Notes on the Genus Apotrechus (Orthoptera: Gryllacrididae: Gryllacridinae) from China
Author
Guo, Li-Ying
Author
Shi, Fu-Ming
text
Zootaxa
2012
3177
52
58
journal article
45547
10.5281/zenodo.279932
34fd43a1-a5d0-4993-a5ae-6fed9cbb33e8
1175-5326
279932
Apotrechus
Brunner
von Wattenwyl, 1888
Apotrechus
, Brunner
von Wattenwyl, 1888,
Verh. Zool. -bot. Ges. Wien.
, 383;
Karny, 1937
,
Gener. Insect.
, 206: 82;
Rentz & John, 1990
,
Invert. Taxon.
, 1083;
Liu & Bi, 2008
,
Entomotaxon.
, 30(1): 11;
Liu, Bi & Zhang, 2010
,
Insects of Fengyangshan National Nature Reserve
, 64.
Type
species.
Apotrechus unicolor
Brunner
von Wattenwyl, 1888.
Generic diagnosis.
Body small to medium. Wings absent. Fastigium verticis broad, nearly rounded, without lateral carinae; middle ocellus absent, ocellae absent or inconspicuous. Lateral lobes of pronotum longer than high, humeral sinus indistinct. Fore and middle femora unarmed; fore coxae with 1 spine; fore tibiae with 5 pairs of spurs (including 1 pair of apical spurs) on ventral margins; middle tibiae with 4 or 5 pairs of spurs (including 1 pair of apical spurs) on ventral margins; middle tibiae with 1 inner upper apical spur; hind femora with 2 rows of small spines on ventral margins; hind tibiae somewhat arched, with very small or without spines. Second and third abdominal tergites with stridulatory teeth on lateral margins. In male, ninth abdominal tergite enlarged, cuculliform, apex split; subgenital plate without styli; cerci short. In female, subgenital plate broad and long; ovipositor very short.