On the exact position of the tribe Incolacridini in the modern classification of grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae)
Author
Storozhenko, Sergey Yu.
text
Zootaxa
2021
2021-05-13
4970
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journal article
6427
10.11646/zootaxa.4970.1.3
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Genus
Asymmetritania
Storozhenko
,
gen. nov.
Type
species:
Stolzia vietnamensis
Storozhenko, 2020
, here designated.
Description
. Head in frontal view oval; frontal ridge narrow, almost reaching the clypeus (
Fig. 27
). Face in lateral view reclinate; frontal ridge projecting between the antennae but forming a relatively short rostrum (
Figs. 25, 26
). Ventral genicular lobes of the hind femora narrowly triangular with apex obtuse, without spine (
Fig. 14
). Male 10th abdominal tergite with furculae. Male supra-anal plate long, with a median basal impression, lateral margins with a pointed tooth in apical third, apex rounded (
Figs. 13
,
30
). Male cerci compressed, short, conical, with or without a small preapical tooth. Valves of ovipositor short, with apex rounded and strongly dentate (
Fig. 29
). Male genitalia: epiphallus strongly asymmetrical; bridge narrow; left lophus large, extending; right lophus small; ancorae absent; oval sclerites separated from epiphallus (
Figs. 22
,
32
); apodemes long and narrow; valves of cingulum and apical valves of penis long, completely covered by ectophallic sheath of penis; basal valves of penis connected with apical ones by a short sclerotized or membranous flexure (
Figs. 21
,
33
).
Composition
. The genus consists of two species from continental part of South-East Asia.
Etymology
. From Latin
asymmetrica
and the genus name
Bettotania
. Genus feminine.