A review of the genus Falconius Bolivar (Orthoptera: Tetrigoidea: Scelimeninae)
Author
Deng, Weian
Author
Zheng, Zhemin
Author
Wei, Shizhen
text
Zootaxa
2009
1976
63
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.185173
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185173
Falconius
Bolivar, 1898
Falconius
Bolivar, 1898
. Ann. Mus. Stor. Nat. Genova, 39: 69.
Falconius
Bolivar
;
Günther, 1938
. Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin, 23: 307–400.
Falconius
Bolivar
; Jiang and Zheng, 1998. Grasshoppers and Locusts from Guangxi. 280.
Falconius
Bolivar
;
Zheng, 2005
. Fauna of Tet rigoidea f rom Western
China
. 51–52.
Falconius
Bolivar
; Deng, Zheng & Wei, 2007, Fauna of the Tetrigoidea from Yunnan and Guangxi, 45.
Type
species:
Falconius clavitarsis
(
Bolivar, 1887
)
Body of small to moderate size, slender. Head not exserted; vertex generally wider than one eye; antennae thin and long, inserted above or below lower margin of eyes. Pronotum transverse anteriorly, subulate posteriorly, hind process extending far beyond the top of hind femora; posterior angles of lateral lobes of pronotum with a strong spine projecting outwards.
Hind
wing beyond or not beyond the top of hind process.
Species of the genus
Falconius
Bolivar
differ from species in other genera by the third segment of posterior tarsus of female distinctly expanded. The species of
Falconius
are typical inhabitants of moist places in tropical rainforests, such as rotten wood of marshes, boscage and moist stony on the border of streams. They are capable of swimming on the water surface, and readily leap into the water when alarmed. They feed on mosses and other forms of humus. They generally overwinter as adults.
TABLE 1.
Distribution of the species of the genus
Falconius
Bolivar.
Species Locality
Falconius pseudoclavitarsis
Günther,1938
Malaysia
, Borneo
Falconius palawanicus
Günther,1938
Malaysia
;
Philippines
, Palawan
Falconius bedoti
(
Bolivar,1909
)
Malaysia
; Java
Falconius clavitarsis
(
Bolivar,1887
)
Malaysia
, Borneo
Falconius dubius
Günther,1938
Malaysia
, Borneo; middle east
Falconius guangxiensis
Zheng et Jiang,1997
China
, Guangxi
Falconius clavatus
Bolivar,1898
Malaysia
, Sumatera, Mentawei Island
Falconius undatifemura
Zheng et Wang,2006
China
, Yunnan
Falconius hainanensis
Liang,2000
China
, Hainan
Falconius karnyi
Günther,1938
Malaysia
, Sumatera, Mentawei Island
Falconius inaequalis
(Brunner von
Wattenwyl,1893
)
India
;
China
;
Burma
Falconius deceptor
Günther,1938
Malaysia
, Borneo
Falconius planitarsis
Hancock,1907
Malaysia
, Borneo
Falconius gestroi
Bolivar,1898
Indonesia
Falconius longicornis
sp.nov.
China
, Guangxi
Falconius annuliconus
Liang,2000
China
, Guangdong