Nicephora (Eunicephora) dianxiensis Wang & Liu, 2013

Liu, Qing, Su, Jie & Shi, Fuming, 2024, Contribution to the genus Nicephora Bolívar, 1900 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) with one new species from Yunnan, China, Zootaxa 5512 (3), pp. 445-450 : 447-448

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Nicephora (Eunicephora) dianxiensis Wang & Liu, 2013 View in CoL

( Figs. 2 View FIGURE 2 ; 3A, B View FIGURE 3 )

Nicephora (Eunicephora) dianxiensis Wang & Liu, 2013 View in CoL , Zootaxa, 3737 (2): 165.

Type locality: Yaojiaping, Lushui , Yunnan .

Supplementary description. Male. Body small for the tribe ( Fig. 3A View FIGURE 3 ).

Head. Fastigium verticis conical, apex rounded ( Fig. 2A View FIGURE 2 ). Apical segment of maxillary palpus almost as long as subapical one, apical area inflated ( Fig. 2B View FIGURE 2 ). Eyes ovoid, slightly protruding forwards and outwards ( Fig. 2A–C View FIGURE 2 ).

Thorax. Anterior margin of pronotum slightly protruding forwards, posterior margin protruding semicircularly ( Fig. 2A View FIGURE 2 ); lateral lobe longer than deep, humeral sinus absent ( Fig. 2C View FIGURE 2 ).

Wings. Tegmina almost as long as pronotum, reaching base of seventh abdominal tergite, venation distinct; hind wings shorter than tegmina ( Figs. 2A, C View FIGURE 2 ; 3A View FIGURE 3 ).

Legs. All femora unarmed on ventral surfaces. Fore tibia with 3–4 spines on both sides of ventral surface respectively, tibial tympana open on both sides; middle tibia with 3 inner and outer spines on ventral surface separately; hind tibia with 18–24 spines on both sides of dorsal surface, as well as 1 pair of dorsal apical spurs and 1 pair of ventral apical spurs.

Abdomen. Posterior margin of tenth abdominal tergite sinuate in the middle ( Fig. 2D–E View FIGURE 2 ). Cercus stout at base, curved inwards; basal area with an inner lamellar process on dorsal margin, its posterior margin with a small rounded flap; basal third with an inner triangular lobe on dorsal margin; cercus with apex rounded ( Fig. 2D–G View FIGURE 2 ). Genitalia with a pair of rounded sclerites, curved upwards, but visible only by careful examinaton. Subgenital plate longer than wide, basal margin feebly concave, posterior margin with an arcuate concavity; styli conical, apices rounded, inserted on both sides of apical area of subgenital plate and pointed ventrad ( Fig. 2F View FIGURE 2 ).

Coloration. Body yellowish brown ( Fig. 3A View FIGURE 3 ), flagella of antenna with annulate dark stripes; eyes reddish brown. Lateral margins of pronotum sometimes with a pair of longitudinal dark stripes on posterior half ( Fig.3A, C View FIGURE 3 ), all spines and spurs of legs with apices dark brown.

Female. Appearance is similar to male except for the following characteristics: tegmina shorter, just reaching the posterior margin of fifth abdominal tergite ( Fig. 3B View FIGURE 3 ). Subgenital plate almost triangular, basal margin concave and hind margin rounded. Ovipositor long and straight, surpassing apex of hind femur, apices of ventral valvulae weakly hook-shaped ( Fig. 2H View FIGURE 2 ).

Material examined. 4♂ 1♀, Yaojiaping, Lushui, Yunnan, China, 26 August, 2019, collected by Yanqing Li.

Measurements (mm). Body length: ♂ 8.5–9.7, ♀ 7.1; pronotum length: ♂ 3.9–4.5, ♀ 4.1; tegmen length: ♂ 4.2– 4.3, ♀ 3.4; hind femur length: ♂ 7.1–7.7, ♀ 8.3; ovipositor length: 7.3.

Distribution. Yunnan ( China).

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Orthoptera
Family	Tettigoniidae
Genus	Nicephora