Anelytra compressa, Shi, Fu-Ming & Qiu, Ming, 2009

Shi, Fu-Ming & Qiu, Ming, 2009, Remarks on the Chinese species of the genus Anelytra Redtenbacher, 1891 (Orthoptera, Conocephalinae), Zootaxa 2280, pp. 53-62 : 54-55

2 Anelytra compressa sp. nov. ( Figs. 1–7 , 35 , 37 , 41 )

Male. Body comparatively large. Fastigium verticis conical, protruding, apex obtusely rounded. Pronotum short, anterior and posterior margins obtusely rounded; paranota longer than high; humeral sinus comparatively distinct ( Fig. 3 ). Procoxa with a spine, profemur with 3 spines on internal and external sides of ventral margin. Mesofemur with 4–5 spines on externo-ventral margin. Postfemur with 9 spines on externoventral margin; knee of externo-lateral margin bluntly rounded. Tegmen almost fully covered by pronotum, apex reaching posterior margin of metatergum.

Tenth abdominal tergite broad, posterior margin concave in middle. Cercus long, compressed, curved inwards, apex acute, subapical area with a small dorsal spine. Subgenital plate slightly narrow at base, posterior margin with deep indentation, styli comparative long. Titillators are a pair of s-shaped structure, ventral apex divided into two branches, upper one broad, apex with indentation ( Fig.7 ).

Body yellowish brown. Fastigium verticis, frons and internal margin of scapus of antenna black, with some brown spots on ventral margin of frons; ventral margin of frons light brown. Spines of femora and tibiae and claws blackish brown, subapical and apical spines of cercus black.

Female. Unknown.

Measurements(mm). Body 323.0, pronotum36.6, tegmen30.9, postfemur310.8.

Type material. Holotype: male, Jianfengling, Ledong, Hainan, China, 17 May, 2007, collected by Yi-Bin Ba and Jun-Tong Lang.

Remarks. The new species differs from the known species of the genus Anelytra by long, laterally compressed cerci with a subapical, small, dorsal spine.

Distribution. China (Hainan).

Etymology. The name of the new species is derived from the male’s cercus morphology.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 7. Anelytra compressa sp. nov., male: 1. Anterior area of head with fastigium verticis, eyes and antennal scrobae in dorsal view; 2. pronotum in dorsal view; 3. pronotum in lateral view; 4. tenth abdominal tergite in dorsal view; 5. subgenital plate in ventral view; 6. left cercus in dorsal view; 7. titillators in ventro-apical view; scale bars = 1 mm.

FIGURES 32 – 35. Frons of the genus Anelytra from China, male in frontal view: 32. A. jinghonga sp. nov.; 33. A. multicurvata sp. nov.; 34. A. spinia sp. nov.; 35 A. compressa sp. nov.

FIGURES 36 – 39. Head and pronotum of the genus Anelytra from China, male in dorso-lateral view: 36. A. jinghonga sp. nov.; 37. A. compressa sp. nov.; 38. A. spinia sp. nov.; 39. A. multicurvata sp. nov.

FIGURES 40 – 43. The genus Anelytra from China, male in lateral view: 40. A. jinghonga sp. nov.; 41. A. compressa sp. nov.; 42. A. spinia sp. nov.; 43. A. multicurvata sp. nov.