A new species, Gomphomastax nigrovittata Usmani, from Kashmir is described and illustrated. In addition to conventional morphological characters, genitalic structures are also studied. A key to known species of Gomphomastax from Indian Kashmir is given

Azim, M. Nayyar

Reshi, Shabir A.

Usmani, M. Kamil

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University of Nebraska - LincolnDigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - LincolnInsecta Mundi Center for Systematic Entomology, Gainesville,FloridaMarch 2008A new species of the genusGomphomastax Brunnervon Wattenwyl (Orthoptera: Eumastacidae:Gomphomastacinae) from Indian KashmirM. Kamil UsmaniAligarh Muslim University, Aligarh-202002, IndiaShabir A. ReshiUniversity of Kashmir, Srinagar-190006, IndiaM. Nayyar AzimUniversity of Kashmir, Srinagar-190006, IndiaFollow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundiPart of the Entomology CommonsThis Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Center for Systematic Entomology, Gainesville, Florida at DigitalCommons@Universityof Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Insecta Mundi by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska- Lincoln.Usmani, M. Kamil; Reshi, Shabir A.; and Azim, M. Nayyar, "A new species of the genus Gomphomastax Brunner von Wattenwyl(Orthoptera: Eumastacidae: Gomphomastacinae) from Indian Kashmir" (2008). Insecta Mundi. 152.http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi/152CENTER FOR SYSTEMATIC ENTOMOLOGY, INC., Gainesville, FLA new species of the genus Gomphomastax Brunner von Wattenwyl(Orthoptera: Eumastacidae: Gomphomastacinae)from Indian KashmirM. Kamil UsmaniSection of Entomology, Department of ZoologyAligarh Muslim UniversityAligarh-202002, IndiaShabir A. ReshiSection of Entomology, Department of ZoologyUniversity of KashmirSrinagar-190006, IndiaM. Nayyar AzimSection of Entomology, Department of ZoologyUniversity of KashmirSrinagar-190006, IndiaDate of Issue: March 17, 2008INSECTAMUNDI A Journal of World Insect Systematics0033M. Kamil Usmani, Shabir A. Reshi, and M. Nayyar AzimA new species of the genus Gomphomastax Brunner von Wattenwyl(Orthoptera: Eumastacidae: Gomphomastacinae) from Indian KashmirInsecta Mundi 0033: 1-5Published in 2008 byCenter for Systematic Entomology, Inc.P. O. Box 147100Gainesville, FL 32614-7100 U. S. A.http://www.centerforsystematicentomology.org/Insecta Mundi is a journal primarily devoted to insect systematics, but articles can be published onany non-marine arthropod taxon. Manuscripts considered for publication include, but are not limited to,systematic or taxonomic studies, revisions, nomenclatural changes, faunal studies, book reviews, phylo-genetic analyses, biological or behavioral studies, etc. Insecta Mundi is widely distributed, and refer-enced or abstracted by several sources including the Zoological Record, CAB Abstracts, etc.As of 2007, Insecta Mundi is published irregularly throughout the year, not as a quarterly issues.As manuscripts are completed they are published and given an individual number. Manuscripts must bepeer reviewed prior to submission, after which they are again reviewed by the editorial board to insurequality. One author of each submitted manuscript must be a current member of the Center for System-atic Entomology.Managing editor: Paul E. Skelley, e-mail: insectamundi@gmail.comProduction editor: Michael C. Thomas, e-mail: thomasm@doacs.state.fl.usEditorial board: J. H. Frank, M. J. PaulsenPrinted copies deposited in libraries of:CSIRO, Canberra, ACT, AustraliaMuseu de Zoologia, São Paulo, BrazilAgriculture and Agrifood Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaThe Natural History Museum, London, EnglandMuzeum I Instytut Zoologii Pan, Warsaw, PolandNational Taiwan University, Taipei, TaiwanCalifornia Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA, USAFlorida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville, FL, USAField Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL, USANational Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USAElectronic copies in PDF format:Printed CD mailed to all members at end of year.Florida Center for Library Automation: purl.fcla.edu/fcla/insectamundiAuthor instructions available on the Insecta Mundi page at:http://www.centerforsystematicentomology.org/insectamundi/ISSN 