Phryganogryllacris longicerca 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 : 517-519

3.12 Phryganogryllacris longicerca Li, Liu & Li , sp. nov. ( Figs 39–41 )

Male. Body medium. Fastigium of vertex about 1.5 times as wide as scape. Ocelli inconspicuous. Fore margin of pronotum slightly roundly projected, hind margin straight. Tegmina rather extending beyond the apex of hind femora, R with 3 branches, Rs occurred from 1/3 of R, furcated, M independent, its basal section close to R; CuA with 3 branches, the fore branch of first and second branches united with the M, A with 4, the last of them united at base. Wings slightly extending beyond tegmen. Hind femora on ventral surface with 6–7 internal spines and external spines; hind tibiae on dorsal surface with 6 internal spines and external spines. 9 th abdominal tergite rather short, posterior margin truncate, each side with a long hook-like process directed externally. Cerci rather long, almost 9 mm long ( Fig. 40 ); posterior margin of subgenital plate deeply split into two rounded lobes; styli short and slightly flattened ( Fig. 41 ).

Female. Unknown.

Coloration. Body yellowish brown, occiput blackish brown, with pale cruciate macula ( Fig. 39 ); eyes blackish brown. Pronotum yellowish brown, with blackish margins, the disk blackish brown with two pale macula, later lobes yellowish brown. Venation slightly darken. Spines and spurs of all legs, every abdominal tergites, both sides of sterna of 8 th abdominal tergites darkish black.

Measurement. Body, ♂ 22.0 mm; pronotum, ♂ 5.0 mm; tegmina, ♂ 28.0 mm; hind femora, ♂ 15.0 mm.

Material examined. Holotype ♂, Guangxi, Xing’an, Maoer Mountain, 10 August 2009, Ying Yan and Bao-Ping Huang legs.

Distribution. Guangxi.

Etymology. The species is named refer to the very long cerci of male.

Remarks. This new species is very similar to Phryganogryllacris interrupta , but differs from it by the head and pronotum blackish pattern and abdominal tergite 9 of male with almost truncated posterior margin.

Funding This research was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai, China (14ZR1413000), the Scientific Research Innovation Foundation of East China Normal University (78210268), the Science-technology Basic Condition Platform from the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China (2005DKA21402) and Informationization Project of CAS-Integration of Scientific Databases in Zoological Science (XXH12504-1-03).

Acknowledgements We thank Chun-Xiang Liu (Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences) and Li Dai (Shanghai Entomology Museum, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Shanghai) for their help on the manuscript. We are grateful to all collectors in this paper .

Figures

Figs 36–41. Phryganogryllacris spp. 36–38. P. interrupta Li, Liu & Li, sp. nov. 36. Head and pronotum of male, dorsal view, ♂. 37. End of male abdomen, dorsal view, ♂. 38. End of male abdomen, ventral view, ♂. 39–41. P. longicerca Li, Liu & Li, sp. nov. 39. Head and pronotum of male, dorsal view, ♂. 40. End of male abdomen, lateral view, ♂. 41. End of male abdomen, ventral view, ♂. Scale bars=1mm.