Phryganogryllacris sheni Niu & Shi, 1999

Li, Miao-Miao, Fang, Yan, Liu, Xian-Wei & Li, Kai, 2014, Taxonomic revision of the genus Phryganogryllacris (Orthoptera: Gryllacrididae) from China, Zoological Systematics 39 (4), pp. 507-519 : 511

3.4 Phryganogryllacris sheni Niu & Shi, 1999 ( Figs 10–12 )

Phryganogryllacris sheni Niu & Shi, 1999 . The Fauna and Taxonomy of Insects in Henan, 4: 14–15.

Male. Body medium sized, stout. Fastigium of vertex about 1.5 times as broad as scape. Fore margin of pronotum roundly projected, hind margin straight. Tegmina rather extending beyond the apex of hind femora, R with 5 branches, Rs occurred after the middle of R, with 2 branches or without branch; CuA simple, with a short oblique connecting with M; A with 4, the third and fourth branches connecting at base. Wings slightly extending beyond tegmen. Hind femora on ventral surface with 4–7 internal spines and 3–5 external spines; hind tibiae on dorsal surface with 5 internal spines and 5–7 external spines. The hook-like processes of abdominal tergite 9 almost straight. Cerci shorter, 3 mm long ( Fig. 10 ); lateral margin of subgenital plate rounded, posterior margin split into two lobes; styli stout, slightly flattened ( Fig. 11 ).

Female. Tegmina slightly short, extending beyond hind femora. Hind femora on ventral surface with 7–8 internal spines and 6–7 external spines; hind tibiae on dorsal surface with 5–6 internal spines and 6–7 external spines. Subgenital plate roundly truncate ( Fig. 12 ). Ovipositor slightly longer than hind femora, slightly upcurved.

Coloration. Body yellowish brown. Ocelli yellow, eyes brown. Venation of tegmina with blackish brown, apex of abdomen and spines of all legs black.

Measurement. Body, ♂ 16.5–18.5 mm, ♀ 18.0 mm; pronotum, ♂ 3.7–4.5 mm, ♀ 4.4 mm; tegmina, ♂ 22.6–24.0 mm, ♀ 19.5 mm; hind femora, ♂ 10.6–12.0 mm, ♀ 11.5 mm; ovipositor, ♀ 13.5 mm.

Material examined. 1♀, Shaanxi, Taibai, Zhongshanshi (elev. 1 430 m), 23 July 1956, Yao Zhou leg. ; 2♂, Shaanxi, Taibai-shan, Shangbaiyun (elev. 1 740 m), 23–25 July 1956, Yao Zhou leg. ; 3♂, Shaanxi, Longxian , 6 August 1980, Ge-Xiang Wang leg. ; 1♀, Shaanxi, Qinling Station, 1 Octomber 1980, Yao Zhou etc. legs .; 1♂, Shaanxi, Longcaoping , 9 August 1981 , collector unknown; 1♂, Shaanxi, Heyang , 1 Octomber 1981, collector unknown ; 1♀, Shaanxi, Huaxian , 19 Octomber 1981, collector unknown ; 1♀, Shaanxi, Taibaishan, Dadian , 16 July 1982, Hong-Mou Wei leg. ; 1♂, Shaanxi, Taibai, Zhongshanshi , 17 July 1982 , Jing-Ruo Zhou and Lan Liu legs.; 3♂, Shaanxi, Taibaishan , Songpingshi (elev. 1 200 m), 14–26 July 1982 , collector unknown; 2♂, Shaanxi, Taibaishan, Songpingshi , 15 August 1983 , collector unknown; 3♂, Shaanxi, Huxian, Hualinping (elev. 1 700 m), 28 June 2007, Shun Zhou leg.

Distribution. Henan, Sichuan, Gansu.

Figures

Figs 10–17. Phryganogryllacris spp. 10–12. P. sheni Niu & Shi, 1999. 10. End of abdomen, lateral view, ♂. 11. Subgenital plate, ventral view, ♂. 12. Subgenital plate, ventral view, ♀. 13–15. P. unicolor Liu & Wang, 1998. 13. End of abdomen, lateral view, ♂. 14. Subgenital plate, ventral view, ♂. 15. Subgenital plate, ventral view, ♀. 16–17. P. parva Li, Liu & Li, sp. nov. 16. Subgenital plate, ventral view, ♀. 17. End of abdomen, lateral view, ♀. Scale bars=1mm.