Mongolotettix jiuhuashanensis, Ye & Wang & Dai & Yin, 2022

Ye, Bao-Hua, Wang, Shengnan, Dai, Li & Yin, Zhan, 2022, A new species of the genus Mongolotettix Rehn, 1928 from Anhui, China (Acrididae, Acridoidea, Orthoptera), Zootaxa 5213 (4), pp. 441-444 : 441-443

Mongolotettix jiuhuashanensis sp. nov. ( Figs. 1–7 )

Holotype ♂, paratype ♀, Anhui, Jiuhuashan 30º65´N, 117º52´E, 1985-8-12 collected by Liu Zu-Yao and Zheng JianZhong.

Male: Body small in size. Head shorter than pronotum. Face oblique in profile. Frontal ridge nearly parallel. Antennae ensiform, 20 segmented, extending distinctly over hind margin of pronotum. Eyes oval, vertical diameter 1.6 times horizontal diameter and 1.5 times length of subocular furrow. Pronotum median keel visible, distinctly cut by hind transverse sulcus, lateral keels almost parallel, prozona 1.5 times of metazona in length. Tegmina longer, reaching the hind margin of 8 th abdominal tergite, apically concave in the middle, maximum width of cubital area 1.8 times maximum width of medial area. Interspace of mesosternum distinctly narrowed in the middle, length of interspace of mesosternum 2.8 times minimum width. Lateral lobes of metasternum separated. Second joint of hind tarsus shorter than the first. Tympanum large and round. Cercus long conical, almost reaching tip of epiproct, furculae lacking. Subgenital plate long conical. Width of epiphallus larger than high.

Female: Body more robust than male. Vertical diameter of eyes 1.5 times horizontal diameter and 1.1 times the length of subocular furrow. Prozona 1.3 times metazoan in length. Tegmina short, extending over the hind margin of 1 st abdominal tergite slightly, length 2.7 times its maximum width. Length of interspace of mesosternum 2.4 times minimum width. Length of hind femur 6.2 times its maximum width. Cercus short-conical, not reaching end of epiproct. Upper ovipositor valve longer, length 4.4 times maximum width, with small teeth on outer margin.

Coloration: Body brown. Eyes dark brown. Antennae brown. Postocular band brown, backward to pronotum. Pronotum yellowish-brown. Tegmina of male without a white stripe on the fore margin at base. Tegmina of female with a black longitudinal stripe in the middle. Abdomen yellowish-brown, with a broad dark longitudinal stripe on both sides. Subgenital plate brown.

Measurement (in mm): Length of body: ♂ 22.9, ♀ 31.5. Length of tegmina: ♂ 12.1, ♀ 3.8. Length of hind femur: ♀ 18.1.

Diagnosis. The new species is similar to M. tongbaishanensis Yin, Ji et Dai, 2017 . The major differences are listed in Table 1 .

Etymology. The specific epithet is named after Jiuhuashan the type locality.

Figures

FIGURES 1–12. 1–7. Mongolotettix jiuhuashanensis sp. nov. 1. Body in lateral view ♂; 2. Tegmen ♂; 3. Epiphallus,; 4. End of abdomen in dorsal view ♂; 5. Body in lateral view ♀; 6. Head and pronotum ♀; 7. End of abdomen in lateral view ♀. 8–12. Mongolotettix tongbaishanensis Yin, Ji et Dai, 2017 8. Body in lateral view ♂; 9. Tegmen ♂; 10. Head and pronotum ♀; 11. End of abdomen in lateral view ♀; 12. Epiphallus. (figs. 8–12 after Yin, Ji et Dai, 2017).