Tachycines (Tachycines) meditationis Würmli, 1973

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12. Tachycines (Tachycines) meditationis Würmli, 1973

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Tachyciens meditationis Wurmli 1973 . Mitt. Ent. Gesellsch. Basel., 23 (1), 1.

Tachycines (Tachycines) coreanus Storozhenko, 1990 . Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie., 69 (4), 846 (nec Yamasaki, 1969). Tachycines coreanus Jin Xing- Bao & Xia Kai-Ling, 1994. Jour. Orth. Res., 3, 18.

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Diestrammena (Tachycines) coreana Storozhenko, T , -W. Kim & Jeon, 2015. Monograph of Korean Orthoptera ., 97.

Description. Male. Body medium sized. Vertex of head divided into conical tubercles. Legs elongate and slender; fore femora about 1.7–1.9 times as long as the pronotum, ventrally with 10–24 spines, internal genicular lobe with a small spine, external genicular lobe with 1 elongate movable spur; fore tibiae ventrally with 2 external and 2 internal spurs. Mid femora with an elongate movable spur on the internal and genicular lobe, unarmed ventrally; mid tibiae ventrally with 2 external and 1 internal spur(s). Hind femora beneath with 0–4 internal spines and without outer spines; hind tibiae above with 45–67 outer and internal spines respectively, arrange in groups. Super internal spur of hind tibiae almost at the position of the dorso-apical spine of metatarsus ( Fig. 32 ). Hind metatarsus keeled beneath. Epiphallus of male genitalia “H”-shaped, the upper and lower end notched ( Figs. 33–35 ).

Female. Subgenital plate triangular and the lateral side of base prominent ( Fig. 36 ). Ovipositor longer than the half the length of the hind femur.

Coloration. Body dark brown or yellowish brown with brown stripes. Face with 2–4 dark longitudinal stripes. Tergites shining.

Measurements. (length in mm) Body ♂ ♀ 11.0–19.0; pronotum ♂ ♀ 5.5–6.5; fore femora ♂ ♀ 11.5–13.0; hind femora ♂ ♀ 21.5–25.0; ovipositor 13.0–15.0.

Material examined. 1♂ 1♀, Tianlinxincun , Shanghai, 1993-VIII-31, collected by Ren Liu Zu-Yao ; 1♂, Pudong , Shanghai, 1997-IX-25, collected by Liu Xian-Wei ; 1♀, Shanghai, 1994-VIII ; 1♂, Tianmushan , Zhejiang 1997-VIII-19, collected by Zhou Jian-Zhong ; 1♂ 1♀, Tianmushan , Zhejiang, 1954-IX-11, collected by Huang Ke- Ren ; 2♂♂, Yixing , Jiangsu, collected by Wang Xiao-Zu ; 1♂, Luanchuan , Henan, 1996-VII-3 ~28, collected by Liu Zu-Yao ; 3♂♂ 3♀♀, Qingliangfeng , Zhejiang, 2008-VIII-5 ~10, alt. 400m, collected by Liu Xian-Wei et al. ; 1♂ 1♀, Gutian Mountain , 2012-X-14 ~16, collected by Liu Xian-Wei et al. ; 26♂♂ 19♀♀, Xitianmu (Zhejiang), alt. 350m or 1100m, 2012-VIII-31, collected by Liu Xian-Wei et al ., 5♂♂ 2♀♀, Tiantong Mountain, Ningbo , (Zhejiang), 2017-VIII-20 ~27, collected by Li Jin .

Distribution. China (Henan, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Shanghai).

Diagnosis. This species is rather similar to T. (T.) maximus sp. nov. but differences from the latter in that: fore femora with spines beneath; epiphallus of male genitalia “H”-shaped, the upper and lower end notched ( Figs. 33–35 ).

Figures

FIGURES32–38. Tachycines (Tachycines) meditationis Würmli, 1973.32.Hind tarsus,lateral view; 33. Malegenitalia, dorsal view; 34. Male genitalia, ventral view; 35.Epiphallus of male genitalia, dorsal view; 36.Female subgenital plate, ventral view; 37. Ecological condition of female; 38. Ecological condition of male. (Figs. 37–38 from Zhejiang, Gutianshan) (Scale bars: 1mm).