Caryanda amplexicerca Ou, Liu & Zheng, 2007

Mao, Ben-Yong & Li, Miao, 2015, Proposal of the Caryanda amplexicerca-species group (Orthoptera: Acridoidea) with description of two new species from China, Zoological Systematics 40 (4), pp. 451-458 : 452

Caryanda amplexicerca Ou, Liu & Zheng, 2007 ( Figs 1–2 , 6–10 )

Caryanda amplexicerca Ou, Liu & Zheng, 2007: 758–762 ; Mao, Ren & Ou, 2011: 75.

Description. Epiphallus with lophi trapeziform, pointing dorsad, base narrower than top, apical outer angles obtuse; anchorae large, triangular; anterior projections with posterior sides faintly backward bulging in lateral view; bridge divided in middle. Phallic complex with cingular valves almost shielded by apical valves of penis, fused apically; apical penis valves upcurved, distally widened shaped like a reversed trapezoid and with an impression at preapical area in lateral view, lamellated in apical view.

Material examined. Paratypes. 1♂, 1♀, China, Yunnan, Gejiu, Kafang , 3 September 2006, leg. Qing Liu, deposited in SFU . Other material examined. 18♂, 19♀, China, Yunnan, Gejiu, Kafang (23°15'N, 103°09'E; elev. 1 709 m), 30 September 2009, leg. Ben-Yong Mao, deposited in BMDU .

Distribution. China (Yunnan).

Biology. C. amplexicerca is very common in grasslands on mountain slope from Gejiu, Yunnan Province and has been observed feeding Oplismenus compositus in field.

Remarks. The male genitalia of C. amplexicerca Ou, Liu & Zheng, 2007 was not described formerly, and is described here.

Figures

Figs 1–5. Habitus of adults, lateral view. 1–2. Caryanda amplexicerca Ou, Liu & Zheng, 2007, ♂, ♀, paratypes. 3–4. C. cyanonota sp. nov., ♂, ♀. 5. C. shuangjianga sp. nov., ♂. Scale bars=5mm.

Figs 6–10. Caryanda amplexicerca Ou, Liu & Zheng, 2007. 6–7. Phallic complex, apical and lateral views. 8–10. Epiphallus, lateral, dorsal and posterior views. Scale bars=1 mm.