Two new species of the genus Euxiphidiopsis Gorochov, 1993 (Orthoptera: Meconematinae) from China
Author
Shi, Fu-Ming
Author
Han, Li
Author
Mao, Shao-Li
Author
Bai, Jin-Rong
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Zootaxa
2014
3827
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387
391
journal article
45282
10.11646/zootaxa.3827.3.8
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Euxiphidiopsis
Gorochov, 1993
Xiphidiopsis
(
Euxiphidiopsis
)
Gorochov. 1993
.
Zoosyst. Rossica
, 2(1): 66;
Type
species:
Xiphidiopsis
(
Euxiphidiopsis
)
motshulskyi
Gorochov, 1993
.
Euxiphidiopsis
Liu & Zhang, 2000
.
Entomotaxonomia
, 22 (3): 157; Liu, Zhou & Bi. 2010. In: Xu, H.-C. & Ye, T.-X. (Eds.)
Insects of Fengyangshan National Nature Reserve
, 82.
Paraxizicus
Gorochov & Kang, 2005
. In: Gorochov, Liu & Kang,
Oriental Insects
, 39: 71;
Mao & Shi. 2007
.
Zootaxa
, 1474: 63; Shi, Bian &
Chang, 2011
.
Zootaxa
, 2896: 37;
Type
species:
Paraxizicus brevicercus
Gorochov & Kang, 2005
.
Generic diagnosis.
Body medium size in
Meconematinae
. Head hypognathous; fastigium verticis conical, dorsally furrowed; eyes globular, protruding anteriorly; apical segment of maxillary palpus almost as long as subapical one, apex enlarged. Pronotum with an obviously posterior transverse sulcus, humeral sinus indistinct. Thoracic auditory spiracle completely free. Tegmina long, surpassing apices of postfemora; hind wings a little longer than tegmina.
Male tenth abdominal tergite with one or two posterior process, or without; sclerotized part of tenth tergite separated from epiproct by wide membranous area; epiproct rather small, simple, semimembranous, directed more or less downwards; cerci usually simple, or complex, with one process on baso-ventral area or without; subgenital plate almost trapezoid or rectangle; genitalia membranous. Ovipositor usually long, comparatively curved dorsad, ventral valvulae with hooked apices. Female subgenital plate small or comparatively large; cerci conical, straight or faintly curved. Disc of pronotum usually with a pair of lateral brown stripes.