Woznessenskia curvicauda ( Bey-Bienko, 1962 )

Shi, Fu-Ming, Zhu, Qi-Di & Wang, Hai-Jian, 2022, Review of the genus Woznessenskia Gorochov, 2002 (Orthoptera: Gryllacrididae) from China, Zootaxa 5087 (1), pp. 191-200 : 198-200

5 Woznessenskia curvicauda ( Bey-Bienko, 1962) (Chinese name 弯NJdzDzù)

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Borneogryllacris curvicauda Bey-Bienko, 1962 . Trudy Zool. Inst., Akad. Nauk SSSR, Leningrad, 30: 114.

Woznessenskia curvicauda: Gorochov, 2002 . Entomological Review, 82 (7): 778.

Diaphanogryllacris curvicauda: Liu & Yin, 2004 . In: Yang X.K [Ed.] Insects from Mt. Shiwandashan Area of Guangxi: 105, 109[English].

Male. Tegmen: Radius with two branches; media anterior free from base; cubitus anterior at base with a single branch that forks into two veins, the anterior branch makes a curvature and fuses with media anterior and shortly after divides again; while posterior branch (CuA2) does not divide further; cubitus posterior undivided, free throughout; with four anal veins, last two with common stem.

Ninth abdominal tergite with a pair of S-shaped and sclerotized hooks on lateral margins. Tenth abdominal tergite with a pair of projections short, conspicuously incurved; apical area upcurved, tip compressed, sclerotized, dorsal margin with several teeth. Cercus long conical, apex rounded. Subgenital plate broader, posterior margin slightly concave. Stylus cylindrical, apex rounded, inserted on subapex of subgenital plate.

Female was described adequately by Bey-Bienko (1962) and Gorochov (2002).

Specimens examined. 1 male, Emeishan , Sichuan, 5 July 2021 , collected by Xiu-Mei Chen; 1 male, Emeishan , Sichuan, 5 July 2021 , collected by Shang-Ling Lou; 1 male, Emeishan , Sichuan, 21 July 2012 , collected by Ji-Shan Xu and Ling-Xiao Chang. 1 female, Nanmuxi, Qionglai , Sichuan, 24 July 2013 ; 1 male, Jiulonggou, Chongzhou , Sichuan, 27 July 2016 ; 1 male, Jiulonggou, Chongzhou , Sichuan, 22 June 2017 ; 2 males, Jiulonggou, Chongzhou , Sichuan, 3August 2019 ; 1 female, Jiulonggou, Chongzhou , Sichuan, 21 July 2021 ; 1 female, Jiulonggou, Chongzhou , Sichuan, 2 August 2021 ; 1 male and 1 female, Nanmuxi, Qionglai , Sichuan, 28 July 2021 , all collected by Gao-Ping Liu.

Distribution. Sichuan (Emeishan, Chongzhou, Qionglai).

Discussion. The species was described by Bey-Bienko in 1962 based on a female specimen. Liu and Yin (2004) reported the male from Guangxi which we think may be another species. The male is reported for the first time with specimens collected from the type locality (Sichuan: Emeishan).

Figures

FIGURE 5. Woznessenskia curvicauda (Bey-Bienko, 1962), male: A. face; B–C. head and pronotum: B. lateral view; C. dorsal view; D, F. apex of abdomen: D. lateral view; F. dorso-apical view; E. apex of projection of tenth abdominal tergite in lateral view; G. subgenital plate; female: H. seventh abdominal sternite and subgenital plate; I. ovipositor in lateral view.

FIGURE 6 Tegmina of Woznessenskia: basal area of tegmen: A. Woznessenskia procera sp. nov., B. Woznessenskia truncata sp. nov., C. Woznessenskia combina sp. nov., D. Woznessenskia incurva sp. nov.; whole tegmen:E. Woznessenskia curvicauda (Bey- Bienko, 1962); A–C, E. right tegmen; D. left tegmen.