0749-673710033: 1-5 2008A new species of the genus Gomphomastax Brunner von Wattenwyl(Orthoptera: Eumastacidae: Gomphomastacinae)from Indian KashmirM. Kamil UsmaniSection of Entomology, Department of ZoologyAligarh Muslim UniversityAligarh-202002, Indiae-mail: usmanikamil@yahoo.comShabir A. ReshiSection of Entomology, Department of ZoologyUniversity of KashmirSrinagar-190006, IndiaM. Nayyar AzimSection of Entomology, Department of ZoologyUniversity of KashmirSrinagar-190006, IndiaAbstract. A new species, Gomphomastax nigrovittata Usmani, from Kashmir is described and illustrated. Inaddition to conventional morphological characters, genitalic structures are also studied. A key to known speciesof Gomphomastax from Indian Kashmir is given.Key Words: Eumastacidae, Gomphomastacinae, Gomphomastax, new species, Key, Kashmir, India.IntroductionThe genus Gomphomastax was erected by Brunner von Wattenwyl in 1898 with two new speciesnamely, G. antennata Brunner von Wattenwyl and G. constrictus Brunner von Wattenwyl from India,the former as type species. Bolivar (1927) described another species, G. disparilis, from Kashmir, India.Later in 1930, G. constrictus was transferred by Bolivar to his genus Paedomastax. Bei-Bienko (1963)revised Gomphomastax and reported 11 species, including 9 species from Dzungarian Ala Tau in thenorth to the mountains of Tadzhikistan in the southwest and 2 species, G. antennata and G. disparilis,from Kashmir in the southeast. He did not include the species G. sijazovi Uvarov (1914) from Turkestanand G. carinata Shumakov (1963) from Afghanistan. Later, Balderson and Yin (1991) described a newspecies, G. kashmirica, from Kashmir, India. Recently, 3 new species of Gomphomastax were describedby Mahmood and Yousuf (1998) from Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. At present the genus is known to contain18 species world-wide, with 4 species, including the one here described, occurring in Kashmir, India.Key to species of the genus Gomphomastax recorded from Indian Kashmir1. Female subgenital plate with 3 cusps at the end (Bei-Bienko 1963: fig. 88); vertex forms a distinctangle with frons; frontal ridge projects somewhat anteriorly between eyes; antennae withoutantennal organ .........................................................................................................................  2 Female subgenital plate with 1 median cusp at the end and with a blunt process on each side (Fig.2C); vertex does not form an angle with frons but passes into frons arcuately (Fig. 1C); frontalridge projects anteriorly between eyes; antennae with antennal organ in apical fifth segment(Fig. 2E) .................................................................................  G. nigrovittata Usmani sp. n.2(1). Hind tibiae with 14-19 spines on outer and 10-13 spines on inner margin; vertex separated fromfrons by transverse carina .......................................................................................................  32 INSECTA MUNDI 0033, March 2008 USMANI, RESHI, AND AZIM Hind tibiae with 16-24 spines on outer and 14-19 spines on inner margins; vertex not separatedfrom frons by transverse carina ...........................  G. antennata Brunner von Wattenwyl3(2). Vertex separated from frons by a weak, incomplete transverse carina ...  G. disparilis Bolivar Vertex separated from frons by a distinctly marked medially interrupted transverse carina .............................................................................................  G. kashmirica Balderson and YinGomphomastax nigrovittata Usmani sp. n.(Fig. 1-2)Diagnosis. This new species is allied to Gomphomastax antennata and Gomphomastax disparilis butwith a black longitudinal stripe on each side of the whole body and female subgenital plate ends with asingle median cusp.Description. Female holotype (Fig. 1A-D, 2A): Size small, integument rugulose.Head. Not projecting above the pronotum; vertex elongate, flat, without raised margin, not separatedfrom front; occiput with median carina slightly visible, foveolae not distinct; frontal ridge with a groovethroughout its length, shallowed towards clypeus; eyes large, oval, projecting sideways, the greater diam-eter of eye about 1.19 times the length of subocular groove; interocular space about 3 