Asiophlugis lobata, Gorochov, 2019

Gorochov, A. V., 2019, Taxonomy of the katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from East Asia and adjacent islands. Communication 12, Far Eastern Entomologist 379, pp. 1-24 : 10-11

Asiophlugis lobata Gorochov, sp. n.

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Figs 20–22 , 68

MATERIAL. Holotype – ♂, Indonesia: Buton I. very near southeast part of

Sulawesi I., environs of Baubau Town, 5º28ʹ55ʹʹS, 122º38ʹ18ʹʹE, secondary forest on hill, on leaf of bush at night, 23–27.XI 2015, A. Gorochov, M. Berezin, I. Kamskov, E. Tkatsheva. Paratype – ♀, same country, Sulawesi I., southeast part of

Sulawesi I., environs of Kendari City, 3º57ʹ28ʹʹS, 122º34ʹ12ʹʹE, primary forest on hill, on leaf of bush at night, 21.IX –2.X 2015, A. Gorochov, M. Berezin, I. Kamskov,

E. Tkatsheva.

DESCRIPTION. Male. Body rather large for this genus. Coloration yellowish

(light greenish in living condition) with numerous small light brown spots on proximal part of antennal flagellum, greyish brown to dark brown rest of this flagellum,

rose eyes, light brown both median stripe on pronotum and stripe along anal edge of each tegmen, very light brown longitudinal marks on spines of fore tibia, and greyish brown areas on apical and subapical segments of fore and middle tarsi as well as on all segments of hind tarsus and on apical part of hind tibia. Structure of head and pronotum more or less similar to that of male of A. legitima (hind lobe of pronotum covering proximal half of tegminal stridulatory apparatus); tegmina reaching abdominal apex; hind wings clearly protruding beyond tegminal apices but distinctly not reaching apices of hind femora; fore leg with 4 pairs of femoral spines, 4 pairs of long tibial spines and a pair of very short tibial ventroapical spinules (spurs); middle leg with a pair of similar tibial spurs only; hind leg with rather numerous small dorsal spinules and 2 pairs of short spurs on tibia only. Last tergite with a pair of rounded posterodorsal lobes and very narrow notch between them; epiproct small, with rounded distal part; paraprocts also small and rounded; cerci moderately short, with large medial lobe near apical part, and with ventroproximal hook long and almost straight as well as strongly curved near its base; genital plate slightly narrowed in apical part, with moderately wide and shallow posteromedian notch, and with rather long and thin styles ( Figs 20, 21 ); genitalia membranous.

Female. General appearance as in male, but dorsal spinules of hind tibia slightly darker (light brown to brown), pronotum similar to that of female of A. legitima in shape, tegmina without stridulatory apparatus, last tergite with straight posterior edge, epiproct and paraprocts somewhat smaller, and cerci thin and straight as well as shorter and with almost acute apices; genital plate short, with truncately notched apex and somewhat concave dorsolateral edges in profile ( Figs 22 , 68 ); ovipositor as in Fig. 68 .

MEASUREMENTS. Length (in mm). Body: ♂ 13.5, ♀ 16.5; body with wings:

♂ 15, ♀ 19.5; pronotum: ♂ 4.4, ♀ 4.7; visible parts of tegmina: ♂ 8.5, ♀ 11; hind femora: ♂ 11.5, ♀ 13.5; ovipositor 6.6.

COMPARISON. The new species is most similar and related to A. sulawesi Jin,

1993 but with the hind lobe of male pronotum clearly less inflated, and male cerci having large medial lobes near their apices ( A. sulawesi is without such lobes).

Figures

Figs 16–37. Phisidini, Phlugidini and Meconematini: 16–19 – Neophisis malaysiana sp.

Figs 57–71. Meconematini and Phlugidini: 57–61 – Cercoteratura variegata sp. n.; 62–