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Mnesicleinae Descamps 1973

  • 1. Institut de Systématique, Evolution Biodiversité (ISYEB), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, CNRS, SU, EPHE, UA, 57 rue Cuvier, CP 50, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France.
  • 2. Forest Research Centre (Sepilok), Sabah Forestry Department, P. O. Box 1407, 90715 Sandakan, Sabah.

Description

Key to genera of Mnesicleinae from Borneo and Malay Peninsula (modified after Descamps, 1974a)

1. Abdomen with several anterior tergites specialised........................................................... 2

1’. Abdomen without specialised tergites (excluding apical tergites)................................................ 3

2. Male 1 st tergite extended backwards by a large truncated lobe; 8 th tergite with strong dorsal projection; last tergite not divided into three parts............................................................................ Borneacridium

2’. Male 1 st and 2 nd tergites protruding dorsal crest; 4 th and 5 th tergites with latero-posterior point; 8 th tergite without dorsal protrusion; last tergite divided into three parts................................. Tuberomastax

3. Dorso-median and -external carinae of hind femora armed with strong odontiform spines. Cerci right angled inward elbows......................................................................................... Odontomastax

3’. Dorso-median and -external carinae of hind femora armed with smaller and finer spines. Cerci sharply angled inward elbows................................................................................................... 4

4. Tegmina transparent; anterior margin bends towards the end. Hind wings elongated: maximum length / width ratio = 1.7–2.5............................................................................................. Uvarovia

4’. Tegmina coloured or opaque, at least at the basal part; anterior margin straight towards the end, slightly enlarged at the apex. Hind wings subcycloid: maximum length / width ratio = 1.3–1.5......................................... Mnesicles

Notes

Published as part of Tan, Ming Kai, Japir, Razy & Chung, Arthur Y. C., 2022, Contribution to the taxonomy of Uvarovia (Orthoptera: Chorotypidae: Mnesicleinae) from Borneo and Malay Peninsula, pp. 533-546 in Zootaxa 5093 (5) on page 534, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5093.5.3, http://zenodo.org/record/5964443

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Descamps
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Orthoptera
Family
Chorotypidae
Taxon rank
subFamily
Taxonomic concept label
Mnesicleinae Descamps, 1973 sec. Tan, Japir & Chung, 2022

References

  • Descamps, M. (1974 a) Diagnoses and reports of Eumastacoidea (Orthoptera). II. Indo-Malaysia. Bulletin of the National Museum of Natural History Paris, Series 3, 237 Zoology (11), 1033 - 1053.