Rhaphidophora flatiprocera Li & Bian 2023, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Li, Shan
name: Bian, Xun
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Rhaphidophoridae
Rhaphidophora
Rhaphidophora flatiprocera

description: Rhaphidophora flatiprocera sp. nov.
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Figures 1–2
Description. Male. Body medium. Head and pronotum as other species of the genus. Fore coxae with 1 spine; femora with 1 short ventral spine on internal margin; tibiae with 1 internal and 2 external spines ventrally, apices with 1 pair of spines on ventral surface. Middle femora with 1 pair of apical spines on ventral surface; tibiae dorsally with 2 pairs of spines, ventral surface with 1 internal and 2–3 external spines, apices with 1 pair of spines on dorsal and ventral surfaces separately. Hind femora with 1 short ventral spine on internal margin; tibiae dorsally with 20–23 internal spines, 22–24 external spines and 1 pair of small subapical spines, apices with 1 pair of dorsal and 2 pairs of ventral spines; basitarsi with 5–6 small spines and 1 apical spine on dorsal surface along the midline (Fig. 1F).
Posterior margin of tenth abdominal tergite concave. Epiproct with semi-circular basal margin, dorsal surface with indistinct median furrow (Fig. 1I); middle area with 1 pair of compressed long processes (Fig. 1H, I), its subapical area with external margin faintly convex and dorsal surface faintly concave (Fig. 1I), apices obtuse and faintly directing backward (Fig. 1G); apical half obviously narrowing, nearly triangular, apex with 1 pair of stout spines directing outward (Fig. 1J, K). Cerci slender, conical, apices acute. Subgenital plate longer than wide, the lateral margins convex and terminating, posterior margin widely rounded; styli stout, about half as long as subgenital plate, its apices obtuse, inserted on posterolateral area of the plate (Fig. 1L).
Female. Posterior margin of tenth abdominal tergite with deep concavity (Fig. 2G). Epiproct longer than wide, dorsal surface with median furrow, apex narrowly rounded (Fig. 2G). Cerci slender. Subgenital plate longer than wide, the lateral margins of basal half convex, middle area constricted and terminating into a spine, apex acute (Fig. 2I). Ovipositor shorter than hind femora, moderately upcurved, dorsal margin smooth, apices acute; apical quarter of ventral margin with small teeth (Fig. 2H).
Coloration. Body brown, terga with small black-brown spots, sterna yellowish brown.
Measurement (mm). BL: J 20.8, ♀ 20.0; PL: J 5.8, ♀ 7.0; FFL: J 7.1, ♀ 7.9; MFL: J 7.9, ♀ 8.9; HFL: J 16.6, ♀ 18.8; HBL: J 3.4, ♀ 3.0; OvL: 10.5.
Material examined. Holotype: male, Jinzhongshan, Longlin, Guangxi, September 14, 2023, coll. by Xiangyi Lu and Qianwen Zhang. Paratype: 1 female, the other information as holotype.
Distribution. Guangxi (Longlin).
Discussion. The new species differs from other species of Rhaphidophora by: basal margin of male epiproct arched, middle area with 1 pair of compressed long processes, its apices obtuse and faintly directing backward, apical half obviously narrowing, apex with 1 pair of stout spines directing outward.
Etymology. The new species is named for the middle area of male epiproct bearing 1 pair of compressed processes; from Latin word “ flat ” and “ procer ”.
description: Published as part of Li, Shan & Bian, Xun, 2023, Contribution to the subfamily Rhaphidophorinae Walker, 1869 in China (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae) VI: One new species of Rhaphidophora from Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, pp. 196-200 in Zootaxa 5353 (2) on pages 196-199, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5353.2.9, http://zenodo.org/record/8427291