Sinochlora dulongensis Wu & Liu, 2024

Wu, Chao & Liu, Chun-Xiang, 2024, Studies on the genus Sinochlora Tinkham, 1945 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae), I. Establishment of species groups and description of three new species, Zootaxa 5512 (1), pp. 22-34 : 25-26

Sinochlora dulongensis Wu & Liu sp. nov. üx华ūdz

( Figs. 2A ; 3A, B ; 6B ; 7 )

Type Material. Holotype. ♂, China: Yunnan Province, Dulongjiang Township, Maku Village , Qin’lang’dang (üDz ±), N 27.6887° E 98.2775°, 1248m, 2.IX.2023, Chao Wu leg. ( IZCAS) . Paratypes. 5♂, same data, 2–9.IX.2023, Chun-Xiang Liu & Chao Wu leg. ( IZCAS) .

Description.

Male. Body large-sized for the genus. Large spines on all femora blackish-brown, surface at base of the spines without black spots. ( Fig. 2A , 6B )

Tenth abdominal tergum short, slightly wider than longer; central process prolonged, large, posterior margin incised in middle, hairy; both lateral processes robust, strongly inclined downwards, with black blunt tip. ( Fig. 3A ) Epiproct large, laterally compressed, approximately trapezoid, dorsally concave ventrad, with numerous black bristles on ventral surface; distal process very long, straight upward-sloping, black, glossy, with backward-bending fishtail-shaped tip divided into two lobes ( Fig. 3A ) Cerci long, but shorter than epiproct. Subgenital plate broad at base and then abruptly constricted, deeply divided; apical lobes narrow, longer than half of its length, strongly upcurved in lateral view; inner margin of base with black spots. ( Fig. 3B )

Female. Unknown.

Figures

FIGURE 2. Habitus of Sinochlora species (males), lateral view. A: S. dulongensis sp. nov.; B: S. makuensis sp. nov.; C: S. latifolia sp. nov..

FIGURE 3. Male abdomen tip and subgenital plate of Sinochlora spp.. A, B: S. dulongensis sp. nov.; C, D: S. makuensis sp. nov.; E, F: S. latifolia sp. nov.. A, C, E: male abdomen tip, lateral view; B, D, F: subgenital plate, ventral view.

FIGURE 6. Sinochlora spp., nymph and adult in natural habitat. A: Sinochlora sp., nymph, A’hui, Liu’an; B: Sinochlora dulongensis sp. nov. male adult, Yunnan, Dulongjiang.

FIGURE 7. Distribution map of the new Sinochlora species. ★: S. dulongensis sp. nov.; ★: S. makuensis sp. nov.; ▲: S. latifolia sp. nov..