Phlugiolopsis pentagonis Bian, Shi & Chang, 2013

Zheng, Mengjia, Su, Jie & Shi, Fuming, 2024, Five new species of the genus Phlugiolopsis Zeuner, 1940 (Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) from China, European Journal of Taxonomy 935, pp. 29-53 : 42-44

Phlugiolopsis pentagonis Bian, Shi & Chang, 2013

Figs 7 , 15

Phlugiolopsis pentagonis Bian, Shi & Chang, 2013: 172 .

Phlugiolopsis (Longiloba) pentagonis – Bian & Shi 2018: 348 .

Material examined

Holotype CHINA • ♀; Yunnan, Honghe, Jinping ; 3 Sep. 2012; Xun Bian leg.; HBU.

Paratypes CHINA • 2 ♀♀; same collection data as for holotype; HBU .

Other material

CHINA • 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀; Yunnan, Jinping, Maandi ; 24 Aug. 2023; Mengjia Zheng leg.; HBU • 3 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀; Yunnan, Hekou, Daweishan ; 23 Aug. 2022; Hao Xu and Qi Guo leg.; HBU • 2 ♀♀; Yunnan, Hekou, Yaoshan ; 20 Aug. 2022; Hao Xu and Qi Guo leg.; HBU • 1 ♂; Yunnan, Pingbian, Daweishan ; 8 Aug. 2021; Qi Guo leg.; HBU • 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀; Yunnan, Maguan, Gulinqing ; 1 Nov. 2023; Xiangjin Liu leg.; HBU • 2 ♂♂, 7 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; 10 Nov. 2023; HBU • 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; 17 Aug. 2019; Peng Cui leg.; HBU • 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀; same collection data as for preceding; 18 Aug. 2019; HBU • 7 ♂♂; same collection data as for preceding; 5 Aug. 2021; Qi Guo and Yanhao Duan leg.; HBU • 2 ♂♂; same collection data as for preceding; 4 Aug. 2021; Qi Guo leg.; HBU • 1 ♂; Yunnan, Wenshan, Bozhushan ; 26 Jul. 2021; Yanhao Duan leg.; HBU .

Description

Descriptive notes of the male

Ninth abdominal tergite short; tenth abdominal tergite elongate backwards, feebly concave or with deeply notch on posterior margin in midline ( Fig. 7D–F ). Cercus obviously incurved, stout at base, narrowing towards tip; basal half expanded inwards on dorsal surface, its posterior area obtusely triangular; near base to middle area with rectangular expansion on ventral surface, apex truncate; apical half of cercus cylindrical, moderately incurved, tip acute ( Fig.7D–F ). Subgenital plate broader than long, basal margin with V-shaped notch, posterior margin with two triangular projections, apices subacute; styli inserted ventrally just before apical area ( Fig. 7C ).

MEASUREMENTS (mm). Body length: ♂: 7.8–10.6, ♀: 9.3–10.2; length of pronotum: ♂: 4.7–4.9, ♀: 4.4– 4.7; length of tegmen: ♂: 1.5–1.8, ♀: 1.6–1.9; length of hind femur: ♂: 9.5–10.4, ♀: 9.4–9.8; length of ovipositor: 5.3–5.6.

Distribution

China (Yunnan).

Remark

By checking the type specimens and material collected from the type locality and adjacent localities, we found some differences in the morphology of the male tenth abdominal tergite among different geographic populations and describe the male of Phlugiolopsis pentagonis Bian, Shi & Chang, 2013 for the first time.

Figures

Fig. 7. Phlugiolopsis pentagonis Bian, Shi & Chang, 2013. A–F. ♂ (HBU). A–B. Head and pronotum. A. Dorsal view. B. Lateral view. C–F. Apex of abdomen. C. Ventral view. D–F. Dorsal view. G–I. ♀ (HBU). G. Subgenital plate in ventral view. H. Ovipositor in lateral view. I. Apex of ovipositor in lateral view.

Fig. 15. Distribution of the genus Phlugiolopsis Zeuner, 1940 in China.