Ruidocollaris convexipennis Caudell 1935
Creators: name: Liu, Chun-Xiang
name: Kang, Le
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Phaneropteridae
Ruidocollaris
Ruidocollaris convexipennis

description: Ruidocollaris convexipennis (Caudell, 1935)
(Figs. 5, 14, 25, 35, 43, 52, 61, 71, 79, 89)
Liotrachela convexipennis Caudell, 1935: 245. Liotrachela convexipennis: Bei-Bienko, 1954: 116. Ruidocollaris convexipennis: Liu, 1993: 46.
Rudicollaris convexipennis: Liu, 1999: 131.
Material examined. 1 male, China: Shaanxi Prov.: Zhenba, 1985. VII.20, Li Fasheng (ICAU); China: Sichuan Prov.: Omei Mt., Qingyinge, 3 males, 1 female, 800–1000m, 1957,VII.15–XI.19, Coll. Lu Youcai, Huang Keren (IZAS, No.360937-360938), 2 females, 1961. VIII.21, Coll. Yang Jikun (ICAU), 3 males, 1978. VII.15– IX.15, Coll. Li Fasheng (ICAU); 1 male, China: Sichuan Prov.: Wenchuan, Yingxiu, 1000m, 1983. IX.15, Coll. Zhang Xuezhong (IZAS, No. 360940); 1male, China: Kwanhsien, Szechuan, 1930. VIII.17, Collector unknown (IZAS, No. 360935); 5 males, at light, China: Sichuan Prov.: Ya’an City, Baoxing, Fengtongzhai Nature Reserve, 1700–1800m, 2003. VIII.15–VIII.20, Coll. Liu Chunxiang (IZAS, No.361008-361011, 361419); 1 male, China: Anhui Prov.: Huangshan Mt., Tangkou, 1986. VII.18, Chen Naizhong (ICAU); 1 male, China: Hubei Prov.: Shennongjia, Cailuo, 920m, 1981. VIII.30, Coll. Han Yinghen (IZAS, No.360943); 1 male, China: Fujian Prov.: Wuyishan Mt., 1981.IX., Coll. Jiang Fan (IZAS, No.360939); 14 males, 2 females, China: Jiangxi Prov.: Guling, 1934. VIII.9–IX.17, 1935. VII.27–VIII.25, Coll. O. Piel (IZAS, No.360931-360934, 360919-360930); 1 female, China: Yunnan Prov.: Xishuangbanna, Meng’a, 1958. VII.8, Coll. Pu Fuji (IZAS, No.360936).
Measurements (mm). Length of body: male 22.0, female 29.0; of pronotum: male 5.5–6.0, female 6.5– 7.0; height of paranota: male 5.6; length of paranota: male 3.9; of tegmen: male 38.0, female 42.0–43.0; width of tegmen: male 11.5, female 12.0; length of hind wing: male 41.2, female 45.1–46.0; of posterior femur: male 18.0-20.0, female 21.0; of apical style of male 1.0; length of ovipositor 6.5–7.0; largest width of ovipositor 3.2.
Discussion. Whether Liotrachela convexipennis belonged to Liotrachela or not has been questioned, although Caudell (1935) published this species with very detailed description. Bei-Bienko (1954) also gave detailed discussion, but he didn’t examine other species in Liotrachela and pointed out that they couldn’t enter into a discussion of the possible generic relations of the species. Here we agree with Liu’s opinion (1993), because this species possesses unarmed genicular lobe of each femur, and posteriorly convex tegmen, which are very different from typical representatives of Liotrachela, importantly, it shares many common characteristics with the species of the genus Ruidocollaris, which have been mentioned in the diagnosis and description of Ruidocollaris
Distribution (Fig. 97). China (Fujian, Shaanxi, Anhui, Hubei, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan).
description: Published as part of Liu, Chun-Xiang & Kang, Le, 2010, A review of the genus Ruidocollaris Liu (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae), with description of six new species from China, pp. 36-60 in Zootaxa 2664 on pages 52-53, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.276329