Agnotecous Saussure, 1878

Robillard, Tony, Nattier, Romain & Desutter-Grandcolas, Laure, 2010, New species of the New Caledonian endemic genus Agnotecous (Orthoptera, Grylloidea, Eneopterinae, Lebinthini), Zootaxa 2559, pp. 17-35 : 19-20

Genus Agnotecous Saussure, 1878

Type species: Agnotecous tapinopus Saussure, 1878

Diagnosis. Among Lebinthini genera, Agnotecous species are characterised by stout global shape, and male and female FWs and genitalia. Size small to large for subfamily, generally larger than Lebinthus species. Colouration little contrasted, yellowish brown to dark brown, more or less mottled with brown, without distinctive marks. Head globular, dorsum flat; fastigium very wide. Eyes little prominent. Pronotum distinctively long and wide; dorsal disc slightly wider than long, trapezoidal, straight posteriorly. FWs short in males and females, covering less (males) or much less (females) than half abdomen, and tightly set on body; hindwings lacking in both sexes.

Other general traits: TI, TII laterally compressed. TI with two small tympana, inner slit like, outer oval; membrane of outer tympanum transversally plicate in dorsal half; TI with three apical spurs; outer dorsal spur missing. TII with four apical spurs, inner longest. TIII with three inner and three outer apical spurs, median longest on each side; median outer spur as long as other outer spurs and obviously broader; four pairs of subapical spurs, inner spurs distinctively curved and longer; TIII serrulate over whole length and slightly furrowed dorsally. Tarsomeres III-1 with two rows of dorsal spines in addition to apical spines, inner row with one or few spines.