Homonemobius brevipennis He & Ma, 2022

Tao, Li-Long, Dai, Jin-Hong & Ma, Li-Bin, 2025, Revision of the Pygmy Cricket genus Homonemobius Chopard, 1935, with description of a new species using integrative taxonomy (Orthoptera: Trigonidiidae; Nemobiinae), Zootaxa 5642 (2), pp. 191-200 : 194

Homonemobius brevipennis He & Ma, 2022

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Chinese name: ḇā同n'ē

Materials examined. Holotype. 1 male. China: Yunnan Province, Eryuan, Niuguidan village , 5-vii-2021, Libin Ma & Wei Yuan coll. ( SNNU) ; Paratype. 4males and 4 females. Yunnan Province, Eryuan, Niuguidan village , 5-vii-2021, Libin Ma & Wei Yuan coll. ( SNNU); 2 males and 3 females, Yunnan Province, Lijiang Ancient City, Sheshan Park , 5-viii-2021, Zhixin He & Ning Wang coll. ( SNNU) .

Diagnosis. Small-sized for the genus, body predominantly blackish brown with four distinct bright yellow stripes on the occiput. Forewings reaching abdominal segment IV, dorsal field with four longitudinal veins and lateral field with four Sc veins. Abdomen comparatively glabrous. Anterior tibiae lacking tympanum, posterior tibiae armed with four inner and three outer dorsal spurs, the first inner spur markedly smaller than others; apical spurs three on each side, inner spurs longer than outer ones. In dorsal view, epiphallus medially constricted, laterally expanded; upper lobe of ectoparameres elongate and curved inside, apex obtusely rounded (bracket-shaped). In lateral view, ectoparamere near the dorsal side short, and the one near the ventral side long, both curved ventrad. In ventral view, the base of lower lobe of ectoparameres nearly straight with slight concavity, and the apex slender and curved.

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FIGURE 2. Body of H. brevipennis. A. male; B. female; Scale bar: 2 mm. Genitalia of H. brevipennis C. Dorsal view; D. Lateral view; E. Ventral view.