Pseudoteratura (Pseudoteratura) gemmicula (Hebard, 1922)

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 : 35

47) Pseudoteratura (Pseudoteratura) gemmicula ( Hebard, 1922, Xiphidiopsis ) comb. n.

1♂ (all legs lost): TIGBAO’ Leyte, P.I./ 16.XI.1957. (hand writing)

1♀: P.I., MINDANAO/ DAVAO: Genitalan / 8km NW of Mt Apo / 690m . 17.VIII.’58; Jungle clearing; Light Trap/ H. E. Milliron

1♀ (front & hind legs of both sides lost): P.I., MINDANAO/ Bukidnon, 1250m./ Mt. Katanglad / 26-X-1959; L. W. Quate / Collector

Note. 1 male from Davao, Philippines with general morphology as Xiphidiopsis gemmicula Hebard (1922: 259) from Surigao, Mindanao of Philippines. Pronotum with median yellowish stripes on disc, apex of abdomen a bit shrunk, the deep posteriormedian notch of 10 th tergite, the extremely enlarged and elongated downward directed plate which apparently is a specialized epiproct (supra-annual plate by Hebard, 1922) exist, subgenital plate with short but distinct styli. Female subgenital plate broad with round posterior margin, ovipositor comparatively short with pointed apex as photo of Hebard, 1922 (OSF, Cigliano et al., 2019). The highly specialized epiproct make Xiphidiopsis gemmicula Hebard is better fit in Pseudoteratura than in Xiphidiopsis .