Neocyrtopsis (Neocyrtopsis) emeishanensis Shi

Wang, Hai-Jian, Cao, Cheng-Quan & Shi, Fu-Ming, 2013, One new species and one new combination of the genus Neocyrtopsis Liu & Zhang, 2007 (Orthoptera: Meconematinae) from Emeishan, China, Zootaxa 3681 (2), pp. 182-186 : 184-185

Neocyrtopsis (Neocyrtopsis) emeishanensis Shi sp. nov.

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Male. Body small, more robust. Fastigium verticis conical, apex obtusely rounded with a median longitudinal sulcus. Eyes oval, protruding anteriorly and outwards. Apical segment of maxillary palpi longer than subapical one, apex swollen.

Pronotum more broad and short, transverse sulci indistinct, metazona slightly raised; anterior margin more straight, posterior margin rounded; paranotum longer than deep, humeral sinus absent.

All femora without spines on ventral margin. Forecoxa with a spine, foretibia with 5 pairs of spines (including a pair of apical spines), tibial tympana open on inner and outer sides. Mesotibia with 5 pairs of spines on ventral margin. Posttibiae with 14–16 spines on inner and outer sides of dorsal margin separately, and one pair of dorsal apical spurs and two pairs of ventral apical spurs, apices of genicular lobes obtusely rounded.

Tegmina short, surpassing posterior margin of pronotum, reaching posterior margin of first or second abdominal tergite, apices rounded; hind wings absent.

Tenth abdominal tergite broad and long, the lateral lobes triangularly protruding posteriorly, apices subacute, the centre of posterior margin merged with epiproct, with a longitudinal sulcus on median area, posterior margin slightly rounded. Cerci longer, mostly cylindrical, apices distinctly curved dorsally, hook-shaped, directed anteriorly. Subgenital plate trapezoidal, basal area slightly broader, with a narrowly triangular notch, posterior margin straight. Styli short, apices rounded on apices of lateral margins of subgenital plate. Genitalia sclerotized, protruding posteriorly, visible in apical view, apex square, lateral margins with a pair of lateral carinae.

Body yellowish green, dry specimens yellowish brown. Eyes brown. Dorsum of pronotum light brown, with a pair of longitudinal black brown stripes on lateral margins, and thin yellow stripes on the outer margins. Postfemora with some light brown spots on outer margins, apices of tibial spines brown.

Female. Unknown.

Measurements (mm). Body (from apex of fastigium verticis to posterior margin of tenth abdominal tergite): 311.5–12.0; pronotum: 34.5–4.6; tegmina: 31.7–2.5; postfemora: 38.5–8.6.

Type material. Holotype: 3, Emeishan, Sichuan, China, 2 August, 2011, collected by Fu-Ming Shi and Le- Hong Zhao. Paratype: 13, the other data as holotype.

Discussion. The new species is allied to Neocyrtopsis (Neocyrtopsis) fallax Wang & Liu, 2012 , but differs from the latter in: male pronotum moderately shorter, metazona slightly raised; cerci curved, apices directed anteriorly.

Etymology. The name of the new species is derived from the type locality.

Figures

FIGURE 2. Neocyrtopsis (Neocyrtopsis) emeishanensis Shi sp. nov., male: A. pronotum in dorsal view; B. pronotum in lateral view; C. apex of abdomen in apical view; D. apex of abdomen in lateral view; E. subgenital plate in ventral view; scale bars: 1 mm.