish brown. Measurements. (in mm)

Body Pronotum Tegmina Hind femora Ovipositor

♂ 12.0 3.0 19.0 8.5 / Material. Holotype, ♂, China, Yunnan, Mengla, Alt. 600m, 2009. VI.4–6, collected by Liu Xian-Wei et al. Distribution. China (Yunnan).

Discussion. This new species distinguishable from F. superfurca Gorochov, 2004 in lobes of male subgenital plate straight, apical half not curved upwards.

Figures

FIGURES 14 – 15. Furcilarnaca affinis sp. nov.. 14. Portion of veins of tegmen, dorsal view; 15. End of male abdomen, ventral view. Scale bars = 1 mm.