Genus Gelastorhinus Brunner-Wattenwyl (Orthoptera: Acridoidea) in China with description of a new species

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by  Ying Lu

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Genus Gelastorhinus Brunner-Wattenwyl
(Orthoptera: Acridoidea) in China
with description of a new species
YingLu,LimingWang&BingzhongRen*
Lu,Y.,Wang,L.M.&Ren,B.Z.2013:GenusGelastorhinusBrunner-Watten-
wyl (Orthoptera: Acridoidea) in China with description of a new species. —
Entomol.Fennica24:117–121.
AnewspeciesofthegenusGelastorhinusisdescribedfromLiaoning,China.The
newspeciescloselyresemblesGelastorhinusfilatus(Walker,1870).Inaddition,
anidentificationkeyfortheChinesespeciesofGelastorhinusispresented.
Y.Lu,JilinKeyLaboratoryofAnimalResourceConservationandUtilization,
School of Life Sciences, Northeast Normal University, Renmin Street 5268,
Changchun,China,130024;PlantProtectionCollege,ShenyangAgricultural
University, Dongling Road 120, Shenyang, China, 110866; E-mail: luy251
@nenu.edu.cn
L. M. Wang, College of Life Sciences, Xinyang Normal University, Chang’an
road237,Xinyang,China,464000;E-mail:[email protected]
B.Z.Ren(*Correspondingauthor),JilinKeyLaboratoryofAnimalResource
ConservationandUtilization,SchoolofLifeSciences,NortheastNormalUni-
versity, Renmin Street 5268, Changchun, China, 130024; E-mail: bzren
@163.com
Received7March2012,accepted20December2012
1.Introduction 2.Materialandmethods
ThegenusGelastorhinuswasdescribedbyBrun- This study was carried out between 10.–
nervonWattenwyl(1893).Sofar22speciesof 27.IX.2007inLiaoning,China.Duringthefield
Gelastorhinushavebeendescribed(Eadesetal. work,specimensofGelastorhinuswerecollected
2012).TheyaremainlydistributedinSoutheast and then prepared as museummaterial by stan-
Asia,India,Myanmar,SikkimandAfrica.There dardmethods.Thespecimenswerediagnosedby
are 6 species known in China, distributed in comparing with the species given by keys
Sichuan, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hong (Walker 1870, Shiraki 1910, Willemse 1932,
Kong and Taiwan. They respectively are: 1951).Figuresandmeasurementswereobtained
Gelastorhinus chinensis Willemse, 1932; Gela- usingaMotic-D400plotter.
storhinus filatus (Walker, 1870); Gelastorhinus With a specimen under the objective, and a
rotundatus Shiraki, 1910; Gelastorhinus drawingpaperunderthedrawingarm,thespeci-
tonkinensisWillemse,1951;Gelastorhinusdubia men was observed directly in the eyepiece, and
Willemse, 1932 and Gelastorhinus sinensis thetracktipofapencilboxwassimultaneously
(Walker, 1871). In addition to these species, a movedsothatthetiptrackedalongthecontourof
newspeciesisheredescribedfromChina. thesample.
118 Luetal. (cid:127) ENTOMOL.FENNICAVol.24
Fig.1.Gelastorhinus
liaoningensissp.n.fe-
male.–a.Headand
pronotum,dorsalview.
–b.Headandprono-
tum,lateralview.–c.
Kneeofhindfemur,lat-
eralview.–d.Tegmen.
–e.Cerci.
The following measurements (all in mm) were 3.GelastorhinusBrunner-Wattenwyl,
takeninthisstudy: 1893
– Lengthofbody(fromtipofheadtotheendof Type-species: Gelastorhinus albolineatus Brun-
abdomen) ner-Wattenwyl,1893.
– Longitudinalandhorizontaldiameterofcom-
Gelastorhinus Brunner-Wattenwyl, 1893: 137,
poundeyes
157.
– Distancebetweencompoundeyes
GelastorhinusBrunner-Wattenwyl,Kirby 1910:
– Distancebetweenantennae
409.
– Lengthofsubocularfurrow
Gelastorhinus Brunner-Wattenwyl, Bei-Bienko
– Lengthofprozona
&Mishchenko1951:405.
– Lengthofmetazona
Gelastorhinus Brunner-Wattenwyl, Johnston
– Lengthoftegmina
1956:635.
– Lengthofhindfemur
Gelastorhinus Brunner-Wattenwyl, Xia 1958:
95.
