Pteranabropsis karnyi Wang, Liu et Li

Wang, Mengmeng, Liu, Xianwei & Li, Kai, 2015, Review of the genus Pteranabropsis Gorochov (Orthoptera: Stenopelmatoidea: Anostostomatidae: Anabropsinae) from China, Zootaxa 3905 (4), pp. 529-540 : 533-534

Pteranabropsis karnyi Wang, Liu et Li sp. nov.

( Figs. 10–11 , Plate B)

Description. Male: Body large sized. Pronotum shouldered. Prosternum with 1 pair of slender, long spines. Meso- and metasterna lobate, the lobes of metasternum shorter, triangular ( Fig. 10 ). Tegmina and wings well developed, tegmina without stridulating organ. Fore coxa with 1 spine, fore femur with 3 spines on interno-ventral margin. Knee lobes each with 1 spine, fore tibia with 2 internal spines and 1 external spine above, with 5 pairs of spines below, tympanal organ open. Externo-ventral margin of middle femur with 2–3 spines and interno-ventral margin unarmed, middle tibia with 4 external and 3 internal spines above, with 5 pairs of spines below. Interno-ventral margin of hind femur with 3 spines and externo-ventral margin with 5–6 spines, hind tibia with 10 external and 10 internal spines above. Hind margin of ninth abdominal tergite depressed and with a protruding lobe each side, tenth abdominal tergite with 1 pair of hooks upcurved. Epiproct roundly triangular, paraproct longer than epiproct, tapering apically, distinctly exceed hind margin of subgenital plate. Cerci thin and long, longer than subgenital plate. Hind margin of male subgenital plate with a U-shaped incision ( Fig. 11 ), styli thin, ventral surface not grooved.

10 11 Female: Unknown.

Coloration. Body pale grayish brown, blackish brown underneath, with yellowish spots. Antennae darkish brown, with pale rings. Legs yellowish brown, with brown stripes, all femur with darkened apex. Fore wings grayish white, translucent, with darkish speckles. Cerci yellowish brown,

Measurements (length in mm). Body ♂ 29.0; pronotum ♂ 7.5; tegmina ♂ 38.0; hind femur ♂ 25.0.

Material examined. Holotype 1 ♂, Fenshuiling, Jinping, Yunnan, alt. 1870m, 2009. V.27, leg. Liu Xian-Wei et al. .

Distribution. China (Yunnan).

Etymology. This species is named in memory of the well-known orthopterist Dr. Heinrich Hugo Karny.

Diagnosis. This new species very similar to P. tenchongensis sp. nov., but differs in the mid femur without internal spines and styli not grooved.

FIGURE B. Pteranabropsis karnyi sp. nov. Male. Holotype. Fenshuiling, Jinping, Yunnan. Lateral view.

Figures

FIGURES 10 – 11. Pteranabropsis karnyi sp. nov. 10. Metasternum, ventral view; 11. Subgenital plate of male, ventral view; scale bars = 5 mm.