Namkungia biryongensis (Namkung, 1974) Storozhenko, S. Yu. & Park. J. K., 2002

Storozhenko, S. Yu. & Park. J. K., 2002, A New Genus Of The Ice Crawlers (Grylloblattida: Grylloblattidae) From Korea, Far Eastern Entomologist 114, pp. 18-20 : 19-20

Namkungia biryongensis (Namkung, 1974) , comb. n.

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Galloisiana biryongensis Namkung, 1974: 1-7 , figs 1-16 (holotype - ♂, Korea: Gangwondo, Jeongseon-gun, Jeongseon-myeon, Yongtanri, Biryong dong, limestone cave “Biryong dong-gul”; in J. Namkung collection, Seoul); Namkung, 1982: 34-38, figs. 2, 3; Storozhenko, 1995: 19; 1998: 186.

Grylloblattella biryongensis: Storozhenko, 1988: 173 .

DESCRIPTION. Female (hitherto unknown). Slightly larger than male. Body above covered with numerous short hairs. Head distinctly broader than pronotum. Eyes reduced. Parietal and clypeal sutures well distinguished. Epistomal suture disappeared near the middle. Antennae with 37-38 segments; 3rd segment 2.85 times longer than 2nd. Pronotum slightly longer than its width at anterior margin, with broadly rounded posterior margin. Mesonotum and metanotum as in male. Basisternum triangular, with less sclerotized lateral parts. Legs long; femur rations (length divided by width) as follows: fore femur 2.9 times, hind femur 5.6 times; tarsal pulvilli relatively long. Hind margin of I tergite with 4 (2+2), II- IX tergites with 6 (3+3) setae; anterolateral part of II-VIII tergites with 1+1 setae. Sternites with 2 regular rows of setae and 3-5 irregularly placed between them setae. Ovipositor reaching 6th segment of cerci. Body brown, head and pronotum dark brown, legs, ventral surface of abdomen ant cerci light brown, ovipositor brown.

MEASUREMENTS. Length: body 34.9 mm; head 7.0 mm; pronotum 6.6 mm; fore femur 6.4 mm; hind femur 7.8 mm; cerci 18.43 mm; ovipositor 5.9 mm. Width: head 7.2 mm; pronotum (near anterior margin) 6.2 mm.

DISTRIBUTION. Korea: Gangwon Province.

1. Namkung, J. 1974. A new species of cave dwelling Grylloblattidea (Grylloblattidae) from Korea. - Korean Journal of Entomology 4: 1-7.

2. Namkung, J. 1982. The taxonomy of the Grylloblattodea and their distribution in Korea. – In: Ando, H. (ed.). Biology of the Notoptera. Nagano: Kashiyo-Insatsu Co. Ltd.: 29-42.

3. Storozhenko, S. Yu. 1988. A review of the family Grylloblattidae (Insecta). – Articulata 3 (5): 167-181.

4. Storozhenko, S. Yu. 1995. To the knowledge of the genus Grylloblattella (Grylloblattida, Grylloblattidae). - Far Eastern Entomologist 10: 19-20.

5. Storozhenko, S. Yu. 1998. Systematic, phylogeny and evolution of the grylloblattids (Insecta: Grylloblattida). Vladivostok: Dalnauka. 207 p. (In Russian).

Figures

Figs 1-5. Namkungia biryongensis, female. 1) head and pronotum, dorsal view; 2) cervical sclerites and basisternum, ventral view; 3) IV-X tergites, dorsal view; 4) IV-VI sternites, ventral view; 5) apex of abdomen, lateral view.