Elimaea (Rhaebelimaea) mucronatis Wang & Shi 2017, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Wang, Gang
name: Shi, Fuming
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Phaneropteridae
Elimaea
Elimaea mucronatis

description: Elimaea (Rhaebelimaea) mucronatis sp. nov.
(Figures 1 F, 5E–F, 6A–E, 7C, 8F)
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Type material. HOlOtype, male, Xianrending, Tianmushan, Zhejiang, 13 Sep. 2012, cOll. unknOwn.
Description. Male. BOdy medium-sized. Fastigium verticis narrOw, acute-angular in dOrsal view, dOrsally furrOwed, separated frOm fastigium frOntis by a gap. PrOnOtum with disc flattened in pOsteriOr area, lateral angles appreciably cOnstricted befOre the middle, then gradually expanding backwards, median carina distinct, anteriOr margin cOncave, pOsteriOr margin rOunded, principle transverse sulcus V-shaped; lateral lObes slightly lOnger than deep, anteriOr margin slightly cOncave, pOsteriOr margin rOunded, ventral margin descending pOsteriOrly; humeral sinus distinct.
Tegmina surpassing apices Of pOstfemOra, brOader than the length Of prOnOtum, apices brOadly rOunded; radius sectOr branching in the middle Of tegmina and with 3 branches at distal part Of Rs, withOut Other stems behind Rs On radius (Fig. 8 F); stridulatOry areas Of left and right tegmina with internal margin mOderately prOjecting, prOximal part Of MP+CuIP vein behind stridulatOry area curved Outwards, width Of the area Of left tegmen abOut 2.9 mm (Fig. 5 E–F); stridulatOry file 3.0 mm lOng, curved in basal quarter, with abOut 35 widely spaced teeth (Fig. 7 C).
All femOra dOrsally smOOth, with a lOngitudinal grOOve On ventral surface; prOcOxae unarmed; prOfemOra with 7 ventrO-internal spines and 4 ventrO-exteral spines; prOtibiae with 3–4 dOrsO-external spines, 7–9 ventrO-internal and 7–10 ventrO-external spines; mesOfemOra with 9–10 ventrO-internal spines; mesOtibiae with 7–10 dOrsOinternal and 5–7 dOrsO-external spines, 11–12 ventrO-internal and 15–17 ventrO-external spines; pOstfemOra with 1–2 ventrO-external spines; pOsttibiae with numerOus spines On dOrsal and ventral surfaces. All genicular lObes with 2 spines.
Tenth abdOminal tergite with pOsteriOr margin truncate. EpiprOct lOng tOngue-shaped, apex narrOwly rOunded; cerci lOng, cOnical, mOderately curved inwards, slightly widened at subapex, with a shOrt apical spine (Fig. 6 B, E); subgenital plate lOng, basal area brOad, narrOwest in central area, distal area widened slightly, mOderately curved upwards in the middle, apical fifth lOngitudinally split intO twO Obtuse lObes (Fig. 6 A, D); genitalia with a lOng, clavifOrm, median sclerite, prOtruding backwards, spinOus On dOrsal surface, which surrOunded by membranOus lateral lObes (Fig. 6 C, E).
Female. UnknOwn.
Color. Specimen preserved in alcOhOl (slightly faded). Venter Of scapus, eyes and Occiput brOwn, disc Of prOnOtum and tegmina with sOme brOwn dOts; tegmina with a dark brOwn mark in the base; abdOmen with red dOts On lateral surfaces.
Measurements (mm). Male. BOdy: 18.6; bOdy with wings: 45.2; prOnOtum: 4.6; tegmen length: 34.2; tegmen width: 8.3; prOfemur: 8.1; mesOfemur: 11.5; pOstfemur: 25.3.
Etymology. The new species is named fOr the male cerci with a shOrt apical spine.
Remarks. The new species is recOgnizable by the male cerci slightly widened at subapex and with a shOrt apical spine; subgenital plate with apical fifth narrOwly split intO twO Obtuse lObes; genitalia with a lOng, clavifOrm median sclerite, prOtruding backwards, spinOus On dOrsal surface, which surrOunded by membranOus lateral lObes.
Distribution. China (Zhejiang).
description: Published as part of Wang, Gang & Shi, Fuming, 2017, New species of the genus Elimaea Stål, 1874 (Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae) from China, pp. 209-225 in Zootaxa 4294 (2) on pages 218-220, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4294.2.5, http://zenodo.org/record/831824