Diestramima emeiensis, Qin, Yanyan, Wang, Hanqiang, Liu, Xianwei & Li, Kai, 2016

Qin, Yanyan, Wang, Hanqiang, Liu, Xianwei & Li, Kai, 2016, A taxonomic study on the species of the genus Diestramima Storozhenko (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae; Aemodogryllinae), Zootaxa 4126 (4), pp. 514-532 : 529-530

12. Diestramima emeiensis sp. nov.

( Figs. 42–45 )

http://lsid.speciesfile.org/urn:lsid: Orthoptera .speciesfile.org:TaxonName:477211 Description. Male. Body intermediate sized. Head with fastigium of vertex divided into two conical tubercles. Legs long and slender; fore femora about 2.7 times as long as the pronotum, beneath unarmed, internal knee lobe without spines, genicular lobe with 1 long movable spur; fore tibia beneath with 2 external and 2 internal spurs, between the paired apical spurs with a short spur. Mid femora with a long movable spur on the internal and genicular lobe, mid tibia beneath with 2 external and 2 internal spurs, between the paired apical spurs with a median spur. Hind femora beneath with 5–6 inter spines and without outer spines; hind tibia above with 34–35 outer spines and 32–35 inter spines, inner subapical spur of hind tibia almost equal to length of hind metatarsus. Hind metatarsus with 2–3 dorsal spines. Apical half of male paraproct not compressed ( Fig. 42 ). Process of male 7th abdominal tergite rather short and with blunt apex ( Fig. 43 ). Male genitalia with nearly triangular dorso-median lobe and apex sinuate ( Figs. 44–45 ).

Female. Unknown.

Coloration. Body shallow yellowish. Face with 4 dark bands. Legs with shallow stripes.

Measurements. (length in mm) Body Ƌ 15.5; pronotum Ƌ 5.5; fore femora Ƌ 15.0; hind femora Ƌ 26.0; hind tibia ♂ 30.0.

Material examined. Holotype, 1♂, Emei Mountain, Sichuan, 1100m, 2006. IX.9, collected by Zhou Shun.

Distribution. China (Sichuan).

Discussion. This new species is similar to D. brevis sp. nov., but differs as follows: hind femora without black bands on dorsal surface but with 5–6 ventro-internal spines, apical half of male paraproct not compressed.

Figures

FIGURES 42 – 45. Diestramima emeiensis sp. nov. 42. Male abdominal apex, lateral view; 43. Process of male 7 th abdominal tergite, dorsal view; 44. Male genitalia, ventral view; 45. Male genitalia, dorsal view; scale bars = 2 mm.