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Teratura Redtenbacher 1891

Description

Teratura Redtenbacher, 1891

Teratura Redtenbacher,1891, Ver. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien, 41: 333, 492; Gorochov, 1993, Zoosyst. Rossica, 2(1): 70; Gorochov, Liu & Kang, 2005, Oriental Insects, 39: 65; Eades & Otte, 2010. Orthoptera Species File Online. Version 2.0/3.5.

Type species: Teratura (Teratura) monstrosa Redtenbacher, 1891

Generic diagnosis. Body small to median size. Hypognathous. Fastigium verticis conical, apex blunt. Metazona little long and high. Thoracic foramen open. Hind wings longer than tegmina obviously. Posterior margin of male tenth abdominal tergite concave, lateral corners of median notch with symmetrical processes or not. Apices of male cerci with wide dorsal lobe and narrow ventral one. Epiproct large, with lobes and/or processes. Male subgenital plate normal, with long styli. Male genitalia with sclerotized area. Female subgenital plate and cerci variable.

Notes

Published as part of Qiu, Ming & Shi, Fu-Ming, 2010, Remarks on the species of the genus Teratura Redtenbacher, 1891 (Orthoptera: Meconematinae) from China, pp. 43-50 in Zootaxa 2543 on page 43, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.196712

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Tettigoniidae
Genus
Teratura
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Orthoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Redtenbacher
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Teratura Redtenbacher, 1891 sec. Qiu & Shi, 2010

References

  • Gorochov, A. V. (1993) A contribution to the knowledge of the tribe Meconematini (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Zoosystematica Rossica, 2 (1), 63 - 92.
  • Gorochov, A. V., Liu, C. - X., & Kang, L. (2005) Studies one the tribe Mecomematini (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) from China. Oriental Insects, 39, 63 - 88
  • Eades, D. C. & Otte, D. (2010) Orthoptera Species Online (Version 2.0 / 3.5). Available from: <http: // osf 2. orthoptera. org> [retrieval date 12 Mar. 2010).