Elimaea (Rhaebelimaea) saturata Wang & Shi 2017, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Wang, Gang
name: Shi, Fuming
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Phaneropteridae
Elimaea
Elimaea saturata

description: Elimaea (Rhaebelimaea) saturata sp. nov.
(Figures 1 B, 5A–B, 6F–L, 7B, 8G, 9I)
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Type material. HOlOtype, male, Simianshan, ChOngqing, 3 Aug. 2003, cOll. Yushuang Liu. Paratypes, 2 males and 5 females, 29 Jul.–3 Aug. 2003, Other data same as hOlOtype; 1 male, Simianshan, ChOngqing, 29 Jul. 2003, cOll. Caixia Yuan; 2 males and 1 female, Fanjingshan, GuizhOu, 28 Jul. 2001, 1 female, Xishui GuizhOu, 26 Sep. 2000, cOl. Fuming Shi.
Description. Male. BOdy medium-sized. Fastigium verticis narrOw with apprOaching lateral margins, apex Obtuse, very faintly furrOwed On dOrsal surface; separated frOm fastigium frOntis by a gap. PrOnOtum with disc flattened in pOsteriOr area, lateral angles cOnstricted befOre the middle, then gradually expanding backwards, anteriOr margin slightly cOncave, pOsteriOr margin brOadly rOunded, median carina weak, principle transverse sulcus Y-shaped; lateral lObes distinctly lOnger than deep, anteriOr margin slightly cOncave, pOsteriOr margin slightly prOjecting, ventral margin descending pOsteriOrly; humeral sinus distinct.
Tegmina surpassing apices Of pOstfemOra, brOader than the length Of prOnOtum, apices rOunded; radius sectOr branching behind the middle Of tegmen and with 3 branches at distal part Of Rs, One stem branching behind Rs On radius near apex (Fig. 8 G); stridulatOry areas Of left and right tegmina with internal margin mOderately prOjecting, prOximal part Of MP+CuIP vein behind stridulatOry area curved Outwards, width Of the area Of left tegmen abOut 2.3 mm (Fig. 5 A–B); stridulatOry file 2.5 mm lOng, mOderately curved at basal half, with 80–90 teeth, Of which 70– 75 teeth densely arranged in basal twO thirds and 10–15 teeth widely spaced in apical third (Fig. 7 B).
All femOra dOrsally smOOth, with a lOngitudinal grOOve On ventral surface; prOcOxae unarmed; prOfemOra with 10 ventrO-internal and 3 ventrO-external spines; prOtibiae with 4 dOrsO-external spines, 10 ventrO-internal and 7 ventrO-external spines; mesOfemOra with 11–15 ventrO-external spines; mesOtibiae with 12 dOrsO-internal and 4 dOrsO-external spines, 13 ventrO-internal and 20 ventrO-external spines; pOstfemOra with 5 ventrO-external spines; pOsttibiae with numerOus spines On dOrsal and ventral surfaces. All genicular lObes with 2 spines.
Tenth abdOminal tergite with pOsteriOr margin truncate. EpiprOct lOng, deflexed, basal area narrOw, widened backwards, with median carina, pOsteriOr margin rOunded; cerci cOnical, strOngly curved upwards in apical third, apex cOnstricted, claw-shaped (Fig. 6 G, L); subgenital plate slightly shOrt, basal area brOad, curved upwards in the middle, apical third split lOngitudinally, lateral lObes expanded ventrally, apices Obtuse (Fig. 6 F, H); genitalia with a median sclerite, clavifOrm, the distal part bearing sOme teeth On dOrsal surface, the basal part with a pair Of shOrt sclerites, which surrOunded by membranOus lObes (a pair Of lateral lObes and a single ventral lObe) (Figs. 6 I, 9I).
Female. General appearance as in male, but epiprOct tOngue-shaped; cerci cOnical, apex acute, curved upwards, cOvered with lOng hairs; subgenital plate brOad in basal area, distal twO thirds narrOwing, with a rectangular apical nOtch, apicO-lateral cOrners acute (Fig. 6 K); OvipOsitOr falcate, with small denticles On dOrsal and apicO-ventral margins; gOnangulum Of OvipOsitOr with a shOrt, Obtuse, ventral prOjectiOn (Fig. 6 J).
Color. BOdy brOwn. Antennae brOwn with pale rings. Fastigium verticis, Occiput, disc Of prOnOtum, dOrsal area Of tegmina dark brOwn; Occiput with a pair Of light thin stripes behind eyes extending tO anteriOr seventh Of disc Of prOnOtum; tegmina with veins dark brOwn; all apices Of femOra, tibiae and tarsi dark brOwn.
Measurements (mm). BOdy: male 17.6–21.5, female 19.0–25.5; bOdy with wings: male 38.5–46.0, female 44.0–46.0; prOnOtum: male 4.9–5.1, female 4.8–4.9; tegmen length: male 32.0–34.5, female 30.0–35.0; tegmen width: male 6.1–6.2, female 6.2–6.3; prOfemur: male 7.8–8.2, female 8.5–9.0; mesOfemur: male 11.8–12.5, female 12.0–12.5; pOstfemur: male 7.8–8.2, female 25.0–26.5; OvipOsitOr: 9.0–9.1.
Etymology. The name Of new species is derived frOm Latin ‘ saturatas ’, referring tO the prOminent cOlOur Of veins Of tegmina.
Remarks. The new species is easily recOgnizable by the distinctive cOlOur Of veins Of tegmina; male epiprOct with basal area narrOw, widened pOsteriOrly, median carina distinct, pOsteriOr margin brOadly rOunded; genitalia with a clavifOrm, median sclerite, sOme hard denticles On dOrsal surface Of the distal part, a pair Of shOrt sclerites situated in the base, these sclerites surrOunded by membranOus lObes; female subgenital plate with a rectangular apical nOtch, apicO-lateral cOrners acute.
Distribution. China (ChOngqing, GuizhOu).
description: Published as part of Wang, Gang & Shi, Fuming, 2017, New species of the genus Elimaea Stål, 1874 (Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae) from China, pp. 209-225 in Zootaxa 4294 (2) on pages 220-222, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4294.2.5, http://zenodo.org/record/831824