Cacoplistes (Laminogryllus) brevisparamerus Wang, Zhang, Wei & Liu, 2017, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Wang, Jiliang
name: Zhang, Dongxiao
name: Wei, Xiao
name: Liu, Haoyu
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Haglotettigoniidae
Cacoplistes
Cacoplistes brevisparamerus

description: Cacoplistes (Laminogryllus) brevisparamerus sp. nov.
Figs. 2–11
Description. Male (Figs. 2, 3). Body medium sized, depressed dorso-ventrally. Head small, nearly globular; occiput projecting; frontal rostrum convex, scapus peltate, almost 1.5 times as wide as frontal rostrum; median ocellus located on dorsum of frontal rostrum; lateral ocelli obsolescent; eyes small sized, oval, slightly projecting; apical joint of maxillary palpus widened and sloping apically, almost 1.2 times as long as third joint; labial palpus short, apical joint stick-like, almost 1.5 times as long as second joint. Pronotum distinctly transverse, width about 1.6 times as long as length; anterior margin narrow, concave in middle; posterior margin almost straight; lateral margin arc-shaped and lamellar; disc concave in the middle, anterior and lateral margin irregular, with a pair of small pits at center of the concavity; lateral lobe nearly semicircular, concave in the middle, equipped with a ridge along margin. Metanotal gland developed (Fig. 6), rounded, middle with fine pubescence. Tegmina distinctly extending apex of abdomen, dorsal area distinctly wide, with 6 oblique veins; mirror large, with 3 dividing veins; hind wings longer than tegmina. Legs slender, transverse sections of all tibia quadrangular; fore tibia with a small, oblong internal tympanum, without external tympanum; hind tibia with two rows of numerous short denticles along upper side; hind tibia with 6 spurs at apex, dorsal apical spurs longest.
Supra-anal plate wider than long (Fig. 7), almost width 1.4 times as long as length; posterior margin widen and rounded. Half of subgenital plate spindle-like. Genitalia (Figs. 8–11): epiphallus narrow, with a small membranous window, posterior margin with a very small distinctly emarginated in middle; two pairs of ectoparameres, outer pair slightly thick with blunt apices, not extending apex of epiphallus; inner pair large and curved outwards, with several large teeth along inner margins.
Female (Figs. 4, 5). Body decidedly small. Pronotum transverse, almost width about 1.5 times as long as length; anterior margin equal to the length of posterior margin. Tegmina extending apex of abdomen, with 2 oblique veins in lateral area. Hind wings slightly extending apex of abdomen, and shorter than tegmina. Ovipositor sword-like.
Coloration. Body black brown. Eyes brown. Tegmina brown, with several irregular spots or stripe.
Measurements(mm). Male: Body length 19.0–21.0, length with wings 29.0–30.0, pronotum 4.0–4.5, tegmen 21.0–25.0, hind femur 11.0–11.9. Female: Body length 13.1, length with wings 22.0, pronotum 4.5, tegmen18.0, hind femur 13.0, ovipositor 9.2.
Type material. Holotype ♂: CHINA: Guangxi, Chongzuo, white-headed langur national natural reserve (Fig. 12), 14-VI-2016, leg. Zhi-Lin Chen. Paratypes: 2♂ 1♀, same data as the holotype.
Diagnosis. This new species is related to Cacoplistes (Laminogryllus) choui Liu & Shi, but differs from the latter by: the epiphallus distinctly narrowed; outer pair of ectoparameres short, not extending apex of epiphallus, and with blunt apices.
Distribution. China (Guangxi).
Etymology. This new specific name is derived from Latin brevis (short) + paramerus (paramere), a reference to outer pair of ectoparameres short.
description: Published as part of Wang, Jiliang, Zhang, Dongxiao, Wei, Xiao & Liu, Haoyu, 2017, Cacoplistes (Laminogryllus) brevisparamerus sp. nov., a new species of Cachoplistinae (Orthoptera: Phalangopsidae) from Guangxi, China, pp. 296-300 in Zootaxa 4269 (2) on pages 297-298, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4269.2.8, http://zenodo.org/record/582053