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 Author Cadena-Castañeda, Oscar J. 0000-0001-5646-0602 ojccorthoptera@gmail.com Author Braun, Holger 0000-0002-1069-8794 braun@fcnym.unlp.edu.ar Author García, Alexander García 0000-0001-5646-0602 ojccorthoptera@gmail.com text Zootaxa 2022 2022-07-19 5166 1 1 93 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5166.1.1 journal article 102846 10.11646/zootaxa.5166.1.1 7e35a6a2-7ddc-453b-99ec-20142ba284f2 1175-5326 6876209 17952A48-902C-47A0-A344-8B07490F3B28 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