Cononicephora acutilobata Wang, 2020

Jin, Xingbao, Liu, Xianwei & Wang, Hanqiang, 2020, New taxa of the tribe Meconematini from South-Pacific and Indo-Malayan Regions (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Meconematinae), Zootaxa 4772 (1), pp. 1-53 : 47-48

68) Cononicephora acutilobata Wang sp. n.

Holotype ♀ (left hind leg, right front and middle legs lost, ovipositor twisted): VIETNAM: Mt. Lang / Bian, 1500– 2000 m./ 19.V.–8.VI.1961; N. R. Spencer/ Collector

Description. Head more or less opisthognathous, with high vertex, fastigium quite narrow. Pronotum disc

comparatively long with rather shallow lateral lobe, without humeral sinus. Tegmina shortened, not reach to apex of abdomen ( Fig. 31a ).

Female subgenital plate deeply and broadly bifurcated into 2 pointed lobes ( Fig. 31b ), ovipositor thick and short, arci form, ventral valves with a small apical hook.

Male unknown.

Measurements (mm). Body: ♀ 7.5; Pronotum: ♀ 4.2; Tegmina: ♀ 4.6; Hind femora: ♀ 6.5; Ovipositor: twisted.

Comparison. Compare with the 3 known species of the genus, Cononicephora tarbinskyi Gorochov, 1993 , Cononicephora berezhkovi Gorochov, 1993 and Cononicephora rentzi Gorochov, 1994 , the deeply and broadly bifurcated subgenital plate of this species is quite different from them, which with transverse and roundly plate.

Etymology. Name refers to shape of female subgenital plate deeply and broadly bifurcated into a pair of sharp lobes.

Figures

FIGURE 31. Cononicephora acutilobata Wang sp. n. a. female in lateral; b. subgenital plate.