ENTOMOL.FENNICAVol.24 (cid:127) GenusGelastorhinus(Orthoptera)inChina 119
Table1.ComparisonbetweenfemaleofGelastorhinusfilatus(Walker)andG.liaoningensissp.n.
Character G.filatus G.liaoningensissp.n.
Verticaldiameterofeye/ 1.5–1.9 1.25
minimumwidthofvertex
betweeneyes
Lengthoftheuppervalvula Longerthanlowervalvula Samelengthorshorter
Antennae Frombasalfirstsegments Basalsegments2to11wideandflat
10to11flat,othersrounded
Mesostethiumlobes Separatenarrowly Thelatterpartalmostconnected
andseparatedonlybyathingroove
Colorofhindfemur Yellow-green,green Kneeisgreenexceptupperkneelobes,
therestpartred
Gelastorhinus Brunner-Wattenwyl, Dirsh 1965: – Lowervalvulanotshorterthanuppervalvula
409. G.liaoningensissp.n.
Gelastorhinus Brunner-Wattenwyl, Haskell 5. Hindkneedarkbrown 6
1982:386. – Hindkneeblack G.dubiaWillemse
GelastorhinusBrunner-Wattenwyl,Zheng1985: 6. Tegminashort,nearlysurpassinghindfemur,
387. apexrounded.Apexofcercislightly expan-
Gelastorhinus Brunner-Wattenwyl, Liu 1990: dedandrounded G.rotundatusShiraki
174,183–184. – Tegminalong,surpassingbeyondhindfemur,
GelastorhinusBrunner-Wattenwyl,Zheng1993: apexacute.Apexofcercinotexpanded,slen-
375,404–406. der G.tonkinensisWillemse
Gelastorhinus Brunner-Wattenwyl, Liu et al.
1995:114.
Gelastorhinus Brunner-Wattenwyl, Yin et al. 3.2.DescriptionofGelastorhinus
1996:300. liaoningensissp.n.female(Fig.1)
Type material. Holotype, 1$: Collected from
3.1.Keytothespecies Suizhongcounty,Huludaocity,Liaoningprovin-
ofGelastorhinusinChina ce(N40°19’36”,E120°20’25”)byLimingWang
and Ying Lu, 21.IX. 2007. Paratype, 1$: Same
1. Posteriormarginofpronotumnearlystraight dataastheholotype.Thetypespecimensarede-
G.sinensis(Walker) positedinDepartmentofBiology,SchoolofLife
– Posteriormarginofpronotumarcuate 2 Sciences,NortheastNormalUniversity,China.
2. Tegmenlongandnarrow,itsapexacute 3 Diagnosis. The new species is similar to
– Tegmenshortandwide,itsapexround 5 G.filatus,butdiffersfromthelatterasshownin
3. Longspineonupperkneelobesofinnerside Table1.
ofhindfemur.Itslengthabout2timesthatof Description.Head.Slightlyshorterthanpro-
theupperkneelobesofouterside notum from the dorsal view (Fig. 1a). Vertex
G.chinensisWillemse promnient, flat and slightly concavewith ame-
– Shortspineonupperkneelobesofinnerside dian carina. Vertical diameter of eyes/minimum
of hind femur. Its length equal to or much width of vertex 1.25, apex arc-shaped. Frons
shorter than that of the upper kneelobes of backwardsoblique,withdeeplongitudinalsulcus
outerside 4 alongwholelength,wideninggraduallyfromthe
4. Lower valvula much shorter than upper bottomofmedianocellustoclypeus.
valvula G.filatus(Walker) Eyes oval, located near middle of posterior
120 Luetal. (cid:127) ENTOMOL.FENNICAVol.24
partofhead,verticaldiameterofeyes1.65times 4.Discussion
ofhorizontaldiameterand1.15timessubocular
furrow. According to available data, species of Gela-
Antennaesword-shaped,theirbasalpart(seg- storhinus are mainly distributed in tropical and
ments2–11)wideandflat,therestcolumnar,sur- subtropicalclimatezones.However,inourinves-
passingtheposteriormarginofpronotum. tigationwediscoveredGelastorhinusinthetem-
Thorax. Anterior margin of pronotum perate climate zone in Liaoning province. This
straight, posterior margin curve. Median carina discoverychangedtheformerknowledgeandhas
tectiform,lateralcarinaenearlyparallel(Fig.1a). significanceforstudiesofthedistributionandmi-
Anteriortransversesulcusnottectiform.Median grationhabitsofGelastorhinus.
transversesulcusnearlyinciselateralcarina,but
not median carina. Posterior transverse sulcus
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