Pteranabropsis infuscatus Wang, Liu et Li

Wang, Mengmeng, Liu, Xianwei & Li, Kai, 2015, Review of the genus Pteranabropsis Gorochov (Orthoptera: Stenopelmatoidea: Anostostomatidae: Anabropsinae) from China, Zootaxa 3905 (4), pp. 529-540 : 534-536

Pteranabropsis infuscatus Wang, Liu et Li sp. nov.

( Figs. 12–15 , Plate C)

Description. Male: Body medium sized. Pronotum shouldered. Prosternum with 1 pair of slender, long spines. Meso- and metasterna lobate, the lobes of metasternum triangular and apex obtuse ( Fig. 12 ). Tegmina and wings well developed, tegmina without stridulating organ. Fore coxa with 1 spine, interno-ventral margin of fore femur with 3 spines, externo-ventral margin unarmed, knee lobes each with 1 spine, fore tibia with 2 internal spines and 1 external spine above, 5 pairs of spines on below, tympanal organ open. Externo-ventral margin of middle femur with 2–3 spines, interno-ventral margin unarmed, middle tibia with 4 external and 3 internal spines above, on below with 5 pairs of spines. Interno-ventral margin of hind femur with 3 spines and externo-ventral margin with 6 spines, hind tibia with 11 external and 10 internal spines above. Hind margin of ninth abdominal tergite depressed and both sides protruding rearwards, tenth abdominal tergite with 1 pair of hooks upcurved ( Fig. 13 ). Epiproct roundly triangular, paraproct nearly straight and tapering to the apex, not exceed hind margin of subgenital plate. Cerci thin and long, much longer than subgenital plate. Hind margin of male subgenital plate with a V-shaped incision ( Fig. 14 ), styli longer, ventral surface grooved.

Female: Body gererally similar to that of male. Subgenital plate triangular, gradually tapering to the apex ( Fig. 15 ). Apical half of ovipositor upcurved and with obtuse apex.

Coloration. Body darkish brown, with yellowish spots. Antennae darkish brown, with pale rings. Legs yellowish brown, with brown stripes. Fore wings grayish white, translucent, with darkish speckles. Wings dark brown, with blackish and light rounded spots. Cerci yellowish brown.

12 13 14 15 FIGURE C. Pteranabropsis infuscatus sp. nov. Male. Holotype. Jiangjin, Chongqing. Lateral view.

Measurements (length in mm). Body ♂ 26.0–27.0, ♀ 27.0; pronotum ♂♀ 8.0; tegmina ♂ 35.0–36.0, ♀ 31.0–32.0; hind femur ♂♀ 24.0; ovipositor ♀ 15.0–16.0.

Material examined. Holotype 1 ♂, Jiangjin, Chongqing, alt. 900–1200m, 1983. VII.24, leg. Pan Yan-Zheng; paratype 1 ♂ 1 ♀, Jiangjin, Chongqing, 2001. V. 22, leg. Yan Hai-Jiang & Zhu Yu-Xiang; 1 ♀, Fanjingshan, Guizhou, 2001. VII. 10, leg. Shi Fu-Ming; 1 ♀, Wuyanling, Taishun, Zhejiang, alt. 800m, leg. Wang Yi-Ping.

Distribution. China (Chongqing, Guizhou, Zhejiang).

Etymology. The specific epithet refers to characters of wings.

Diagnosis. This new species very similar to P. carnarius Gorochov, 1998 , but differs as follows: body smaller, wings dark brown, middle femur without internal spines below.

Figures

FIGURES 12 – 15. Pteranabropsis infuscatus sp. nov. 12. Metasternum, ventral view; 13. End abdomen of male, dorsal view; 14. Subgenital plate of male, ventral view; 15. Subgenital plate of female, ventral view; scale bars = 5 mm.