Supraspecific taxonomy of Palaearctic Platycleidini with unarmed prosternum: a morphological approach (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae, Tettigoniinae)
Author
Massa, Bruno
Author
Fontana, Paolo
text
Zootaxa
2011
2837
1
47
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.296570
51d302cc-a68c-4c73-a2a1-37d9f48af87c
1175-5326
296570
6)
Pravdiniana
Sergeev et Pokivajlov, 1992
(
Figs. 20
, 77, 81)
Characters
. Pronotum moderately elongated, dorsally weakly depressed, with indistinct lateral keels, median keel raised on metazona; humeral excision absent. Ƥ subgenital plate elongated, with two lobes separated by a wide furrow; ovipositor short, its length is twice pronotum, curved at base at obtuse angle, ca. ½ hind femur; Ƥ VI–VII th sternites modified; hind femora/pronotum length Ƥ: 3.2–3.5; 3 unknown. Colour of lateral lobes of the pronotum is grayish bordered with a whitish stripe.
Remarks
. The only species known is squamipterous. The shape of the pronotum, ovipositor and Ƥ subgenital plate are very characteristic; only one species has been described from
Tajikistan
, of which only the female is known (
Sergeev & Pokivajlov 1992
).
Distribution
.
Tajikistan
.
Note.
This genus was named after the Russian orthopterist G.N. Pravdin.
Number of species known
(after
Eades
et al.
2010
): 1)
mira
Sergeev et Pokivajlov, 1992
(
type
species).
7)
Modestana
Beier, 1955
(
Figs. 6
,
56
,
97
, 109)
Characters
. Head just larger than long, ratio maximum width/length of head (from vertex to clipeus): 1.1–1.2. Macropterous to squamipterous, pronotum rounded, humeral excision absent, keel not evident; Ƥ subgenital plate smooth with a deep excision of the hind margin; ovipositor whitish, long and gently curved upwards; Ƥ VI–VII th sternites not modified; hind femora/pronotum length 3: 3.8–4.0, Ƥ 3.8–4.1;
3 X
th tergite with two pointed processes, separated by a wide incision, cerci apically flattened. Titillators slender and smooth. Colour of lateral lobes of the pronotum is blackish bordered with a white stripe.
Distribution
. From Balkan peninsula to
Italy
.
Number of species known
(after
Eades
et al.
2010
): 3: 1)
ebneri
(Ramme, 1926)
; 2)
kraussi
(Padewieth, 1900)
; 3)
modesta
(Fieber, 1853)
(
type
species).