A new species of Trigonocorypha (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae) from Tamilnadu, India
Author
Senthilkumar, Natchiappan
Author
Divya, Govindaraj
text
Zootaxa
2020
2020-06-22
4802
1
189
195
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4802.1.13
1175-5326
3904860
ABC2D02F-A012-42CF-8094-C5A3028781E8
Key to the species of
Trigonocorypha
occurring in
India
1. Short sickle-shaped ovipositor, tegmina; lateral carinae of pronotum not parrallel................................... 2
– Long and narrowed ovipositor, tegmina less than
50 mm
; lateral carinae of pronotum parallel...........................................................................................
T. abnormis
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
2. Tegmina narrow or wide, in middle with pale band in basal area; apex of ovipositor roundly obtuse.................... 3
– Tegmina wide, with a pale colouration in the upper and lower margins towards distal end of the tegmen; apex of ovipositor not obtuse............................................................................................... 4
3. Tegmina broad and slightly elevated over hind wings; Ovipositor short and curved upwards, broad serrations on the upper margin and the apical part of lower margin, apex of ovipositor obtuse........................
T. brevinota
Ingrisch, 1996
– Tegmina short and wide and without a pale band in its basal area; Ovipositor short, strongly flattened, bent upward, with fine serration on the entire upper margin and the apical part of lower margin, apex of ovipositor roundly obtuse..
T. unicolor
Stoll, 1787
4. Tegmina narrow with a slight notch beyond the middle of anterior margin and a narrow pale band in its basal part; humeral notch moderately depth; ovipositor short, bent upward, with fine serrations on the entire upper margin and apex of the lower margin.........................................................................
T. angustata
Uvarov, 1922
– Tegmina broad and obtuse at the distal end, pale band in the lower and upper margins of the tegmen and the distal end; Humeral –notch conspicuous with strong depth; Ovipositor short, sickle shaped bent upwards, thick and broad serrations on the entire upper and lower margins, apex of the ovipositor acute, but upper valve extended slight above the lower valve, horny projection at base...............................................................................
T. thenensis
sp. nov
.