Phryganogryllacris parva Li, Liu & Li, 2014

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 : 513

3.6 Phryganogryllacris parva Li, Liu & Li , sp. nov. ( Figs 16–17 )

Female. Body small. Fastigium of vertex rounded, about 2 times as wide as scape; eyes ovoid, prominent; Ocelli 3. Tegmina slightly extending beyond the apex of hind femora, R bifurcate near apex; Rs occurred after the middle of R, with 2 branches; M simple, its basal section close to R; CuA occurred behind the middle. Wings slightly extending beyond tegmen. Hind femora on ventral surface with 2 internal spines and 5–6 external spines; hind tibiae on dorsal surface with 5 internal spines and external spines. Subgenital plate semicircular, posterior margin slightly concave ( Fig. 16 ). Ovipositor broad and short, with somewhat blunt apex ( Fig. 17 ).

Male. Unknown.

Coloration. Body pale yellowish brown. Eyes blackish brown, ocelli yellow, lateral and hind margin of pronotum dark, ventral of pronotum with darkish brown longitudinal bands on two sides; venation of tegmina, spines of hind legs slightly with dark, ventral and dorsal of abdomen blackish brown.

Measurement. Body, ♀ 17.5 mm; pronotum, ♀ 3.5 mm; tegmina, ♀ 15.0 mm; hind femora, ♀ 9.0 mm; ovipositor, ♀ 7.0 mm.

Material examined. Holotype ♀, Guizhou, Fanjing Mountain , 1 August 2001, Fu-Ming Shi leg.

Distribution. Guizhou.

Etymology. The species is named refer to the body small.

Remarks. This new species is very similar to P. gialai ( Gorochov, 2004) comb. nov. and P. alia ( Gorochov, 2004) comb. nov. from Vietnam, but differs from the latters by the stripes of pronotum and shape of subgenital plate.

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.