Anelytra spinia (Shi, Fu-Ming & Qiu, Ming 2009)
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Ordo: Orthoptera
Familia: Tettigoniidae
Genus: Anelytra
Name
Anelytra spinia Shi, Fu-Ming, 2009 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Anelytra spinia Shi, Fu-Ming, 2009, Zootaxa 2280: 59-60.
Description
Male. Body comparatively large. Fastigium verticis conical, apex obtusely rounded. Eyes globular, protruding externo-forwards. Pronotum comparatively short, anterior and posterior margins straight, centre of posterior margin slightly concave; paranota longer than high, humeral sinus indicated. Procoxa with one spine, profemur with 3 spines on externo-ventral margin, protibia with 7 spines on both ventral margins. Mesofemur with 3 spines on externo-ventral margin, mesotibia with 3 spines on both ventral margins. Postfemur with 9 spines on externo-ventral margin; apex of knee obtuse; posttibia with 8–11 spines on both ventral margins. Tegmen almost fully covered by pronotum. Tenth abdominal tergite broad and short, centre of posterior margin with small indentation, with median sulcus in apical half. Subgenital plate comparatively broad, anterior margin concave, posterior margin slightly narrowing, apex with triangular indentation in middle, styli short. Cerci stout at basal half, apical half thin, curved internally, apices with blunt tooth; with one long internal spine in middle, curved dorsally, apex acute. Titillators long, slightly curved, externo-dorsal apices with more than 10 short teeth. Body yellowish brown, with irregular brown stripes. Ventral margin of scapus of antenna, ventral margin of fastigium verticis and frons black, with a few reddish brown spots. Spines of femora and tibiae blackish brown. Female. Unknown. Measurements(mm). Body 324.0, pronotum36.6, tegmen31.6, postfemur310.3.
Materials Examined
Type material.Holotype: male, Lingwu, Ningxia, 9 May, 2007, collected by Mao-Ling Sheng.
Discussion
Remarks. The new species can be easily differentiated from other species of the genus Anelytra, differs in: male cerci with basal half stout, apical half thin, curved internally, apex with a blunt tooth; with a long internal spine in middle, curved dorsally, apex acute.
Distribution
Distribution.China (Ningxia).
Etymology
Etymology. The name of the new species refers to the armature of the male’s cercus.
Discussion
Discussion. The other species of the genus Anelytra occur in tropical and subtropical regions, but the type specimen of the new species was collected in Lingwu, Ningxia, Northwest China, where the mean annual temperature is 8.9°C. It is hot in summer and very cold in winter. There is no evidence that the information on the label is wrong. It is quite likely that Anelytra was so far only collected in tropical and subtropical areas because in the more northern regions it has not been searched for.
Taxon Treatment
- Shi, Fu-Ming; Qiu, Ming; 2009: Remarks on the Chinese species of the genus Anelytra Redtenbacher, 1891 (Orthoptera, Conocephalinae), Zootaxa 2280: 59-60. doi
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