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Ligypterus Saussure 1878

Description

Genus Ligypterus Saussure, 1878

TYPE SPECIES. — Enoptera heydeni Saussure, 1874.

DIAGNOSIS. — Among Eneopterinae genera Ligypterus is similar to Ponca, except for brachypterous wings and genitalia, and resembles Lebinthus in general appearance, with a small size, stocky shape and brachypterous wings reaching two thirds of abdomen length. Genus characterized by shape of head with large, very protruding eyes, pattern of coloration, FW venation and male genitalia with very indented basal margin of pseudepiphallus and rather long and thin membranous pseudephiphallic lophi.

Notes

Published as part of Vicente, Natállia & Robillard, Tony, 2017, Ligypterus najtae n. sp. from Mounts Tumuc-Humac in French Guiana (Orthoptera, Grylloidea, Gryllidae, Eneopterinae), pp. 125-136 in Zoosystema 39 (1) on page 127, DOI: 10.5252/z2017n1a14, http://zenodo.org/record/5154069

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Saussure
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Orthoptera
Family
Gryllidae
Genus
Ligypterus
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Ligypterus Saussure, 1878 sec. Vicente & Robillard, 2017