[Entomology • 2024] Melanabropsis nightfury • Distribution of the mysterious Chevron Crickets Melanabropsis Wang & Liu, 2020 (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae: Anabropsini), with A remarkable New Species from Hainan, China

[A-C] Melanabropsis nightfury Yin, 2024

[E] Melanabropsis cf. tianmuica  

DOI: doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5474.1.8 

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Abstract

Melanabropsis is a rare genus of Chevron Crickets from East Asia. In this study, Melanabropsis nightfury sp. nov. is described from Hainan Island in China. The new species is the first macropterous species belonging to the genus Melanabropsis, distinctly different from other species of the genus, which are all micropterous. Based on the data of the new species and records on iNaturalist, a suitability distribution map of the genus is generated using the Maxent model. The results indicate that this genus is primarily distributed in islands and mountains with small temperature differences and high precipitation. Taiwan Island in China shows high potential for distribution. Type specimens are deposited in the Museum of Biology, East China Normal University.

Orthoptera, Anostostomatidae, Melanabropsis, distribution, Maxent, new species, China

Zi-Xu YIN. 2024. Distribution of the mysterious Chevron Crickets Melanabropsis Wang & Liu, 2020, with A remarkable New Species from Hainan, China (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae: Anabropsini).  Zootaxa. 5474(1); 81-93. DOI: doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5474.1.8 [2024-06-25]

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[Entomology • 2021] Hemiandrus jacinda • A New Species of Large Hemiandrus Ground Wētā (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae) from North Island, New Zealand

Hemiandrus jacinda 

Trewick, 2021

 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4942.2.4

Abstract

A new species of Hemiandrus ground wētā is described from North Island, New Zealand. Hemiandrus jacinda sp. nov. is larger and more brightly coloured than other species in the region, but appears to be scarce and restricted to remnant native forest habitat.

Keywords: Orthoptera, Anostostomatidae, Hemiandrus, ground wētā, new species, North Island, New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern

 Hemiandrus jacinda sp. nov. (Holotype NMNZ AI.049808) 
Adult female near Crosbies Hut, Coromandel Range,North Island, New Zealand.

 (photo: Danilo Hegg)

Living Hemiandrus jacinda sp. nov. photographed in North Island, New Zealand.
 B) Adult female (Holotype NMNZ AI.049808) near Crosbies Hut, Coromandel Range, 2020 (© Danilo Hegg).
E) Female (iNaturalist7771552) near Ngamarama/Te Tuhi track, Kaimai Range 2009 (© Peter Sweetapple).

Class: Insecta 

Order: Orthoptera

Suborder: Ensifera

Superfamily: Stenopelmatoidea Burmeister, 1838 

Family: Anostostomatidae Saussure, 1859 

Genus: Hemiandrus Ander, 1938. 

Hemiandrus jacinda sp. nov. 

Diagnosis: A comparatively large, long-limbed, glossy and predominantly orange-red Hemiandrus. The maxillary palp with 3rd segment naked and 4th segment pilose on distal section. Body with posterior edges of segments darker than anterior, and with longitudinal bands. Fore tibiae with single articulated superior prolateral linear spine. Mid tibiae 1½ times length of pronotum. Hind femura with one prolateral apical spine and one retrolateral alpical spine. Adult female with weakly curved ovipositor ¾ body length and a pair of slerotised cusps on the posterior margin of sternite S6. Male with protruding section of the subgenital plate forming two fingers. 

Etymology. This long-limbed, red species is named for New Zealand Prime Minister (2017– ) Jacinda Kate Laurell Ardern

 

Steven A. Trewick. 2021. A New Species of Large Hemiandrus Ground Wētā (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae) from North Island, New Zealand. Zootaxa. 4942(2); 207–218. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4942.2.4