times the width offrontal ridge between antennae; antennae filiform, slightly thickened and black apically, with antennalorgan in apical fifth, 21-segmented, as long as head and pronotum together.Thorax. Pronotum nearly saddle shaped, truncated behind, median carina visible but not muchraised, lateral carinae absent; prosternal process absent; posterior lower angle of pronotum broadly rounded,Figure 1. Gomphomastax nigrovittata sp. n., holotype female. A) Habitus. B) Antennae. C) Head and pronotumin dorsal view. D) Abdomen in lateral view.DABCINSECTA MUNDI 0033, March 2008  3A NEW SPECIES OF THE GENUS GOMPHOMASTAXanterior lower angle nearly right angled; meso- and metasternal interspace open but metasternal inter-space not as wide as mesosternal interspace; width of mesosternal interspace about 1.1 mm; tegmina andwings completely absent; hind femur with 6 distal spines and with spinules along upper carina andcarinula; tibiae with two rows of spines on lower side, the spines of inner row longer than the outer one,spines black apically; apex of hind tibia with two pairs of spurs, the outer one of inner pair being longerthan the rest; basal segment of tarsus with two rows of spines on lower side; arolium present, as long aslesser claw and shorter than larger claw.Abdomen. Genitalia: Ovipositor (Fig. 2B), valves elongate, slightly curved and distinctly longerthan lateral apodeme; dorsal valve moderately broad, four times as long as wide, apical tip narrow andacute, external ridge dentate; ventral valve moderately broad, apical tip elongate, acute and slightlycurved, mesial tooth distinct, basivalvular sclerite narrow, elongate; mesial valve dilated apically.Subgenital plate (Fig. 2C), lateral and posterior margins convex and without setae; with one median cuspat the end; Jannones organs present. Supra-anal plate short, triangular, longer than broad, scarcelysetose; cercus broad, narrowing towards apex, about two times longer than its maximum width; apexrounded (Fig. 2D).General coloration. Olive green with black longitudinal stripe on each side of entire body; pronotumyellowish green, hind femur blackish green; hind tibiae with spines black apically.Male. Not known.Type Material. HOLOTYPE female, INDIA: Kashmir (J&K), Sheikhpura Tulail Gureez, Altitude 8,000ft., latitude 34.633o north, longitude 37.26o-80.30o east, on Cynodon dactylon, 9.x.2006, Coll. S. A. Reshi,det. by M. K. Usmani. Paratypes 5 f, with same data as holotype. Depository: Zoological Museum, Depart-ment of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India (ZDAMU).Host. Cynodon dactylon (L.) (Poaceae).Figure 2. Gomphomastax nigrovittata sp. n. A) Female in its natural habitat. B) Ovipositor. C)  Subgenital plate.D) Supra anal plate and cerci. E) Apex of antenna (a= antennal organ).EABCDa4 INSECTA MUNDI 0033, March 2008 USMANI, RESHI, AND AZIMMeasurements. Body 20 mm; head 4 mm; antenna 5 mm; pronotum 2.5 mm; hind femur 11 mm; hindtibia 10 mm.Measurements of six females give the following ranges and means: Body length, 19.0-22.5 mm(mean 20.5 mm); head length, 3.5-4.5 mm (mean 4.0 mm); antenna length, 4.7-5.3 mm (mean 5.0 mm);pronotum length, 2.3-2.8 mm (mean 2.5 mm); hind femur length, 11.0-12.5 mm (mean 11.5 mm); hindtibia length, 9.8-10.6 mm (mean 10.2 mm).Etymology. The name of new species is derived from Latin nigro- (black) and vittatus (stripe) in refer-ence to the new species having a black stripe on each side of entire body from head to abdomen.Discussion. The G. nigrovittata resembles G. gussakovskii Mishchenko from Tadzhikistan in having ablack longitudinal stripe on both sides of the body but differs in several respects. Gomphomastax nigrovittatahas the antennae black apically without light end; antennae in female distinctly longer than half of hindfemora; and empodium between claws hardly longer than lesser claw and distinctly shorter than greaterclaw.Careful study of key characters for species in the genus Gomphomastax presented by Bei-Bienko(1963) gives an impression that G. nigrovittata is closest to G. antennata, G. disparilis, and G. kashmirica(all from Kashmir) in having antennae black apically without light end. However, G. nigrovittata isdistinct from G. disparilis and G. antennata in the following features: female subgenital plate ends with1 median cusp and blunt process