Phlugiolopsis brevis Xia & Liu, 1993

Bian, Xun, Shi, Fu-Ming & Chang, Yan-Lin, 2012, Review of the genus Phlugiolopsis Zeuner, 1940 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) from China, Zootaxa 3281, pp. 1-21 : 3-4

1. Phlugiolopsis brevis Xia & Liu, 1993

(Map. 1, Figs. 1 , 12 : A–B)

Phlugiolopsis brevis Xia & Liu, 1993: 94 ; Liu & Jin, 1994: 109; Jin & Xia, 1994: 26; Shi & Ou, 2005: 359; Shi & Wang, 2005: 70; Shi & Du, 2006: 122; Shi, Chang & Mao, 2007: 119.

Type specimen: male; type locality: Suoxigu, Cili, Hunan, China; location of type specimen: Shanghai Entomological Museum of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Redescription. Subgenital plate of male subtrapezoid, narrowing, basal area slightly broad, basal margin faintly excavate, lateral margin curved dorsad, posterior margin faintly concave, but in some specimens, posterior margin with deeply concavity in middle, the lateral lobes obtusely rounded.

Material examined. 1 male and 1 female, Damingshan, Wuming, Guangxi, 13 August 2008, collected by Chao-Ming Wei; 1 female, Damingshan, Wuming, Guangxi, 29 August 2011, collected by Xun Bian; 8 males and 6 females, Damingshan, Wuming, Guangxi, 5–7 August 2011, collected by Xun Bian and Xu-Ping Yan; 2 males and 2 females, Damingshan, Wuming, Guangxi, collected by Rui-Gang Yang; 1 female, Maoʹershan, Xingʹan, Guangxi, 23 August 2011, collected by Xun Bian; 1 male and 1 female, Huangsha, Lingui, Guangxi, 27 September 2011, collected by Xun Bian; 1 female, Anjiangpin, Longsheng, Guangxi, 19 October 2005, collected by Chao Gao and Ji-Liang Wang; 1 male, Jiuwanshan, Rongshui, Guangxi, 25 August 2001, collected by Fu-Ming Shi; 7 males and 3 females, Gongbeilaoshan, Rongshui, Guangxi, 28 August 2001, collected by Fu-Ming Shi; 2 females, Tianlin, Guangxi, 16 August 2002, collected by Guo-Fang Jiang; 28 males and 41 females, Dashahe, Daozhen, Guizhou, 4 August 2004, collected by Fu-Ming Shi; 5 males and 6 females, Dashahe, Daozhen, Guizhou, 29 September 2011, collected by Le-Hong Zhao and Guang-Lin Xie; 7 males and 6 females, Lianhuaping, Leigongshan, Guizhou, 15 September 2005, collected by Hao-Yu Liu; 10 males and 6 females, Lianhuaping, Leigongshan, Guizhou, 15 September 2005, Fu-Ming Shi; 1 male and 1 female, Rangshui, Suiyang, Guizhou, 10 August 2010, collected by Le-Hong Zhao; 1 female, Chachang, Suiyang, Guizhou, 14 August 2010, collected Le-Hong Zhao; 1 male, Shunhuangshan, Xinning, Hunan, 5 May 2004, collected by Jian-Hua Huang; 2 males, Xiaoxi, Yongshun, Hunan, 6 July 2004, collected by Jian-Feng Wang and Ji-Liang, Wang; 1 female, Shangli, Yaʹan, Sichuan, 9 August 2010, collected by Fu-Ming Shi.

Distribution. China (Guangxi, Hunan, Guizhou, Sichuan).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Phlugiolopsis brevis Xia & Liu, 1993. A, C – H. male: C. pronotum in dorsal view; D. apex of abdomen in dorsal view; E. left cercus in dorsal view; F. right cercus in interno-ventral view; G. subgenital plate in ventral view (from Damignshan, Wuming, Guangxi); H. subgenital plate in ventral view (from Maoˏershan, Xingˏan, Guangxi); B, I – K. female: I. apex of abdomen in lateral view; J. apex of ovipositor in lateral view; K. subgenital plate in ventral view.

FIGURE 12. Habitus lateral view of Phugiolopsis spp. A, C, E, G, I. male; B, D, F, H, J. female: A – B. P. brevis Xia & Liu, 1993; C – D. P. grahami (Tinkham, 1944); E – F. P. tuberculata Xia & Liu, 1993; G – H. P. minuta (Tinkham, 1943); I – J. P. y u n - nanensis Shi & Ou, 2005.