Tachycines ( Gymnaeta ) verus, 2019

Tachycines ( Gymnaeta) verus View in CoL sp. nov.

( Fig. 104–106 View FIGURES 104–106 )

Description. Male. Body medium sized. Vertex of head divided into conical tubercles. Legs elongate and slender; fore femur about 1.9 times longer than the pronotum, ventrally unarmed, internal knee lobe with a small spine, external genicular lobe with 1 elongate movable spur; fore tibiae beneath with 2 external spurs and 1 internal spur. Mid femur with an elongate movable spur on both internal and external genicular lobe, ventrally unarmed; mid tibiae beneath with 1 external spur and 1 internal spur. Hind femur without spines ventrally; hind tibiae above at each side with 50–51 spines respectively, arranged in groups. Supra internal spur of hind tibiae exceeding the ventral apex of hind metatarsus. Hind metatarsus keeled ventrally ( Fig. 104 View FIGURES 104–106 ). Epiphallus of male genitalia nearly quadrate and upper end notched ( Figs. 105–106 View FIGURES 104–106 ).

Female. Unknown.

Coloration. Body brownish. Abdominal tergite yellowish brown. Legs with bristles and hind femur with light stripes.

Measurements. (length in mm) Body ♂ 13.0; pronotum ♂ 5.5; fore femur ♂ 10.5, hind femur ♂ 22.0, hind tibiae ♂ 23.0.

Specimens studied. Holotype, 1♂, Yangmeiao, Jiuwanshan, Huanjiang , Guangxi, alt. 1200m, 2015-VII-19, collected by Liu et Zhu.

Distribution. China ( Guangxi).

Diagnosis. This species is similar to T. ( G.) dispar sp. nov., but differs from the latter by the epiphallus of male and the number of spines on hind tibiae.

Etymology. The Latin ‘ verus ’ refers to the dart-like spur of the hind tibia.