Review of genus Conocephalus Thunberg, 1815 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae) with one new species from India
Author
Farooqi, Mohd Kaleemullah
Author
Usmani, Mohd Kamil
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Zootaxa
2018
2018-08-22
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Subgenus
Anisoptera
Latreille, 1829
Anisoptera
Latreille, 1829
.
In Cuvier. Regne animal
2(5):184.
Type
species:
Locusta dorsalis
Latreille, 1804
.
Hist. Nat. Crust. Ins
. 12:133.
Conocephalus
(
Neoxiphidion
) Karny, 1912
.
Genera Insectorum
135:8.
Type
species:
Locusta fasciata De Geer
(=
Conocephalus fasciatus
),
by subsequent designation; authority:
Rehn & Hebard, 1915
.
Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc.
41:155–224, Pl.XV-XX.
Palotta
Walker, 1869
.
Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum
2:249.
Type
species:
Xiphidium inornata
Walker, F.
(=
Conocephalus iris
), by original monotypy.
Xiphidium
Burmeister, 1838
.
Handbuch der Entomologie
2 2(I-VIII):707.Note: Replacement name for
Xiphidion Serville 1831
. Syn. By
Kirby, 1906
.
A Synonymic Catalogue of
Orthoptera
(
Orthoptera Saltatoria
,
Locustidae
vel
Acridiidae
)
2: 274.
Type
species:
Not
available.
Conocephalus
(
Thecoxiphidion
) Karny, 1912
.
Genera Insectorum
135:12.
Type
species:
Xiphidium strictum
Scudder, S.H.
(=
Conocephalus strictus
), by subsequent designation; authority:
Rehn & Hebard, 1915
. Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 41:155-224, Pl.XV-XX.
Xiphidion
Serville, 1831
.
Ann. Sci. nat
. 22(86):159.
Type
species:
Locusta fusca
Fabricius
, (=
Conocephalus fuscus fuscus
), by subsequent designation; authority:
Rehn, 1905
.
Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad.
57:790-843.
Diagnosis.
Fastigium verticis narrow or wide. Prosternum with two long narrow spines. Mid femora ventrally armed or unarmed. Ovipositor shorter than hind femur; straight to curved. Dorsal and ventral pairs of spurs of hind tibiae well developed. Male cerci with a single internal tooth. Female subgenital plate with variable excision.