Tapiena quadridens Liu & Xia, 1996

Liu, Chun-Xiang & Kang, Le, 2010, The genus Tapiena Bolívar (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae; Holochlorini), with description of three new species from China, Zootaxa 2328, pp. 49-64 : 56

Tapiena quadridens Liu & Xia, 1996

( Figs. 1 e–f, 4a, d–f)

Tapiena quadridens Liu & Xia, 1996 , Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 21(2): 197; (Holotype M, origi. descrip.; type locality: Jinghong, Yunnan, China; type deposited in MSIE, Shanghai).

Material examined. 1 male (Holotype), China: Yunnan Prov.: Jinghong, Jinuo, 1991. IX.8, Coll. Liu Zuyao, Wang Tianqi & Yin Haisheng ( MSIE); 1 male, China: Yunnan Prov.: Simao District: Caiyanghe nature reserve, 1400m (at light), 2004. VIII.24, Coll. Liu Chunxiang ( IZAS).

Redescription. Male (holotype). Male stridulatory file on underside of left tegmen with about 150 fine teeth ( Fig. 4a ). Tenth abdominal tergum large, wide, abruptly tapering near apex, with four teeth at apical margin ( Fig. 4 f); strongly deflexed in distal part in lateral view ( Fig. 4d ). Cerci robust; interior margin strongly inflated from middle, and distinctly concave in distal part; apex shaped into a wide compressed tooth ( Fig. 4 f). Subgenital plate widest at base, distinctly narrowed towards apex; split from apical fourth into two lateral lobes, notch between triangular, as long as one fifth length of subgenital plate; styli slender, as long as two thirds length of subgenital plate ( Fig. 4 e).

Female. Unknown.

Coloration. Yellowish green (maybe green at alive). Compound eyes dark brown. Pronotum yellowish green. Wings lightly green. Each lateral surface of anterior femur with a series of black spots on upper and middle areas, separately. Spine of cerci darkly brown.

Measurements of male (mm). Length of body 20.0; length of pronotum 4.8; length of tegmen 33.0; largest width of tegmen 7.5; length of hind wing 37.0; length of posterior femur 16.2.

Distribution. China (Yunnan Prov.).

Figures

FIGURE 1. photograph of the genus Tapiena Bolívar. a, b, T. bivittata; c, d, T. simplicis; e, f, T. quadridens; g, h, T. spinicaudata; i, j, T. parapentagona Liu & Kang, sp. n.; k, l, T. longzhouensis. a, c, e, g, i, k, photograph of male left stridulatory area; b, d, f, h, j, l, photograph of male right stridulatory area.

FIGURE 4. a, d – j, T. quadridens; b, g – k, T. spinicaudata; c, l – q, T. parapentagona Liu & Kang, sp. n.. a – c, male stridulatory file on underside of left tegmen; d, g, l, male abdominal apex in lateral view; e, male abdominal apex in ventral view; i, o, male subgenital plate in ventral view; f, m, male tenth abdominal tergum in dorsal view; h, n, male cerci in dorsal view; j, p, female abdominal apex in lateral view; k, q, female subgenital plate in ventral view.