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Paranisitra Chopard 1925

Description

Key to species of Paranisitra Chopard, 1925

1 Face with white or yellow transverse band.................................................................. 2

- Face without white or yellow transverse band............................................................... 4

2 Body spotted; male genitalia with lateral endophallic sclerites and almost not hooked at apex... P. maculata Gorochov, 2009

- Body not spotted...................................................................................... 3

3 Body coloration usually yellow brown with black and yellow patterns; male genitalia with rounded and wide pseudepiphallic lophi............................................................................ P. longipes Chopard, 1925

- Body coloration lighter than other species; male genitalia with smaller and triangular pseudepiphallic lophi.............................................................................................. P. leytensis Robillard, 2015

4 Face entirely black; male genitalia with membranous lophi and ectophallic fold have strong leaf-like lateral sclerites......................................................................... P. septentria Baroga, Yap & Robillard, 2016

- Face entirely yellow................................................................................... 5

5 Presence of dark longitudinal band on hind femora; male genitalia pseudepiphallic lophi longer than wide, endophallic sclerite with lateral arms curved anteriorly.......................................................... P. flavofacia n. sp.

- Absence of dark longitudinal band on hind femora; male genitalia with short and rounded pseudepiphallic lophi, wider than long; endophallic sclerite with lateral arms curved posteriorly and distinctly hooked at apex....... P. diluta Gorochov, 2009

Notes

Published as part of Baroga-Barbecho, Jessica B., Yap, Sheryl A., Tan, Ming Kai & Robillard, Tony, 2019, Taxonomic review of the genus Paranisitra Chopard (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Eneopterinae: Nisitrini) with description of a new species from Mindanao, pp. 81-96 in Zootaxa 4568 (1) on page 82, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4568.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/2599264

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Gryllidae
Genus
Paranisitra
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Orthoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Chopard
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Paranisitra Chopard, 1925 sec. Baroga-Barbecho, Yap, Tan & Robillard, 2019

References

  • Chopard, L. (1925) Descriptions de Gryllides nouveaux. Annales de Societe entomologique de France, 94, 291 - 332.
  • Gorochov, A. V. (2009) A review of the genus Paranisitra Chopard (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Eneopterinae). Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 313 (4), 435 - 439.
  • Robillard, T. & Yap, S. A. (2015) The Eneopterinae crickets from Leyte Island (Philippines) with description of two new species [Insecta: Orthoptera: Grylloidea: Gryllidae]. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 63, 69 - 90.
  • Baroga, J. B., Yap, S. A. & Robillard, T. (2016) Two new species of Eneopterinae crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllidae) from Luzon, Philippines. Zootaxa, 4139 (1), 93 - 105. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4139.1.5