A new species and a key to species of the genus Coptotettix Bolivar, 1887 from India (Orthoptera: Tetrigoidea, Tetrigidae)
Author
Gupta, Sunil Kumar
Author
Chandra, Kailash
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Zootaxa
2017
4299
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4299.1.12
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Key to the species of the genus
Coptotettix
from India
1. Tegmina small, hind wings abbreviated or absent...........................................................................................................................12
- Tegmina medium size, hind wings almost reaching or slightly surpassing apex of posterior pronotal process............................... 2
2. Antennae inserted lower third of anterior margin of eyes................................................................................................................. 3
- Antennae inserted between lower margins of eyes........................................................................................................................... 4
3. Pronotum reaching upto the last abdominal segment or upto the hind femoral apices; dorsum strongly granulose or tuberculose..
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C. tuberculatus
- Pronotum reaching upto the last abdominal segment or little more but never beyond the hind femoral apices; dorsum not heavily granulose or tuberculose....................................................................................................................................................................6
4. Head a little exserted; vertex distinctly narrower towards front, middle carinula of vertex distinct and runs upto the end of fossu- lae; frontal costa very low between lateral ocelli, more elevated and wide between antennae; body length of male and female
8– 10mm
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C. tricarinatus
- Head not exserted; vertex narrower towards front; middle carinula of vertex runs upto the half distance of fossulae; frontal costa not as above ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 5
5. Lateral lobe of pronotum narrow, roundly subtruncate; body length of male and female
8–12mm
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C. conspersus
- Lateral lobe of pronotum narrow or wide but distinctly truncate...................................................................................................... 6
6. Vertex a little wide; shoulders wider; third pulvilli distinctly longer than the first and second; body length of female
11mm
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C. manipurensis
- Vertex narrow; shoulders medium; third pulvilli of hind tarsal segment not as much longer as above; body length of male and female
7.5–9.5mm
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C. lohitensis
7. Median carina of pronotum ridged
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C. fossulatus
- Median carina of pronotum without ridge......................................................................................................................................... 8
8. Hind femora with a large tooth above before the extremity
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C. latifrons
- Hind femora with a small tooth above before extremity...................................................................................................................9
9. Pronotum very rugose
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C. testaceus
- Pronotum smooth or slightly rugose............................................................................................................................................... 10
10. Antennae inserted between the eyes
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C. indicus
- Antennae inserted lower margin of eye........................................................................................................................................... 11
11. Wings and pronotum shorter, not extending to the extremity of the hind femora
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C. hancocki
- Wings and pronotum larger............................................................................................................................................................. 12
12. Pronotum above little rugose; median carina low, little elevated arcuate behind the anterior border, backward irregularly undulate; palpi white; pronotum of male
10.5 mm
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C. retractus
- Pronotum above rugose and tuberculate; median carina striaght.................................................................................................... 13
13. Median carina of vertex usually reaching up to near occiput; Facial carinae strongly sinuated between antennae; Hind tarsal all pulvilli subequal.
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C. annandelei
- Median carina of vertex very small and elevated; Facial carinae slightly sinuated between antennae; Pulvilli III distinctly longer than length of I and II pulvilli............................................................................................................................
C. korbensis
sp. nov.