The tribe Dysoniini part VI: Phylogeny, biogeography and evolutionary trends of the lichen katydid genera (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae). Eleventh contribution to the suprageneric organization of Neotropical phaneropterines
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Cadena-Castañeda, Oscar J.
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Author
Braun, Holger
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García, Alexander García
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Paraphidnia
Giglio-Tos, 1898
Diagnosis.
Vertex with laterally flattened crest (
Figs. 27C, F
). Antennae nodose, scapus and sometimes pedicellus armed with a tubercle. Pronotum smooth and devoid of tubercles (
Figs. 27A,C,F
). Sub-ocular region with cuticular evaginations. Wings projecting at an angle of 40–45 degrees upward. Ventral spines of middle tibia lamelliform. Abdominal tergites dorsally produced and with pointed tips (
Fig. 27E
). Male cerci with outer branch long and curved inward, inner branch of almost similar size or short and developed as small spiniform process (
Figs. 27B, D, G
). Basic coloration in life dark brown, with greenish and whitish spots.
Type
species.
Paraphidnia gallina
Giglio-Tos, 1898
, by original monotypy.
Distribution.
Ecuadorian Andes and Amazon (
Map 13
).
Map 13.
Distribution map of
Paraphidnia
species.
Key to species of
Paraphidnia
(Cadena-Castañeda
et al
., 2016)
1. Head round in frontal view, in lateral view eyes occupying dorsal half of head, crest little elevated, ocellar tubercle poorly developed (
Fig. 27A
).........................................
P. brevicristata
Cadena-Castañeda & Buzzetti, 2016
- Head higher than wide in frontal view, in lateral view eyes occupying more than half of the top of the head, crest and ocellar tubercle well developed (
Figs. 27C, F
).................................................................... 2
2. Male cerci with small internal spine on the basal portion, distally of it tapering, bent inward, with almost straight distal portion (
Fig. 27D
)......................................................................
P. gallina
Giglio-Tos, 1898
- Male cerci bifurcate, outer part longer and uniformly curved inward, inner branch equally robust but shorter (
Fig. 27G
)...............................................................................
P. tunki
Braun & Buzzetti, 2016