Allicyrtaspis conicicersus Shi, Bian & Chang 2013
Creators: name: CUI, ZHENCZHEN
name: WANG, HUAIZHENG
name: BIAN, XUN
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Tettigoniidae
Allicyrtaspis
Allicyrtaspis conicicersus

description: Allicyrtaspis conicicersus Shi, Bian & Chang, 2013
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(Figures 1–2)
Type specimen: male; type locality: Huangsha, Lingui, Guangxi; location of type specimen: Hebei University.
Female (new description). Body small. Fastigium verticis conical, with a narrow longitudinal furrow, apex rounded (Fig. 2A). Eyes spherical, projecting outwards. Apical segments of maxillary palpi almost longer than subapical ones, apices slightly inflated.
Anterior margin of pronotum nearly straight, posterior margin arched; lateral lobes longer than high, anterior angle rounded, posterior angle widely rounded, humeral sinus absent.
Fore coxae with 1 small spine. All femora unarmed on ventral surfaces, apices of genicular lobes of hind femora obtusely rounded. Fore tibiae ventrally with 5 pairs of spines including 1 pair of apical spines; tibial tympana open on both sides, ovoid. Middle tibiae with 4 pairs of spines and 1 pair of apical spines on ventral surface. Hind leg absent.
Tegmina extremely short, concealed beneath pronotum (Fig. 2B). Hind wings absent.
Ninth abdominal tergite narrow with lateral margins obviously protruding backwards reaching the middle area of subgenital plate; tenth abdominal tergite projecting posteriorly, posterior margin with a triangular concavity in middle, the lateral lobes digitate (Fig. 2C). Epiproct small, posterior margin obtusely rounded. Cerci short and conical, tip pointed (Fig. 2C). Ovipositor short and slightly curved dorsally behind middle, base stout and narrowing towards to tip, dorsal and ventral margins smooth, ventral valvulae slightly longer than dorsal valvulae, apices acute (Fig. 2D). Subgenital plate longer than wide with basal half narrowest, the middle area of subgenital plate convex and then converging; lateral margins rolled dorsally (Fig. 2E); posterior margin with a triangular concavity in the middle, the lateral lobes obtusely rounded (Fig. 2F).
Coloration. Body green when alive, yellowish brown in anhydrous ethanol. Eyes black brown. Disc of pronotum with a pair of longitudinal brown stripes, between them yellowish brown, the outer margins with 1 yellow stripe on each side (Fig. 2A).
Material examined. Holotype (deposited in Hebei University): male, HuangSha, Lingui, Guangxi, August 17, 2006, coll. by Shaoli Mao and Lijuan Wang. Paratype (deposited in Hebei University): 1 male, the other information as holotype. Other specimens: 1 male and 1 female, Anjiangping, Lingui, Guangxi, July 13, 2022, coll. by Xiangyi Lu, Siyu Pang and Huan Meng; 1 male and 1 female, July 14, 2022, Anjiangping, Lingui, Guangxi, coll. by Xiangyi Lu, Siyu Pang and Huan Meng.
Measurements (mm). Female: Body: 9.70–10.19; pronotum: 4.73–5.01; tegmen: 1.96–2.00; hind femur: absent; ovipositor: 8.44–8.65.
Distribution. Guangxi (Lingui).
description: Published as part of CUI, ZHENCZHEN, WANG, HUAIZHENG & BIAN, XUN, 2024, Description the female sex of Allicyrtaspis conicicersus Shi, Bian & Chang, 2013 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae), pp. 441-445 in Zootaxa 5493 (4) on pages 441-443, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5493.4.9, http://zenodo.org/record/13330401