Diestramima beybienkoi Qin, Wang, Liu & Li, 2016, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Qin, Yanyan
name: Wang, Hanqiang
name: Liu, Xianwei
name: Li, Kai
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Rhaphidophoridae
Diestramima
Diestramima beybienkoi

description: 9. Diestramima beybienkoi sp. nov.
(Figs. 29–32)
http://lsid.speciesfile.org/urn:lsid: Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:477208 Description. Male. Body intermediate to large sized. Head with fastigium of vertex divided into two conical tubercles. Legs long and slender; fore femora about 2.2 times as long as the pronotum, beneath unarmed, internal knee lobe without spines, genicular lobe with 1 long movable spur; fore tibia beneath with 2 external and 2 internal spurs, between the paired apical spurs with a short spur. Mid femora with a long movable spur on the internal and genicular lobe; mid tibia beneath with 2 external and 2 internal spurs, between the paired apical spurs with a short spur. Hind femora beneath with 5–7 inter spines and without outer spines; hind tibia above with 35–36 outer spines and 29–34 inter spines, inner subapical spur of hind tibia longer than hind metatarsus. Hind metatarsus with 2 dorsal spines. Basal part of paraproct widened and apex blunt (Fig. 29). Apex of process of male 7th abdominal tergite trilobate (Fig. 30). Male genitalia with rather wide dorso-median lobe and apex blunt (Fig. 31). Female. Subgenital plate nearly triangular, both sides of basal part prominent, apex blunt (Fig. 32). Ovipositor shorter than the half of hind femora.
Coloration. Body dark brown. Face with 4 darkish longitudinal bands and 2 dark spots near clypeal suture. Dorsal surface of hind femora with black bands.
Measurements. (length in mm) Body Ƌ16.0–26.0, ♀15.5–22.0; pronotum Ƌ5.5–8.0, ♀5.5–7.0; fore femora Ƌ7.5–15.5, ♀10.0–15.5; hind femora Ƌ24.5–30.5, ♀23.5–30.0; hind tibia Ƌ27.0–33.5, ♀26.0–33.5; ovipositor 10.5–22.0.
Material examined. Holotype, 1Ƌ, Suoxiyu, Cili, Hunan, 1988. X.4, collected by Liu Xian-Wei; paratype, 6ƋƋ, Qingcheng Mountain, Sichuan, alt. 700m, 1987. IX.10, collected by Liu Xian-Wei; 1♀, Suoxiyu, Cili, Hunan, 1988. X.4, collected by Liu Xian-Wei; 1♀, Fanjing Mountain, Guizhou, 2001. VIII.29, collected by Shi Fu-Ming; 2♂♂, Emei Mountain, Sichuan, alt. 700m, 2007. VIII.2–4, collected by Liu.Huang et al.; 1Ƌ, 6♀♀, Maoer Mountain, alt. 500–1100m, 2013. VII.30–VIII.6, collected by Liu Xian-Wei et al.; 1Ƌ, Hongkou Reserve, Dujiangyan, Sichuan, alt. 1100m, 2014. VII.25, collected by Wang Meng-meng; 7ƋƋ, 4♀♀, Yinyun Mountain, Chongqing, alt. 350–950m, 2014. VII.29–30, collected by Wang Han-Qiang; 1Ƌ, Simian Mountain, Jiangjin, Chongqing, alt. 1000m, 2014. VIII.3, collected by Wang Han-Qiang; 1♀, Leigong Mountain, Guizhou, alt. 1530– 2160m, 2015. VII.28–30, collected by Qin Yan-Yan.
Distribution. China (Sichuan, Hunan, Chongqing, Guangxi, Guizhou).
Discussion. This new species is similar to D. triangulata sp. nov., but differs as follows: process of male 7th abdominal tergite rather narrow, paraproct of male with a rather blunt apex.
description: Published as part of Qin, Yanyan, Wang, Hanqiang, Liu, Xianwei & Li, Kai, 2016, A taxonomic study on the species of the genus Diestramima Storozhenko (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae; Aemodogryllinae), pp. 514-532 in Zootaxa 4126 (4) on pages 525-526, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4126.4.4, http://zenodo.org/record/256192