on each side; the entire body with a longitudinal black stripe on eachside. Gomphomastax nigrovittata also differs from G. kashmirica in that the vertex does not form anangle with frons but passes into it arcuately, while it differs from all three previously described speciesfrom Kashmir in having an antennal organ on the apical fifth segment which are absent in the latterspecies.AcknowledgmentsWe are extremely grateful to Prof. J. J. Presa, Department of Biology, University of Murcia, Murcia,Spain, and Prof. Bruno Massa, Department of Entomological Sciences, University of Palermo, Italy, fortheir useful suggestions and critical comments on the manuscript.Literature CitedBalderson, J., and Y. Xiangchu. 1991. Grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Eumastacoidea and Acridoidea)collected in Kashmir. Entomologists Gazette 42: 189-205.Bei-Bienko, G. Ya. 1963. Gomphomastax Br.-W. 1898. p. 128. In: G. Ya. Bei-Bienko and L. L. Mishchenko.Locusts and grasshoppers of the USSR and adjacent countries. (English Ed.). Israel Program forScientific Translations; Jerusalem. 291 p.Bolivar, C. 1927. Gomphomastax disparilis. p. 198. In: B. P. Uvarov. Acrididae of Central Asia. (inRussian). Izdanie Ouzbékistanskoï Opytnoï Stantsyi Zastchity Rasteniï (UZOSTAZRA); Tashkent.1927: 214 p.Bolivar, C. 1930. Monografia de los Eumastacidos. Trabajos del Museo de Ciencias Naturales; Madrid(Serie Zoología) 46: 380 p.Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. 1898. Orthopteren des malayischen Archipeles gesammelt von Prof. Dr.W. Kukenthal in den Jahren 1893-1894. Abhandlungen Senckenbergiana Naturili Gesellschaft 24:193-288.Mahmood, K., and M. Yousuf. 1998. Three new species of Gomphomastax Brunner von Wattenwyl(Orthoptera: Gomphomastacinae) from Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Zoology 30: 1-5.Shumakov, E. M. 1963. Acridoidea of Afghanistan and Iran (In Russian). Trudy VsesoyeiznogoEntomologitcheskogo Obstchestva, Moskva [= Horae Societatis Entomologicae Unionis Soveticae] 49:1-248.INSECTA MUNDI 0033, March 2008  5A NEW SPECIES OF THE GENUS GOMPHOMASTAXUvarov, B. 1914. Sur la question de la destruction des acridiens à laide du bacille dHerelle. Revue Russed Entomologique 14: 223Received January 8, 2008; accepted February 29, 2008

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A new species of the genusGomphomastax Brunner
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Gomphomastacinae) from Indian Kashmir
M. Kamil Usmani
Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh-202002, India
Shabir A. Reshi
University of Kashmir, Srinagar-190006, India
M. Nayyar Azim
University of Kashmir, Srinagar-190006, India
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A new species of the genus Gomphomastax Brunner von Wattenwyl
(Orthoptera: Eumastacidae: Gomphomastacinae)
from Indian Kashmir
M. Kamil Usmani
Section of Entomology, Department of Zoology
Aligarh Muslim University
Aligarh-202002, India
Shabir A. Reshi
Section of Entomology, Department of Zoology
University of Kashmir
Srinagar-190006, India
M. Nayyar Azim
Section of Entomology, Department of Zoology
University of Kashmir
Srinagar-190006, India
Date of Issue: March 17, 2008
INSECTA
MUNDI A Journal of World Insect Systematics
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M. Kamil Usmani, Shabir A. Reshi, and M. Nayyar Azim
A new species of the genus Gomphomastax Brunner von Wattenwyl
(Orthoptera: Eumastacidae: Gomphomastacinae) from Indian Kashmir
Insecta Mundi 0033: 1-5
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0033: 1-5 2008
A new species of the genus Gomphomastax Brunner von Wattenwyl
(Orthoptera: Eumastacidae: Gomphomastacinae)
from Indian Kashmir
M. Kamil Usmani
Section of Entomology, Department of Zoology
Aligarh Muslim University
Aligarh-202002, India
e-mail: usmanikamil@yahoo.com
Shabir A. Reshi
Section of Entomology, Department of Zoology
University of Kashmir
Srinagar-190006, India
M. Nayyar Azim
Section of Entomology, Department of Zoology
University of Kashmir
Srinagar-190006, India
Abstract. A new species, Gomphomastax nigrovittata Usmani, from Kashmir is described and illustrated. In
addition to conventional morphological characters, genitalic structures are also studied. A key to known species
of Gomphomastax from Indian Kashmir is given.
