Eokingdonella gongbugyanda, Zheng & Lin & Zhang & Zeng, 2014

Zheng, Zhe-Min, Lin, Li-Liang, Zhang, Hong-Li & Zeng, Hui-Hua, 2014, One new genus and three new species of wingless grasshoppers from Xizang, China (Orthoptera: Acridoidea), Zoological Systematics 39 (2), pp. 263-268 : 265-266

Eokingdonella gongbugyanda sp. nov. ( Figs 6–11 )

Male. Body small to median size; head big, shorter than pronotum, fastigium of vertex oblique forward, anterior margin obviously concave, lateral margin of vertex connect with lateral margin of frontal ridge, with obvious median carina, extended to occiput; frons oblique in profile, forming a round shape with vertex; frontal ridge broad and flat, only hollow at median ocellus, lateral margin almost paralleled, disappeared near clypeus; antennae filiform, not reaching posterior margin of pronotum, with length 2 times as its width in the middle segments; eyes ovate, longitudinal diameter 1.5 times as its horizontal diameter, 2 times as the length of subocular furrow; disc of pronotum flat, anterior margin straight, posterior margin almost straight, with slight hollow in the middle; median and lateral carinae obvious, severed by three transverse furrows, posterior transverse furrow located in the postmedian of pronotum, length of prozona 2 times as that of metazona; length of lateral lobe of pronotum greater than its height, anterior and posterior lower angle obtuse rounded; prosternal spine conical, apex obtuse rounded; length of mesosternal lobes greater than its width, width of interspace 2 times as its length; lateral lobes of metasternum divided; without wings; upper and lower margins of median carinae of hind femur smooth, with length 5 times as it width; top of lower kneelobe rounded; outer side of hind tibia with 6 spines, inner side with 8 spines, without outer apical spines; length of first hind tarsus almost equal to that of the third, arolium large, surpassing the top of the claw; tympanum small, but obvious; tergum of last abdominal segment with small rounded furculae; anal plate long triangular, apex sharp, lateral margin with a upward processus in the middle; cercus conical, not reach the top of anal plate; subgenital plate short conical, apex rounded, not extended.

Body brownish green; antennae yellowish brown, black at the top segments; disc of pronotum brownish green, upper half of lateral lobes of pronotum black, lower half yellowish green, propodium yellowish brown, tibia and tarsus brownish red; mid femur brownish green; upper outer side of hind femur brownish green, inner side black, brownish red in the basal part, lower outer side black, basal half of inner side red, terminal half of inner side black; hind tibia black, light red brown at basal part; hind tarsus orange red; back of abdomen brownish green, with black broad band on the side; furcula black, lateral margin of anal plate black; back of thorax and abdomen yellowish brown.

Female. Body median, stubby; eyes ovate, longitudinal diameter 1.5 times as its horizontal diameter, equal to the length of subocular furrow; length of prozona 2.3 times as that of metazona; width of interspace of mesosternal lobes 1.12 times as that of interspace of metasternal lobes; width of mesosternal lobes 2 times as its length; anal plate triangular; cercus short conical; length of dorsal valves 2 times as its width, with sawtooth on its side; subgenital plate almost square, posterior margin triangular protuberant in the middle. With same colour as male, but sight deeper.

Length of body: ♂ 17.0 mm, ♀ 23.0– 27.5 mm; length of pronotum: ♂ 3.5 mm, ♀ 4.5–4.6mm; length of hind femur: ♂ 9.0 mm, ♀ 9.0–10.0 mm.

Holotype ♂, China, Xizang, Gongbugyanda , 19 July 2009, collected by Guo-Dong Ren. Paratypes 4♀, same data as holotype .

This new species is allied to E. angqianensis Chen et Zheng, 2009 , the main differences are listed in Table 2.

Etymology. The new specific name is derived from the type locality “Gongbugyanda”.

© Zoological Systematics, 39(2): 263–268

© Zoological Systematics, 39(2):263–268

Figures

Figs 6–11. Eokingdonella gongbugyanda sp. nov. 6. Body. 7. ♂, terminalia. 8. Head and pronotum. 9–11. ♀, terminalia. 6, 10. Lateral view. 7–8, 11. Dorsal view. 9. Ventral view. Scare bar = 1mm.