Xizicus Gorochov, 1993

Su, Jie, Duan, Yanhao, Liu, Qing & Chang, Yanlin, 2023, One new species of the genus Xizicus Gorochov, 1993 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae Meconematinae) from Yunnan, China, Zootaxa 5318 (2), pp. 286-290 : 286-287

Genus Xizicus Gorochov, 1993

Xizicus Gorochov, 1993 . Zoosystematica Rossic a, 2(1): 76; Wang et al., 2014. Zootaxa, 3861(4): 302; Di et al., 2015. Zootaxa, 4007(1): 121; Gorochov, 2019, Far Eastern Entomologist, 379: 17; Jin et al., 2020. Zootaxa, 4772(1): 26; Gorochov, 2022. Far Eastern Entomologist, 459: 6.

Type species: Xizicus (Xizicus) fascipes (Bey-Bienko, 1955) .

Generic diagnosis. Body small. Fastigium verticis conical, apex rounded, with a dorsal longitudinal furrow in the midline. Pronotum short, with humeral sinus. Wings developed, surpassing apices of hind femora; hind wings longer than tegmina. All femora without spines on ventral surfaces, fore tibial tympana open on both sides. Male tenth abdominal tergite with a pair of small to medium posterior processes or sometimes absent; cercus with lobe or branch in most species; epiproct well developed, genitalia membranous or feebly sclerotized. Ovipositor long and straight.