Key Words: Eumastacidae, Gomphomastacinae, Gomphomastax, new species, Key, Kashmir, India.
Introduction
The genus Gomphomastax was erected by Brunner von Wattenwyl in 1898 with two new species
namely, G. antennata Brunner von Wattenwyl and G. constrictus Brunner von Wattenwyl from India,
the former as type species. Bolivar (1927) described another species, G. disparilis, from Kashmir, India.
Later in 1930, G. constrictus was transferred by Bolivar to his genus Paedomastax. Bei-Bienko (1963)
revised Gomphomastax and reported 11 species, including 9 species from Dzungarian Ala Tau in the
north to the mountains of Tadzhikistan in the southwest and 2 species, G. antennata and G. disparilis,
from Kashmir in the southeast. He did not include the species G. sijazovi Uvarov (1914) from Turkestan
and G. carinata Shumakov (1963) from Afghanistan. Later, Balderson and Yin (1991) described a new
species, G. kashmirica, from Kashmir, India. Recently, 3 new species of Gomphomastax were described
by Mahmood and Yousuf (1998) from Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. At present the genus is known to contain
18 species world-wide, with 4 species, including the one here described, occurring in Kashmir, India.
Key to species of the genus Gomphomastax recorded from Indian Kashmir
1. Female subgenital plate with 3 cusps at the end (Bei-Bienko 1963: fig. 88); vertex forms a distinct
angle with frons; frontal ridge projects somewhat anteriorly between eyes; antennae without
antennal organ .........................................................................................................................  2
 Female subgenital plate with 1 median cusp at the end and with a blunt process on each side (Fig.
2C); vertex does not form an angle with frons but passes into frons arcuately (Fig. 1C); frontal
ridge projects anteriorly between eyes; antennae with antennal organ in apical fifth segment
(Fig. 2E) .................................................................................  G. nigrovittata Usmani sp. n.
2(1). Hind tibiae with 14-19 spines on outer and 10-13 spines on inner margin; vertex separated from
frons by transverse carina .......................................................................................................  3
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 Hind tibiae with 16-24 spines on outer and 14-19 spines on inner margins; vertex not separated
from frons by transverse carina ...........................  G. antennata Brunner von Wattenwyl
3(2). Vertex separated from frons by a weak, incomplete transverse carina ...  G. disparilis Bolivar
 Vertex separated from frons by a distinctly marked medially interrupted transverse carina ......
.......................................................................................  G. kashmirica Balderson and Yin
Gomphomastax nigrovittata Usmani sp. n.
(Fig. 1-2)
Diagnosis. This new species is allied to Gomphomastax antennata and Gomphomastax disparilis but
with a black longitudinal stripe on each side of the whole body and female subgenital plate ends with a
single median cusp.
Description. Female holotype (Fig. 1A-D, 2A): Size small, integument rugulose.
Head. Not projecting above the pronotum; vertex elongate, flat, without raised margin, not separated
from front; occiput with median carina slightly visible, foveolae not distinct; frontal ridge with a groove
throughout its length, shallowed towards clypeus; eyes large, oval, projecting sideways, the greater diam-
eter of eye about 1.19 times the length of subocular groove; interocular space about 3 times the width of
frontal ridge between antennae; antennae filiform, slightly thickened and black apically, with antennal
organ in apical fifth, 21-segmented, as long as head and pronotum together.
Thorax. Pronotum nearly saddle shaped, truncated behind, median carina visible but not much
raised, lateral carinae absent; prosternal process absent; posterior lower angle of pronotum broadly rounded,
Figure 1. Gomphomastax nigrovittata sp. n., holotype female. A) Habitus. B) Antennae. C) Head and pronotum
in dorsal view. D) Abdomen in lateral view.
DA
B
C
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anterior lower angle nearly right angled; meso- and metasternal interspace open but metasternal inter-
space not as wide as mesosternal interspace; width of mesosternal interspace about 1.1 mm; tegmina and
wings completely absent; hind femur with 6 distal spines and with spinules along upper carina and
carinula; tibiae with two rows of spines on lower side, the spines of inner row longer than the outer one,
spines black apically; apex of hind tibia with two pairs of spurs, the outer one of inner pair being longer
than the rest; basal segment of tarsus with two rows of spines on lower side; arolium present, as long as
lesser claw and shorter than larger claw.
