Xiphidiopsis (Xiphidiopsis) anisolobula Han, Chang & Shi, 2015

Jin, Xingbao, Liu, Xianwei & Wang, Hanqiang, 2020, New taxa of the tribe Meconematini from South-Pacific and Indo-Malayan Regions (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Meconematinae), Zootaxa 4772 (1), pp. 1-53 : 20

26) Xiphidiopsis (Xiphidiopsis) anisolobula Han, Chang & Shi, 2015 ,

1♂ (left middle and hind leg, right antenna lost): LAOS:/ Ban Van Eue ,/ 13–15.IV.1965; J.L. Gressitt / Collector / BISHOP Museum

1♂ (left body damaged, only left front leg remain.): LAOS:/ Vientiane Prov. / Ban Van Eue / 30.III.1966; Native Col- lector; RONDON-- BISHOP MUS./ COLLECTION

1♀ (left front and middle leg lost): LAOS: / Vientiane Prov. / Phou Kou Khouei / Ban Van Eue / 15.IV.1965; J.L. Gressitt / Collector / BISHOP MUSEUM

1♀ (both front legs lost): LAOS: / Vientiane Prov. / Ban Van Eue , 750 m / forest Streambed/ 10–11.IV.1965; J.L. Gressitt / Malaise Trap / BISHOP MUSEUM

Diagnosis. General morphology typical of the genus. Male last tergite forming a single (unpaired) middle process, rather thick, divided into 3 asymmetry lobes: right one small and narrow, apical enlarged into 2 unequal broad lobes; cerci complicated large lobe, asymmetry, right one bigger and longer than left one, both strongly bend inward, with a branch lobe in middle half ( Fig. 12 c–e), subgenital plate with posterior margin convex, bearing moderate long styli ( Fig. 12f ).

Female 9 th tergite without enlarged lateral posterior margin, subgenital plate with posterior margin deeply bifurcate into 2 lobes ( Fig. 12g ), ovipositor thin sword shape, long and nearly straight, ventral valve smooth, without apical hook.

Figures

FIGURE 12. Xiphidiopsis (Xiphidiopsis) anisolobula Han, Chang & Shi, 2015 a. male in lateral; b. female in lateral; male abdominal terminal: c. dorsal view, d. right side of lateral view, e. left side of lateral view; f. male subgenital plate; g. female subgenital plate.