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Kuzicus Gorochov 1993

Description

Kuzicus Gorochov, 1993

Gorochov. 1993. Zoosystematica Rossica 2 (1): 71.

Type species: Kuzicus (Kuzicus) suzukii (Matsumura & Shiraki, 1908)

Body median size. Fastigium verticis conical, protruding anteriorly; hypognathous, maxillary palpi thin and long, apical segment little short than or almost as long as subapical segment, apex enlarged. Pronotum with unconspicuous humeral sinus. Thoracic auditory spiracle completely free. Tegmina long, distinctly surpassing apices of posterior femora. Hind wings longer than tegmina. Male tenth abdominal tergite with large paired posterior processes at lateral corners of median notch or with rather short (not long) medio-apical projections. Cerci in subgenera Kuzicus and Neokuzicus curved, with internal process at middle; apical shape variable. In subgenus Parakuzicus, cerci divided from base into a medial and a lateral branch of roughly equal length. Male with large phallus sclerite. Epiproct rather small. Subgenital plate with rather long styli. Female subgenital plate variable. Cerci conical.

Notes

Published as part of Shao-Li, Mao, Yuan, Huang & Fu-Ming, Shi, 2009, Review of the genus Kuzicus Gorochov, 1993 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) from China, pp. 35-42 in Zootaxa 2137 on page 35, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.188516

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Gorochov
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Orthoptera
Family
Tettigoniidae
Genus
Kuzicus
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Kuzicus Gorochov, 1993 sec. Shao-Li, Yuan & Fu-Ming, 2009

References

  • Gorochov, A. V. (1993) A contribution to the knowledge of the tribe Meconematini (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Zoosystematica Rossica, 2 (1), 71.