Doicholobosa rotundata Shi 2017, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Shi, Fuming
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Tettigoniidae
Doicholobosa
Doicholobosa rotundata

description: Doicholobosa rotundata sp. nov.
Figs. 3–4, Map 1
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Description. Male. Body small. Pronotum short, anterior margin straight, posterior margin obtusely rounded (Fig. 3 A–B). Fore tibiae with 5 pairs of spines on ventral surface. Ventral surface of middle tibiae with 4 spines on internal margin and 5 spines on external margin. Dorsal surface of hind tibiae with 24–26 pairs of spines, ventral surface with 1 internal spine and 3 external spines. Posterior margin of tenth abdominal tergite protruding backwards, triangular concave in the middle, lateral lobes triangular (Fig. 3 C–E). Cerci cylindrical, slightly narrowing, subapical area slightly concave on inner margin, apical area curved intro-dorsad, apices obtuse (Fig. 3 E–I). Genitalia obviously sclerotized, strongly elevated, forming median carina, dorsal part with a spine-shaped process, its apex curved downwards, ventral area stout, its dorsal surface slightly concave, the middle with a cluster of thin spines (Fig. 3 C, F, H, J–K). Subgenital plate nearly trapezoidal in ventral view, basal margin arc-shaped concave, gradually narrowing, posterior margin U-shaped concave, lateral lobes narrow, curved dorsally, the apical area depressed; without styli (Fig. 3 L–M).
Female. Tegmina short, locating laterally. The middle of posterior margin of tenth abdominal tergite arcshaped concave, lateral lobes nearly triangular (Fig. 4 C). Cerci slender, conical, apices obtuse (Fig. 4 C–D). Subgenital plate nearly trapezoid, basal margin angle-shaped concave, lateral margin of apical area circular arcshaped, posterior margin straight, the middle slightly concave (Fig. 4 E).
Coloration. Body yellowish green. Flagellum with light brown rings. Disc of pronotum with a pair of brown longitudinal stripes, area between them light brown, lateral margin of prozona with a pair of light yellow longitudinal stripes. Dorsal surface of abdomen with a longitudinal brown band in the midline, the outer margin with a light yellow longitudinal stripe.
Measurements (mm). Body: ♂ 9.7–9.9, ♀ 12.8; pronotum: ♂ 3.7–3.9, ♀ 3.6; tegmina: ♂ 1.4–2.0, ♀ 1.2; hind femora: ♂ 8.7–8.9, ♀ 9.3; ovipositor: 6.1.
Material examined. Holotype: male, Suiyang, Guizhou, 16 August, 2011, coll. Lehong Zhao. Paratypes: 1 male, Suiyang, Guizhou, 11 August, 2011, coll. Lehong Zhao; 1 male, Suiyang, Guizhou, 12 August, 2011, coll. Liying Guo; 1 male, Suiyang, Guizhou, 12 August, 2011, coll. Lehong Zhao; 2 males and 1 female, Dashahe, Daozhen, Guizhou, 16 August, 2011, coll. Lehong Zhao.
Distribution. Guizhou (Daozhen, Suiyang).
Discussion. The new species differs from Doicholobosa nigrovittata (Liu & Bi, 1994) by: female subgenital plate nearly rectangular, posterior margin almost straight. In contrast, the subgenital plate of Doicholobosa nigrovittata (Liu & Bi, 1994) is nearly trapezoid with posterior margin rounded bearing an unconspicuous concavity.
Etymology. The name of the new species is derived from apices of male cerci obtuse.
description: Published as part of Shi, Fuming, 2017, New genus to science of Meconematinae (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from China with description of two new species and proposal of one new combination, pp. 165-173 in Zootaxa 4317 (1) on pages 170-172, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4317.1.8, http://zenodo.org/record/880274