Abdomen. Genitalia: Ovipositor (Fig. 2B), valves elongate, slightly curved and distinctly longer
than lateral apodeme; dorsal valve moderately broad, four times as long as wide, apical tip narrow and
acute, external ridge dentate; ventral valve moderately broad, apical tip elongate, acute and slightly
curved, mesial tooth distinct, basivalvular sclerite narrow, elongate; mesial valve dilated apically.
Subgenital plate (Fig. 2C), lateral and posterior margins convex and without setae; with one median cusp
at the end; Jannones organs present. Supra-anal plate short, triangular, longer than broad, scarcely
setose; cercus broad, narrowing towards apex, about two times longer than its maximum width; apex
rounded (Fig. 2D).
General coloration. Olive green with black longitudinal stripe on each side of entire body; pronotum
yellowish green, hind femur blackish green; hind tibiae with spines black apically.
Male. Not known.
Type Material. HOLOTYPE female, INDIA: Kashmir (J&K), Sheikhpura Tulail Gureez, Altitude 8,000
ft., latitude 34.633o north, longitude 37.26o-80.30o east, on Cynodon dactylon, 9.x.2006, Coll. S. A. Reshi,
det. by M. K. Usmani. Paratypes 5 f, with same data as holotype. Depository: Zoological Museum, Depart-
ment of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India (ZDAMU).
Host. Cynodon dactylon (L.) (Poaceae).
Figure 2. Gomphomastax nigrovittata sp. n. A) Female in its natural habitat. B) Ovipositor. C)  Subgenital plate.
D) Supra anal plate and cerci. E) Apex of antenna (a= antennal organ).
EA
B
C
D
a
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Measurements. Body 20 mm; head 4 mm; antenna 5 mm; pronotum 2.5 mm; hind femur 11 mm; hind
tibia 10 mm.
Measurements of six females give the following ranges and means: Body length, 19.0-22.5 mm
(mean 20.5 mm); head length, 3.5-4.5 mm (mean 4.0 mm); antenna length, 4.7-5.3 mm (mean 5.0 mm);
pronotum length, 2.3-2.8 mm (mean 2.5 mm); hind femur length, 11.0-12.5 mm (mean 11.5 mm); hind
tibia length, 9.8-10.6 mm (mean 10.2 mm).
Etymology. The name of new species is derived from Latin nigro- (black) and vittatus (stripe) in refer-
ence to the new species having a black stripe on each side of entire body from head to abdomen.
Discussion. The G. nigrovittata resembles G. gussakovskii Mishchenko from Tadzhikistan in having a
black longitudinal stripe on both sides of the body but differs in several respects. Gomphomastax nigrovittata
has the antennae black apically without light end; antennae in female distinctly longer than half of hind
femora; and empodium between claws hardly longer than lesser claw and distinctly shorter than greater
claw.
Careful study of key characters for species in the genus Gomphomastax presented by Bei-Bienko
(1963) gives an impression that G. nigrovittata is closest to G. antennata, G. disparilis, and G. kashmirica
(all from Kashmir) in having antennae black apically without light end. However, G. nigrovittata is
distinct from G. disparilis and G. antennata in the following features: female subgenital plate ends with
1 median cusp and blunt process on each side; the entire body with a longitudinal black stripe on each
side. Gomphomastax nigrovittata also differs from G. kashmirica in that the vertex does not form an
angle with frons but passes into it arcuately, while it differs from all three previously described species
from Kashmir in having an antennal organ on the apical fifth segment which are absent in the latter
species.
Acknowledgments
We are extremely grateful to Prof. J. J. Presa, Department of Biology, University of Murcia, Murcia,
Spain, and Prof. Bruno Massa, Department of Entomological Sciences, University of Palermo, Italy, for
their useful suggestions and critical comments on the manuscript.
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Received January 8, 2008; accepted February 29, 2008


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A new species of the genus \u3ci\u3eGomphomastax\u3c/i\u3e Brunner von Wattenwyl (Orthoptera: Eumastacidae: Gomphomastacinae) from Indian Kashmir

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