Pulchroteratura huiqing, Tan & Gorochov & Wahab, 2017

Tan, Ming Kai, Gorochov, Andrej V. & Wahab, Rodzay Bin Haji Abdul, 2017, New taxa and notes of katydids from the tribe Meconematini (Orthoptera: Meconematinae) from Brunei Darussalam, Zootaxa 4337 (3) : -

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4337.3.4

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D4705D07-4980-4352-A3D0-03C1E31B5026

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6028453

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039D87A9-4D6E-BB6A-528B-FC67DDBAFE53

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Plazi

scientific name

Pulchroteratura huiqing
status

sp. nov.

Pulchroteratura huiqing View in CoL , new species

http://lsid.speciesfile.org/urn:lsid: Orthoptera .speciesfile.org:TaxonName:499451 ( Figs. 4 View FIGURE 4 , 5 View FIGURE 5 )

Material examined. Holotype (male, KB.16.58): Brunei Darussalam, Ulu Temburong National Park, Kuala Belalong Field Studies Centre along Ashton Trail , primary ridge dipterocarp forest, N4.54511, E115.15669, 171.6± 6.5 m a.s.l., under foliage of tree, 26 September 2016, 1738 hours, coll. M. K. Tan (dry-pinned, ZRC). GoogleMaps

Paratype: 1 male (KB.17.01), same locality as holotype, N4.54719, E115.15713, 76.5±9.0 m a.s.l., under foliage of tree, 5 January 2017, 1952 hours, coll. M. K. Tan (in ethanol, ZRC). GoogleMaps

Description. Male (holotype). Eyes large, almost globular ( Figs. 4 View FIGURE 4 ; 5A, B). Frontal rostrum conical, stout, with rounded apex of upper tubercle having median sulcus feebly present ( Fig. 5B View FIGURE 5 ). Apical segment of maxillary palpus barely longer than subapical (fourth) segment, slender and slightly widened apically ( Fig. 5A, 5B View FIGURE 5 ); fourth and third segments of this palpus subequal in length ( Fig. 5A View FIGURE 5 ). Pronotum covering most part of tegminal mirror ( Fig. 5B View FIGURE 5 ); pronotal disc roundly turned into lateral lobes, transverse sulcus distinct but very shallow; dorsal edge of pronotum almost straight in profile ( Fig. 5A View FIGURE 5 ); anterior margin of pronotal disc straight, posterior margin angularly rounded ( Fig. 5B View FIGURE 5 ); ventral margin of pronotal lateral lobe short and almost straight. Thoracic auditory spiracle (= thoracic foramen) small, slender and pyriform; not covered by pronotal lateral lobe. Tegmen rather narrow, with narrowly rounded apex, reaching middle part of hind tibiae; hind wing reaching tegminal apices ( Figs. 4A, 4B View FIGURE 4 ). Femora without spine; fore tibiae each with 3 outer and 3 inner subapical spines; middle tibiae each with 4 outer and 3 inner subapical spines; inner and outer knees of hind femora with triangular lobes not spine-like but having subacute apices; hind tibiae ventrally and dorsally with numerous outer and inner spines as well as 2 ventral and 1 dorsal apical spurs on each side. Tenth abdominal tergite and epiproct as in Figs. 5C, 5D View FIGURE 5 . Cercus slightly incurved, with middle part having almost keel-like (lamellar) but rather short dorsal process and finger-like medial (ventral) process ( Figs. 5C–F View FIGURE 5 ); dorsal process with higher and almost angular anterior lobe ( Fig. 5F View FIGURE 5 ); ventral process slightly flattened ( Figs. 5C, 5D View FIGURE 5 ); apical third of cercus lamellar, tapering into obtuse apex, with dorso-interior margin almost straight and more strongly sclerotized ( Figs. 5D–G View FIGURE 5 ). Subgenital plate longer than broad; its anterior part almost 3 times as wide as posterior one; posterior part of this plate with almost parallel lateral margins; styli located at apex of subgenital plate as in Figs. 5E, 5G View FIGURE 5 .

Colouration. Generally green when alive ( Fig. 4A View FIGURE 4 ). Head pale green to green, with tint of yellow brown on fastigium, antennal scapus and pedicel. Frontal rostrum dark green. Eyes dark red brown. Maxillary palpus with small subapical spot blackish. Pronotum green, disc with a pair of dark green spots at the anterior margin and in the middle, with a brown median longitudinal line at the apical third and a triangular black spot on either side of the band; the area of pronotal disc between these dark marks brownish grey; lateral lobe with two dark green spots near ventral margin ( Fig. 4B View FIGURE 4 ). Tegmen with numerous large black spots. Legs generally pale green; tarsi and apex of tibiae black. Spines on legs mostly black; tympanal region and knees (especially so for fore and hind legs) dark. Abdomen green to yellow green dorsally, sternite pale green; some tergites have dark green transverse band.

Female. Unknown.

Measurement (in mm). BL = 9.9, BWL = 20.3, PL = 3.6, TL = 16.7, HWT = 0.0, HFL = 11.5, HTL = 13.5. Etymology. This new species is named after Yeo Huiqing, spouse of the first author (MKT).

ZRC

Zoological Reference Collection, National University of Singapore

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