Xiphidiopsis (Euxiphidiopsis) spicula Su, An & Shi 2023
Creators: name: Su, Jie
name: Wang, Tingting
name: Shi, Fuming
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Tettigoniidae
Xiphidiopsis
Xiphidiopsis spicula

description: 2. Xiphidiopsis (Euxiphidiopsis) spicula Su, An & Shi, 2023 (Figs. 3, 4C–D)
Xiphidiopsis (Euxiphidiopsis) spicula Su, An & Shi, 2023, Zootaxa, 5277(1): 195.
Type locality: Fulong, Fangchenggang, Guangxi.
First description of female. Body medium and stout for this tribe.
Head. Fastigium verticis conical, apex rounded.Apical segment of maxillary palpus nearly as long as subapical one, apex slightly inflated (Fig. 3A). Eyes ovoid, slightly protruding forwards (Fig. 3A–B). Thorax. Anterior margin of pronotum almost straight, posterior margin protruding semicircular; lateral lobe longer than high, humeral sinus indistinct (Fig. 3A–B). Thoracic auditory spiracle exposed completely, oval. Wings. Tegmina elongate, surpassing apices of hind femora; hind wings slightly longer than tegmina.
Legs. All femora unarmed on ventral surfaces. Fore coxa with a long spine on anterior margin. Fore tibia with 4 internal and 5 external long spines on ventral surface, tibial tympana open on both sides. Middle tibia with 3 internal and 4 external long spines on ventral surface. Genicular lobes of hind femur with apices rounded. Internal and external margins of hind tibia with 26–28 short spines on both sides of dorsal surface separately, as well as 1 pair of dorsal apical spurs and 2 pairs of ventral apical spurs. Abdomen. The anterior margin of seventh abdominal sternite with a square notch, with a longitudinal ridge along the midline; posterior margin concave, the lateral areas with a pair of processes, which basal areas stout, subapices curved outwards, and tips rounded (Fig. 3C). Subgenital plate with basal margin almost straight, apical area lightly convex ventrally, and posterior margin rounded (Fig. 3C). Ovipositor elongate, basal area stout, dorsal and ventral margins smooth, apex acute (Fig. 3G).
Coloration. Body yellowish green. Eyes dark brown. Dorsal surface of head with four longitudinal black stripes. Lateral margins of pronotal disc with a pair of longitudinal black stripes, which the poster areas fusing, area between the stripes light brown. Tegmina with brown spots on posterior margin. Knees of middle and hind femora black. All spines and spurs of hind tibiae black.
Male. Su et al. (2023) completely described the male of this species.
Material examined. Holotype, ♂, Fulong, Fangchenggang, Guangxi, 10 July, 2022, collected by Jie Su. Other specimens: 1♂ 1♀, Fulong, Fangchenggang, Guangxi, 28 June, 2023, collected by Qidi Zhu.
Measurements (mm). Body length: ♂ 11.9–14.1, ♀ 16.5; pronotum length: ♂ 4.4–5.1, ♀ 4.5; tegmen length: ♂ 16.2–16.8, ♀ 16.1; hind femur length: ♂ 13.1–14.6, ♀ 13.6; ovipositor length: 13.5.
Discussion. This species was originally described based on a single male specimen (holotype: male, deposited in the Museum of Hebei University; type locality: Fulong, Fangchenggang, Guangxi). Our team collected some specimens from the type locality in 2023, and the female is described herein for the first time.
Distribution. Guangxi (China).
description: Published as part of Su, Jie, Wang, Tingting & Shi, Fuming, 2025, One new species of the genus Acosmetura (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) from Sichuan with description of the female of Xiphidiopsis (Euxiphidiopsis) spicula Su, An & Shi, 2023, pp. 580-586 in Zootaxa 5627 (3) on pages 583-584, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.11, http://zenodo.org/record/15326222