Assamacris longicerca ( Huang, 1981 )

Mao, Ben-Yong, Niu, Yao & Huang, Jian-Hua, 2021, Taxonomic review of the genus Assamacris (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Catantopinae) with a new species and a newly discovered female, Zootaxa 4985 (4), pp. 542-556 : 545

Assamacris longicerca ( Huang, 1981) ( Fig. 3 )

Tenuifemurus longicerca Huang, 1981: 69–71 , 82, figs. 21, 25–26.

Assamacris longicerca ( Huang, 1981) : Yin, 1984: 59–61, figs. 119–123; Li & Xia, 2006: 508–510, fig. 263; Mao, Ren & Ou, 2007: 61–68.

Type material examined. Holotype, male, IOZ(E)200274, CHINA: Xizang: Medog: Yarang, alt. 1000 m, 1974- IX-1, coll. Fu-Sheng HUANG, deposited in the Institute of Zoology , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing, China ( IZCAS).

Distribution. China: Xizang.

Notes. The species was first reported as type species Tenuifemurus longicerca Huang, 1981 , with two male specimens from Medog County (alt. 1000 m), Xizang, China. Subsequently , it was transferred to genus Assamacris by Yin in 1984, based on 7 males and 8 females topotypes of A. longicerca collected also at Medog (alt. 1000 m) , type locality. Moreover Yin (1984) supplied the images of the male and female tegmina of A. longicerca , also Li & Xia (2006) figured the habitus (in lateral view) and head (in anterior and lateral views) of it.

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FIGURE 3. Assamacris longicerca (Huang, 1981). A–B. Male habitus, dorsal and lateral views; C. Male terminalia dorsal view; D: Labels.