Phryganogryllacris mellii ( Karny, 1926 )

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 : 515

3.9 Phryganogryllacris mellii ( Karny, 1926) ( Figs 25–29 )

Gryllacris mellii Karny, 1926 . Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin, 12: 368.

Phryganogryllacris mellii (Karny) : Karny, 1937. Genera Ins., 206: 119; Liu, 1993. In: Huang, C-M (ed.), Animal in Longqi Mountain: 41; Liu, 1993. Contr. Shanghai Inst. Ent., 11: 110; Jin & Xia, 1994. J. Orthopt. Res., 3: 17; Liu, 1999. In: Huang (ed.), Fauna of Insects Fujian Province of China, 1: 178.

Male. Body medium. Fastigium of vertex about 1.5 times as broad as scape. Fore margin of pronotum slightly roundly projected, hind margin straight. Tegmina rather extending beyond the apex of hind femora, R with 5 branches, Rs occurred from the middle of R, with 4 branches, M absolutely independent, its basal section united with R; CuA with 3 branches, the fore branch of first and second branches connected with the M, A with 4, the last of them united at base. Wings slightly longer than tegmina. Hind femora with 5 internal spines and 3 external spines ventrally; hind tibiae with 6 internal spines and 6–7 external spines on dorsal surface. Abdominal tergite 9 rather short, roundly convex, each side of lateral plate with a hook-like process directed externally. Cerci rather long, incurved. Subgenital plate broad, posterior margin broadly round, styli conical ( Fig. 28 ).

Female. Abdominal sternum 7 with deeply middle concave, posterior-lateral corners strong elongated ( Fig. 29 ). Subgenital plate semicircular, posterior margin with incision; ovipositor almost as long as hind femora, slightly upcurved, with slightly blunt apex.

Coloration. Body pale yellowish brown. Ocelli pale yellow, occiput, eyes, pronotum and apex of abdomen with blackish brown stripes ( Figs 25–26 ).

Measurement. Body, ♂ 18.0 mm, ♀ 20.5–22.5 mm; pronotum, ♂ 3.6–5.0 mm, ♀ 3.8–4.2 mm; tegmina, ♂ 29.0– 30.0 mm, ♀ 27.0– 31.5 mm; hind femora, ♂ 10.5–12.0 mm, ♀ 10.5–13.0 mm; ovipositor, ♀ 11.5–13.0 mm.

Material examined. 1♂, Hunan, Dayong, Zhushitoulinchang , 13 June 1988, Zu-Yao Liu leg. ; 1♀, Guangdong, Nanling Nature Reserve (elev. 1 000 m), 20 June 2007, Hao Huang leg. ; 1♂, Guangdong, Nanling Nature Reserve (elev. 1 000 m), 6 July 2008 , Bao-Ping Huang and Ying Yan legs.; 2♂, 5♀, Zhejiang, Kaihua , Gutian Mountain , 18–20 June 2013 , Xian-Wei Liu and Hai-Guang Zhang legs.; 1♀ ( China Agricultural University ), Guangxi, Wuming , Daming Mountain , 24 May 1963, Ji-Kun Yang leg. ; 1♂ ( China Agricultural University), Hunan, Nanyue, Mojingtai , 22 June 1963, Ji-Kun Yang leg.

Distribution. Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Zhejiang.

Figures

Figs 25–35. Phryganogryllacris spp. 25–29. P. mellii (Karny, 1926). 25. Head and pronotum, dorsal view, ♂. 26. Pronotum, dorsal view, ♀. 27. End of abdomen, lateral view, ♂. 28. End of abdomen, ventral view, ♂. 29. Subgenital plate, ventral view, ♀. 30–35. P. xiai Liu & Zhang, 2001. 30. Head and pronotum, dorsal view, ♂. 31. Head and pronotum, dorsal view, ♀. 32. End of abdomen, lateral view, ♂. 33. End of abdomen, dorsal view, ♂. 34. Subgenital plate, ventral view, ♂. 35. Subgenital plate, ventral view, ♀. Scale bars=1mm.