Review of genus Nicephora Bolívar (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Meconematinae)
Author
Wang, Hanqiang
Author
Li, Miaomiao
Author
Liu, Xianwei
Author
Li, Kai
text
Zootaxa
2013
3737
2
154
166
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3737.2.4
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Nicephora (Dianicephora) mirabilis
Bolívar, 1900
(
Figs. 23–28
)
Nicephora mirabilis
Bolívar, 1900
.
Ann. Soc. ent. Fr.
, 68:771, 773; Kirby, 1906.
A Synonymic Catalogue of
Orthoptera
(
Orthoptera Saltatoria
,
Locustidae
vel
Acridiidae
)
, 2:374; Caudell, 1912.
Genera Insectorum
, 138:4.
Nicephora (Dianicephora) mirabilis
Gorochov, 1993
.
Zoosystematica Rossica
2 (1): 83, 84.
Description.
Male. Pronotum long and lateral lobe low. Tegmina with venation reticulate and clear, apex narrow and rounded. 10th abdominal tergite transverse, hind margin little sinuous. Cerci foliaceous, in curly, base upper primal lobe finger-shaped, rest margin sparsely denticulate (
Figs. 23–24
). Subgenital plate sub base broad, apically narrower, hind margin sinuous, styli short (
Fig. 25
).
Female. Spines of fore and middle tibiae very weak. Tegmina reaches middle of the 5th abdominal tergite, apex narrowly rounded. Subgenital plate narrower, base with excavateing area in the middle, hind margin middle notched (
Fig. 28
). Ovipositor with very weak apical hook.
Coloration.
Brownish yellow, unicolor.
Measurement.
(length in mm) Body: ♂7.0, ♀11.0; pronotum: ♂♀3.5; tegmina: ♂4.6♀4.5; hind femora: ♂7.5, ♀8.5; ovipositor: ♀5.5.
Distribution.
India
(Madura).