Tenodera sinensis, Saussure, 1871, Saussure, 1871

Results View in CoL

The measurements of body parts of gynandromorph ( Figs. 1 View FIGURE 1 , 2 View FIGURE 2 ) and normal specimens ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 ) are summarized in Table 1 View TABLE 1 . This gynandromorph specimen was missing several body parts while alive: several apical segments of both antennae, the tarsus of the left foreleg and the left middle leg, the tarsi of the hind legs, the apical part of the left forewing, and several segments of the right cercus. No parasitism by Nematomorpha was observed.

Head. ( Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4 )

The left-lateral ocellus is 1.1 times larger in height and 1.4 times larger in width than the right-lateral ocellus. The left-compound eye is 0.9 times smaller in height and 1.1 times larger in width than the right-compound eye. The left antenna is 1.4 times thicker than the right antenna.

Thorax. ( Figs. 1 View FIGURE 1 , 2 View FIGURE 2 , 5 View FIGURE 5 )

The pronotum is green in color, and 3.6 times as long as its maximum width, exhibiting a slight leftward curvature in its anterior half, with serrate lateral margins, except for the basal third on the left side. The colors of the forewings are asymmetrical: the discoidal area on the left forewing is primarily brown with areas of green; in contrast, the right forewing is entirely green.

Abdomen. ( Figs. 6 View FIGURE 6 , 7 View FIGURE 7 )

The abdominal tergites and sternites are brown in color. The right side of sternite VII extends posteriorly. The posterior margin of sternite VIII is equipped with a pair of immature gonapophyses. The right side of sternite IX is irregular in shape, lacking a stylus. In the male genitalia, the anterior lobe of phalloid apophysis (= acutolobus) is rounded, lacking acute angles. The posterior lobe of phalloid apophysis (= pseudophallus) is broader at its posterior end than at the bend, and the structure of its anterior margin is irregular and not smooth. The lateral secondary distal process (= hypophallus) is partially irregular at the anterior and posterior margins. The right phallomere is absent.