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Issue: Vol. 5514 No. 6: 2 Oct. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-10-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5514.6.6
Page range: 585-588
Abstract views: 52
PDF downloaded: 8

Pentacentrus rectangulus sp. nov., the twelfth Pentacentrus species recorded in China (Orthoptera: Gryllidae; Pentacentrinae)

College of Life Sciences; Shaanxi Normal University; Xi’an; 710119; Shaanxi; China; State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops; Institute of Applied Ecology; Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University; Fuzhou; 350002; China
College of Life Sciences; Shaanxi Normal University; Xi’an; 710119; Shaanxi; China
College of Life Sciences; Shaanxi Normal University; Xi’an; 710119; Shaanxi; China
Orthoptera Gryllidea Silent crickets Pentacentrinae Taxonomy Yunnan

Abstract

Pentacentrus rectangulus sp. nov. is the twelfth Pentacentrus species we have found in China. This new species has a uniformly colored head (without longitudinal yellow stripe on the occiput, and the color of the scape and peduncle segments is the same as that of the first three flagellar segments), and significantly curved ectoparamere. It has a similar coloration (coloration of the forewings and hind feet) to that of both Pentacentrus bituberus Liu & Shi, 2011 and Pentacentrus medogensis Zong, Qiu & Liu, 2017, but the morphology of the male genitalia differs markedly (the ventral inner margin of the epiphallus of the new has tufts of bristles, which is not present in either P. bituberus or P. medogensis). Here, we describe and illustrate the new species, and we also provide a key to the Chinese species of the genus.

 

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