Decticus verrucivorus latipennis, Liu & Chen & Liu, 2020

Decticus verrucivorus latipennis View in CoL ssp. n.

Material examined. Holoype. Male, China: Hebei: Weichang: Bashang area, 42°34′781″N, 117°21′023″NE, 1529m, 2003.IX.21, Coll. Liu Chunxiang; Paratypes, 1 male, China: Heilongjiang: Wudalianchi Geopark , 1971. VII.14, Coll. unkown.

Diagnosis. Male. Large-sized. Tegmen aspect ratio about 3.54 ( Fig. 5b View FIGURE 5 ). Lateral lobe of pronotum approximately black, with yellowish brown ventral and posterior margins. Fore and middle leg nigger-brown; hind femur dark brown with yellow ventral margins.

Description. Male ( holotype). Lateral lobe of pronotum as high as wide. Tegmen exceeding abdominal apex, with narrow and sharp apices. Stridulatory file with about 73–76 pegs, gradually becoming smaller towards both ends ( Fig. 6d View FIGURE 6 ). Fore and middle femora without spines; fore and middle tibiae with numerous spines on both margins. Hind femora with 2–4 small spines on inter ventro-anterior margin. Tenth abdominal tergum with approximately rectangular central concavity on dorsal surface. Epiproct tongue-shaped, covered by tenth abdominal tergum and bent down at an angle of 90° at base. Cercus branched in middle. Subgenital plate with a shallow obtuse-angle incision ( Fig. 4i & n View FIGURE 4 ).

Colour. Generally brown. Face pale yellow, tinged with cyan spots. Disc of pronotum yellowish brown. Tegmen brown with dark spots.

Female unknown.

Measurement (mm). See Table 6 View TABLE 6 and Table 7 View TABLE 7 .

Distribution. China ( Inner Mongolia and Hebei).

Etymology. The species name latipennis is a combination of the Latin “lata” and “penn”, indicating broad tegmen.