Mirollia bispina Shi, Chang & Chen, 2005

Wang, Gang, Wang, Hai-Jian & Shi, Fu-Ming, 2015, Remarks of the genus Mirollia (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae) from China, Zootaxa 4021 (2), pp. 307-333 : 315

13. Mirollia bispina Shi, Chang & Chen, 2005

( Figures 1 G, 3F, 5A–B, 9A–B, 11F)

Mirollia bispina Shi, Chang & Chen 2005 , Acta Entomol. Sin. 48(6): 956, 959; Kang, Liu & Liu 2014, Fauna Sin. 57: 332.

Material examined. Holotype, male, Libo, Guizhou, 22 Aug. 2000, coll. Fu-Ming Shi. Paratypes, 6 males and 2 females, 21–24 Aug. 2000, coll. Fu-Ming Shi, 1 male, 23 Oct. 1998, coll. Hui-Ming Chen, locality as the holotype. Other specimens: 1 male, Libo, Guizhou, 2 Oct. 2008, coll. Zai-Hua Yang; 4 males and 1 female, Longhushan, Shaowu, Fujian, 14 Aug. 2014, coll. Gang Wang.

Redescription. Male. Stridulatory area of left tegmen oval, 3.24 mm long, 2.14 mm wide ( Fig. 9 A); stridulatory file on underside of left tegmen curved, 1.54 mm long; teeth faint in basal fifth; with 173–192 teeth ( Figs. 3 F, 11F); mirror oval, 3.4 mm long, 2.08 mm wide( Fig. 9 B). Cerci long, reaching apex of subgenital plate ( Fig. 5 A); baso-interal side expanded; strongly curved inwards in apical third, and then curled upwards slightly; apex with a wide, slightly curved, sclerotized tooth. Phallus with two pairs of sclerites: lateral sclerites slightly long, basal part wide and posteriorly tapering, a spine curved downwards in medial area, apex with a subapical spine or not; medial sclerites small, papilioform, several teeth on dorsal margin. Subgenital plate curved dorsally before middle; basal part broad, medial area narrow and apical part slightly widened, posterior margin longitudinally split into two wide lobes ( Fig. 5 B).

Measurements (mm). Body: male 14.0–17.0, female 12.0–14.0; body with wings: male 32.0–34.0, female 31.0–32.0; pronotum: male 3.5–4.5, female 4.0; tegmen length: male 23.5–25.0, female 25.0; tegmen width: male 4.7, female 4.7; hind wing: male 28.3–29.0, female 28.0; profemur: male 4.5, female 4.5; mesofemur: male 6.0, female 6.2; postfemur: male 12.0–13.0, female 12.0–13.0; ovipositor 6.0.

Distribution. China (Guizhou, Fujian).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Male habitus lateral view of Mirollia species: A. M. fallax (from Banlao, Cangyuan, Yunnan); B. M. bispinosa; C. M. composita; D. M. deficientis (from Hupingshan, Shimen, Hunan); E. M. caligata; F. M. acutilobata sp. nov.; G. M. bispina (from Longhushan, Shaowu, Fujian); H. M. hainani; I. M. obscuripennis (from Bawangling, Changjiang, Hainan); J. M. terminalis sp. nov. (from Tian’e, Guangxi).

FIGURE 3. Stridulatory file on underside of male left tegmen of Mirollia species: A. M. maculosus sp. nov.; B. M. obscuripennis (from Jianfengling, Ledong, Hainan); C. M. hainani (from Bawanglin, Hainan); D. M. composita (from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan); E. M. petiolulata sp. nov.; F. M. bispina (from Libo, Guizhou); G. M. terminalis sp. nov. (from Tian’e, Guangxi); H. M. caligata (from Laiyanghe, Pu’er, Yunnan); I. M. hexapinna (from Longzhou, Guangxi); J. M. acutilobata sp. nov.; K. M. bispinosa (from Baishaogou, Suiyang, Guizhou).

FIGURE 5. Male abdominal apex, cerci and subgenital plate of Mirollia species: A – B. M. bispina; C – E. M. obscuripennis; F – I. M. terminalis sp. nov.; J – K. M. fallax. A, C, F, J. abdominal apex in lateral view; B, D, G, K. apex of subgenital plate in apical view; E, H, I. apex of cercus in apical view.

FIGURE 9. Male stridulatory area of left tegmen and mirror of right tegmen of Mirollia species: A – B. M. bispina; C – D. M. composita; E – F. M. bispinosa; G – H. M. fallax; I – J. M. terminali s sp. nov.; K – L. M. petiolulata sp. nov.; M – N. M. acutilobata sp. nov.; O – P. M. deficientis.