Title: A NEW SPECIES OF THE GENUS ZHENGITETTIX(ORTHOPTERA,SCELIMENIDAE)FROM GUANGXI,CHINA
Abstract: In the present paper, a new species of the genus Zhengitettix Liang (Orthoptera, Scelimenidae) from Guangxi Autonomous Region, South China is described. Type specimens are deposited in the Biology Museum, Zhongshan University.Zhengitettix curvipinnus sp. nov. (Figs.1-3)This new species is allied to Z. transpicula Zheng et Jiang, but can be separated from the latter by the characters listed in Table 1.Table 1.Comparison of characteristics two spices of the genus Zhengitettix.Zhengitettix transpiculaZ. curvipinnus sp.nov.Posterior angles of lateral lobes of pronotum transversePosterior angles of lateral of pronotum with a forward curved spineHind process of pronotum longer, reaching the top of hind tibiaHind process of pronotum shorter, reaching 2/3 of the hind tibiaHind margin of subgenital plate of female with three teethHind margin of subgenital plate of female with an acute angle process in the middle only Length of body: ♂7.7 -7.9mm, ♀9.4mm; length of pronotum: ♂10.3 -11.0mm, ♀12.7mm; length of hind femur: ♂5.5 -5.7mm, ♀6.3mm. Holotype ♂;paratypes: 1♂, 1♀, Guangxi, Fangcheng, Shangyue, (21°62′N, 108°27′E, alt. 80-600?m), 15 July 2006, collected by LIU Jian-Wen.
Publication Year: 2007
Publication Date: 2007-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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