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Anisoptera Latreille 1829

Description

Key to Known Indian species of Anisoptera Latreille, 1829

1 Fastigium of vertex moderately wide; hind femur unarmed on ventral side........................................ 2

- Fastigium of vertex moderately narrow; hind femur armed on ventral side........................................ 3

2 Subgenital plate with indistinct median carina, apical margin truncate; stridulatory file with 50 teeth; ovipositor surpassing the wings when straightened; subgenital plate with weakly rounded apical excision...................................................................................................... C. (Anisoptera) maculatus (Le Guillou,1841)

- Subgenital plate with distinct median carina, apical margin concave; stridulatory file with 44 teeth; Ovipositor not surpassing the wings when straightened; subgenital plate with triangular apical excision............... C. (Anisoptera) rentzi sp. nov.

3 Wings reaching before the mid of hind tibiae when straightened; stridulatory file with 34 teeth; internal cercal tooth without a globular apex; ovipositor surpassing the wings when straightened; subgenital plate with apical margin rounded, slightly broader than long..................................... C. (Anisoptera) kwasiphaiensis Nagar & Swaminathan, 2016

- Wings reaching mid of hind tibiae when straightened; stridulatory file with 65 teeth; internal cercal tooth with a globular apex; ovipositor not surpassing the wings when straightened; subgenital plate triangular, slightly longer than broad.................................................................................. C. (Anisoptera) longipennis (Haan, 1843)

Notes

Published as part of Farooqi, Mohd Kaleemullah & Usmani, Mohd Kamil, 2018, Review of genus Conocephalus Thunberg, 1815 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae) with one new species from India, pp. 381-398 in Zootaxa 4461 (3) on page 382, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4461.3.4, http://zenodo.org/record/1460145

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Latreille
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Orthoptera
Family
Tettigoniidae
Genus
Anisoptera
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Anisoptera Latreille, 1829 sec. Farooqi & Usmani, 2018

References

  • Latreille, P. A. (1829) Suite et fin des Insectes. In: Cuvier, G. (Ed.), Le Regne Animal distribute d'apres son Organisation, pour server de base a l' histoire des animaux et d´introduction a l' anatomie compare. Fol. F. Deteerville, Paris, pp. 1 - 556.
  • Le Guillou, E. J. F. (1841) Description des orthopteres nouveaux, recueillis pendant son voyage de circumnavigation sur la corvette la Zelee. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquee, 1841, 291 - 295.
  • Nagar, R. & Swaminathan, R. (2016) Notes on the genus Conocephalus (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae; Conocephalinae; Conocephalini) from India and description of two new species. Zootaxa, 4126 (1), 1 - 43. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4126.1.1
  • Haan, W. (1843) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Orthoptera. In: Temminck (Ed.), Ferhandelingen over de Natuurlijke Geschiedenis der Nederlansche Overzeesche Bezittingen, de Leden der Natuurkundige Commissie in Indie en andere Schrijvers, 19 - 20, pp. 165 - 228.