ZHENG Zhe-min, DENG Wei-an
(Institute of Zoology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi′an 710062, Shaanxi, China;2 Department of Biology, College of Hechi, Yizhou 546300, Guangxi, China)
Abstract:
A new species of the genus Phlaeoba Stal is reported. The type specimens are deposited in the Institute of Zoology, Shaanxi Normal University.Phlaeoba jiuwanshanensis sp. nov. ( Figs. 1)This new species is allied to phlaeoba tenebrosa walker, but differs in : (1) In male, antenna reaching beyond the hind margin of pronotum; (2) Lateral keels of pronotum distinctly; (3) With numerous short longitudinal keels and large tubercles in the disc of pronotum; (4) Length of prozona longer than the length of metazoan about 1.3 times(♂) or 1.4 times (♀); (5) Interspace of mesosternal lobes nearly square; (6) Hind wing transparent, without light blue green or smoke color. Length of body: ♂ 18 mm; ♀ 25.5～26.5 mm.Length of pronotum: ♂ 5 mm; ♀ 6～7 mm.Length of elytra: ♂ 18 mm; ♀ 21～23 mm.Length of hind femur: ♂ 16 mm; ♀ 15～17 mm.Holotype ♀, Guangxi: Locheng, 08-2003; paratypes 1♂3♀, Guangxi: Locheng, 08-2003, collected by Deng Weian.
KeyWords:
Orthoptera; Acrididae; Phlaeoba; new species
