Asiophlugis paracercalis, Gorochov, 2019

Gorochov, A. V., 2019, Taxonomy of the katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from East Asia and adjacent islands. Communication 12, Far Eastern Entomologist 379, pp. 1-24 : 8-9

Asiophlugis paracercalis Gorochov, sp. n.

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Figs 11–13 , 33–37

MATERIAL. Holotype – ♂, Malaysia: Borneo I., Sarawak State, 80–90 km

WWN of Kuching City, Gunung Gading National Park, 100–300 m, primary forest,

on leaf of small tree at night, 22–26.XI 2016, A. Gorochov, M. Berezin, E. Tkatsheva,

I. Kamskov. Paratypes: 2 ♀, same data .

DESCRIPTION. Male. General appearance more or less similar to that of A. legitima , A. thaumasia and A. malacca but with following features: colouration slightly lighter (light parts almost whitish), with poorly visible light brownish marks on proximal part of antennal flagellum and on majority of tibial spines and spinules, and with tegmina lacking marks; pronotum with hind lobe somewhat longer (covering about half of stridulatory apparatus) and clearly more inflated ( Fig. 11 ); tegmina short, reaching 6th abdominal tergite, with rounded distal parts ( Fig. 11 ); hind wings invisible; fore femur with 4 pairs of spines; fore tibia as well as middle and hind legs almost as in above-mentioned congeners; last tergite somewhat narrower than more anterior abdominal tergites but slightly longer than these tergites, with very short and wide posteromedian lobe having rather narrow and short apical notch as well as a pair of widely rounded lobules around this notch; epiproct and paraprocts very small and almost invisible between this lobe and cercal bases; cercus similar to that of A. cercalis Gorochov, 2012 but distinctly shorter, almost straight and with distal part slightly curved upwards and having several very small denticles on inner surface ( Figs 34–36 ); genital plate and genitalia similar to those of A. legitima , but posteromedian notch of this plate between styles somewhat deeper ( Fig. 37 ).

Female. Coloration and structure of body as in male, but pronotum with distinctly shorter and less inflated hind lobe ( Fig. 12 ), tegmina reaching 5th abdominal tergite and without stridulatory apparatus, last tergite shorter and with convex posterodorsal part not covering rounded epiproct and paraprocts, and cerci unspecialized; genital plate and ovipositor as in Figs 13 , 33 (ventral folds on this plate undeveloped).

MEASUREMENTS. Length (in mm). Body: ♂ 9.5, ♀ 11.5–12; pronotum: ♂

3.7, ♀ 3.3–3.4; visible parts of tegmina: ♂ 3.3, ♀ 3.1–3.3; hind femora: ♂ 11.5, ♀

11.7–12; ovipositor 5.3–5.5.

COMPARISON. The new species is most related to A. cercalis , because their male cerci are similar in the structure. But it differs from the latter congener in the male cerci distinctly shorter and not arcuately curved upwards, and with denticles located only in the distal cercal parts (vs. in the middle and distal cercal parts). From all the other congeners, the new species is distinguished by the same characters as

A. cercalis and may be only a subspecies of the latter species.

ETYMOLOGY. The new species is named after A. cercalis , the most similar species.

Figures

Figs 1–15. Phisidini and Phlugidini: 1–5 – Neophisis malaysiana sp. n.; 6–8 – Asiophlugis

Figs 16–37. Phisidini, Phlugidini and Meconematini: 16–19 – Neophisis malaysiana sp.