New data on taxonomy of recent Prophalangopsidae (Orthoptera: Hagloidea)
Author
Liu, Xianwei
Author
Zhou, Min
Author
Bi, Wenxuan
Author
Tang, Liang
text
Zootaxa
2009
2026
53
62
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.186174
45c6853e-f1ce-4698-8de2-9376757b390d
1175-5326
186174
Genus
Prophalangopsis
Walker, 1870
Tarraga
Walker, 1869
. Cat. Derm. Salt. Brit. Mus., 1: 100
Prophalangopsis
Walker, 1870
. Cat. Derm. Salt. Brit. Mus., 5, suppl.: 116
Tarraga
Saussure, 1898
. Rev.
Suisse
Zool., 5: 241.
Prophalangopsis
Kirby, 1906
. Syn. Cat. Orth. Brit. Mus., 2: 290
Prophalangopsis
Caudell, 1911
. Gen. Ins. Fasc., 120: 6.
Prophalangopsis
Handlirsch, 1925
. Handbuch Ent., 3: 456.
Prophalangopsis
Handlirsch, 1929
. handb. Zool., 4: 724.
Prophalangopsis
Karny, 1929
. Lingnaan Sci. Journ., 7: 747.
Prophalangopsis
Karny, 1931
. Trans. R. Soc. S. Afr., 19: 103.
Prophalangopsis
Karny, 1934
. Nature, London 134: 460
Prophalangopsis
Zeuner, 1935
. Stylops, Journ. Taxon. Ent., 4: 104
Prophalangopsis
Zeuner, 1936
. Proc. R. Ent. Soc. London (A)11 (1–2): 11–22.
Prophalangopsis
Karny, 1937
. Gen. Ins. Fasc., 206: 211.
Prophalangopsis
Shorov, 1968
. Trans. Inst. Paleo. USSR Acad. Sci., 118: 64
Type
species:
Tarraga obscura
Walker, 1869
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Large size, robust. Fastigium of vertex sloping strongly to frons, little broader than first antennal segment, without median sulcus. Eyes oval, prominent. Ocelli present. Antennae inserted between the eyes, the dorsal margins of the sockets not below the ventral margins of eyes. Pronotum with metazona distinctly longer than prozona, with hind margin rounded, surface punctured, shiny; lateral lobes as long as deep, with distinct humeral notches. Prosternum armed with a pair of weak lobes; mesosternal lobes triangular, metasternal lobes rounded. Fore and mid coxae with spines. Femora with ventral spinules, hind femora with weak feather-like sculpture on external surface; fore tibiae with open tympanum on each side. Fore and mid tibiae with dorsal spurs except at apex, hind tibiae with three apical spurs on each side. Both pairs of wings fully developed. Tegmina with narrowly rounded apex?C distinct, Rs arising in the middle of R, single or forked, male stridulating area very large. Wings shorter than tegmina. 7th and 8th tergites of male with hind lobes, 10th abdominal tergite and epiproct fused with each other. Paraprocts with long hooks. Cerci short and solid, subgenital plate with styles. Ovipositor reduced, upper valva with segmented appendages.