Capnogryllacris xichou Peng & Bian 2021, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Peng, Xiaoyu
name: Yang, Zizhong
name: Bian, Xun
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Gryllacrididae
Capnogryllacris
Capnogryllacris xichou

description: Capnogryllacris xichou Peng & Bian, sp. nov. (Chinese name: MṞ烟ḋ⁂)   
Figures 1–2, 7A–B  
 Male. Body medium. Fastigium verticis narrow, about 1.6 times as wide as scape, the lateral margins slightly raised. Face ovoid, frons with fine transverse riffles and scattered impressed dots. Ocelli distinct (Fig. 1A).   
Anterior margin of pronotum straight, the middle slightly projected, posterior margin nearly straight; lateral lobes longer than high with V-shaped furrow, posterior angle arched, humeral sinus indistinct.  
Wings surpassing hind knees (Fig. 7A–B). Tegmen (Fig. 2): Radius with two branches, both forked near tip; media arises free from base, while media of left tegmen connected with R in basal area and shortly after divided again; cubitus anterior of left tegmen forks into two veins in short distance of middle area and then fused one vein, while media of the right tegmen undivided; cubitus posterior is single branched, free throughout; with 4 anal veins, the last one very narrow and short.  
Fore coxae with a small spine; fore and middle femora unarmed; fore and middle tibiae with four pairs of ventral spines and one pair of smaller ventral spurs. Hind femora with 7–9 external and 9–11 internal spines on ventral margins; hind tibiae with 6–7 external and 5–6 internal spines on dorsal margins, ventral margins with one subapical spur each; with 3 apical spurs on both sides.  
Abdominal tergites two and three without stridulatory pegs (Fig. 1G). Eighth abdominal tergite prolonged. Ninth abdominal tergite curved downwards, split in midline and provided at both sides with a short, acute spine pointing outwards and slightly forwards and crossing each other (Fig. 1I–L). Subgenital plate wider than long with basal area slightly straight, lateral margins convex, posterior margin faintly concave in middle (Fig. 1F, L). Styli stout, longer than subgenital plate, inserted at apico-lateral angles of subgenital plate (Fig. 1F, L).  
 Female. Unknown.   
 Coloration. General color yellowish brown. Genae, apical area of labrum and mandibles black (Fig. 1A). Dorsal area of head with 1 longitudinal black band in middle area (Fig. 1B–C). Internal margins of antennal scrobae, scape and pedicels black; flagellum yellowish. Eyes brown. Pronotum yellowish, margins light brown, disc with a broad, black band that reaching the anterior margin of lateral lobes (Fig. 1B–C). Apical area of hind femora, basal and apical area of hind tibiae, and dorsal spines of hind tibiae black. Tegmina semi-transparent, cross vein blackish.   
 Measurements (mm). body w/wings: 43.2; body w/o wings: 31.7; pronotum: 7.6; tegmen: 30.5; hind femur: 17.7.   
 Material examined. Holotype: male, Xiaoqiaogou, Fadou, Xichou, Yunnan, July 26, 2021, coll. by Xiaoyu Peng, Wei Bin and Xun Bian; GXNU.   
 Distribution. Yunnan (Xichou).   
 Discussion. The new species differs from the Capnogryllacris melanocrania (Karny, 1929) by coloration of occiput and disc of pronotum (Fig. 1B–E), and the shape of spine in male abdominal tergite.   
 Etymology. The new species is named after the type locality; noun in apposition.
description: Published as part of Peng, Xiaoyu, Yang, Zizhong & Bian, Xun, 2021, New reports of Capnogryllacris (Orthoptera: Gryllacrididae) from Yunnan, China, pp. 391-400 in Zootaxa 5047 (3) on page 392, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5047.3.10, http://zenodo.org/record/5540730