Woznessenskia lianhua Zhang & Tian & Long & Yin & Li & He 2024, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Zhang, Zi-Heng
name: Tian, Hao-Hu
name: Long, Xiao-Yu
name: Yin, Zi-Xu
name: Li, Kai
name: He, Zhu-Qing
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Gryllacrididae
Woznessenskia
Woznessenskia lianhua

description: Woznessenskia lianhua sp. nov. Zhang, Hu & He NJa沃DZẽ
Figs. 1A–I, 2A–F, 3A–D, 4A–B
Diagnosis. Pronotum without darkish spots, apex of processes on male tenth abdominal tergite needle-like, while those of other species serrated.
Specimens examined. Holotype: ♂ Beibeng Township, Medog County, Xizang, China (29°15.85′ N 95°13.39′ E, Alt. 805 m), 27 July 2023, collected by Zhu-Qing He (ECNU-4948).
Paratype: 1♀, same data as for holotype (ECNU-5053).
Description. Male. Body large (> 20 mm).
Head. Face narrow and oval; fastigium verticis almost as broad as antennal scape; vertex obtusely rounded (Fig. 1A–B); compound eyes ovate, protruding outward (Fig. 1C).
Pronotum. Anterior margin slightly protruding; posterior margin rounded (Fig. 1A–C).
Legs. Procoxa with a spine along anterior margin; profemur and mesofemur without spine; protibiae and mesotibiae with four pairs of lengthy ventral spines and one pair of short ventral spurs; mesotibiae with a subapical spur on inner dorsal side; postfemora with ten inner spines and eight outer spines on ventral margin (Fig. 1I); posttibiae with six inner spines and seven outer spines on dorsal margin, ventral margins with one pre-apical spine each, three apical spurs on both sides.
Wings. Fore wings obviously surpassing abdomen, close to three times as long as postfemora; R with two branches, both forked near tip; M bifurcated into MA and MP, MA without further branch and free; MP extending downwards for a distance, and intersecting with CuA1 to form MP+CuA1, which extending forwards for a distance and then bifurcated again for two parallel veins; CuA bifurcated into CuA1 and CuA2, CuA1 connecting with MP, CuA2 without further branch and free; CuP free throughout (Fig. 3A, C). Hind wings slightly longer than fore wings.
Abdomen. The second and third abdominal tergites each with two rows of stridulatory pegs; processes of the tenth abdominal tergite relatively long and slightly upwards curved, covered with short setae, its apex beyond apex of cerci (Fig. 1D–F); projections of the processes gradually compressed with needle-like tip (Fig. 1H); the ninth abdominal tergite with a pair of S-shaped and sclerotized processes (Fig. 1G); cerci covered with relatively long setae; subgenital plate with convex latero-apical margins, slightly separated by a concave excision in the middle of apical margin; styli cylindrical and extremely short.
Coloration. Body orange-yellow (Fig. 4A–B); compound eyes blackish brown; ocelli orange-yellow; genae beneath eyes with a thin black stripe separately; fastigium verticis blackish brown; pronotum spotless, with thin black stripe along entire margin and the central portion orange-yellow; spines and spurs on all femora and tibiae blackish-brown with basal parts orange-yellow; fore wings semi-transparent, veins dark brown; hind wing semi-transparent, veins dark brown; abdominal tergites black.
Female. Similar to male (Fig. 2A–C). Venation of fore wings little different, before M branch divides into MA and MP, M directly intersects with CuA1 (Fig. 3B, D); the seventh abdominal sternite with length and width almost equal, lateral margins subparallel, apical margin little stiffened with narrow rim, convex on both sides with protrusion, and concave in middle; cercus conical, apex acute; subgenital plate short, with numerous wrinkles (Fig. 2D–E); ovipositor moderately upcurved with a rounded apex (Fig. 2F).
Measurements (mm). Body: ♂ 22.1, ♀ 22.2; pronotum: ♂ 4.0, ♀ 5.1; fore wings: ♂ 36.0, ♀ 37.0; postfemur: ♂ 13.5, ♀ 14.8; ovipositor: 11.3.
Distribution. China (Xizang).
Etymology. The name “lianhua ”, means “lotus flowers” in Chinese and is an alternative name for Medog. Chinese name: NJa沃DZẽ
description: Published as part of Zhang, Zi-Heng, Tian, Hao-Hu, Long, Xiao-Yu, Yin, Zi-Xu, Li, Kai & He, Zhu-Qing, 2024, Description of a new species of the genus Woznessenskia from Xizang, China (Orthoptera: Gryllacrididae), pp. 83-88 in Zootaxa 5418 (1) on page 85, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5418.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/10718164