Published December 31, 2009 | Version v1
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Kuzicus Shao-Li, Yuan & Fu-Ming, 2009, sp.nov.

Description

Key to subgenera and species of genus Kuzicus from China (male)

1 Tenth abdominal tergite with two pairs of processes............................ Kuzicus (Neokuzicus) uvarovi Gorochov, 1993 Tenth abdominal tergite with one pair of processes...................................................................................................... 2 2 Cerci divided from base into a medial and a lateral branch of roughly equal length ..................................................... ...................................................................................................... Kuzicus (Parakuzicus) Ingrisch & Shishodia, 2000 Cerci not divided from base, but with internal process in middle .........................3 Kuzicu (Kuzicus) Gorochov, 1993 3 Tenth abdominal tergite with apex of posterior process dorsal-ventral expanded.......................................................... ............................................................................................................... K. (K.) suzukii (Matsumura & Shiraki, 1908) Tenth abdominal tergite with apex of posterior process not dorsal-ventral expanded ................................................. 4 4 Cerci apices bifurcate........................................................................................... K. (K.) cervicercus (Tinkham, 1943) Cerci apices not bifurcate .............................................................................................................................................5 5 Posterior process of tenth abdominal tergite broad with blunt rounded margin ...... K. (K.) denticulatus (Karny, 1926) Posterior process of tenth abdominal tergite narrow with acute apex .............. K. (K.) multifidous Mao & Shi sp.nov.

1.. Kuzicus (Neokuzicus) uvarovi Gorochov, 1993

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 36, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.188516

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Orthoptera
Family
Tettigoniidae
Genus
Kuzicus
Taxon rank
genus

References

  • Gorochov, A. V. (1993) A contribution to the knowledge of the tribe Meconematini (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Zoosystematica Rossica, 2 (1), 71.
  • Ingrisch, S. & Shishodia, M. S. (2000) New taxa and distribution records of Tettigoniidae from India (Orthoptera: Ensifera). Mitteilungen der M' chner entomologischen Gesellschaft, 90, 36.
  • Tinkham, E. R. (1943) New species and records of Chinese Tettigoniidae from the Heude Museum, Shanghai. Notes D'Entomologie Chinoise, 10 (2), 41, 43 - 45.