Phlugiolopsis carinata, Wang, Hanqiang, Li, Kai & Liu, Xianwei, 2012

Wang, Hanqiang, Li, Kai & Liu, Xianwei, 2012, A taxonomic study on the species of the genus Phlugiolopsis Zeuner (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Meconematinae), Zootaxa 3332, pp. 27-48 : 43-45

Phlugiolopsis carinata sp. nov.

( Figs. 54 – 55 )

Material. Holotype Ƥ, China: Zhejiang, Qingyan Baishanzu, Alt. 1100m, 2006. IX.2 – 5, leg. LIU Xian-Wei.

Description. Female. Fore tibiae armed with spines 4,5(1,1), mid tibiae with 3 inner and 4 outer spines, hind tibiae with 28 teeth on each margin of dorsal surface, and 3 pairs of apical spurs. Tegmina distinctly surpassed hind margin of pronotum. 8th abdominal tergite extended backwards laterally. Cerci short, conical. Subgenital plate transverse, hind margin with a wider medial lobe and shallowly notched at the apex ( Fig. 55 ); ventral surface with gradually divergent lateral keels in basal half, and with a medial groove in apical half. Ovipositor is shorter than hind femora, ventral valve with apical hook.

Male unknown.

Coloration. Yellowish brown. Dorsal surface of head with 4 dark black longitudinal lines, antennae with few and scattered dark rings, dorsal surface of pronotum with a wide dark brown longitudinal band and 2 two interrupted black lateral stripes, apical part of hind femora darkish.

Measurement. (length in mm)

Body Pronotum Tegmina Hind femora Ovipositor

Ƥ 7.0 3.5 1.5 8.7 5.0 Discussion. This new species is similar to P. henryi Zeuner, 1940 , but distinguished from it by the smaller size and the shape of female subgenital plate.

Distribution. China (Zhejiang).

Figures

FIGURES 54 – 55. Phlugiolopsis carinata sp. n. 54. Head and pronotum, dorsal view; 55. Subgenital plate of female, ventral view.