Anaxiphomorpha Gorochov, 1987 New

Liu, Hao-Yu & Shi, Fu-Ming, 2015, First record of the genus Anaxiphomorpha Gorochov (Orthoptera: Gryllidae) from China, with description of four new species, Zootaxa 3918 (3), pp. 433-438 : 433-434

Anaxiphomorpha Gorochov, 1987 New record to China

Anaxiphomorpha Gorochov, 1987: 15 ; Otte, 1994: 38.

Type species: Anaxiphomorpha brachyapodemalis Gorochov, 1987

Generic diagnosis. Body small and slender, usually light color. Head small, frontal rostrum distinctly wider than scapus; ocelli absent. Pronotum strongly widened posteriorly in male, while slightly widened posteriorly in female. Tegmina flat and membranous, nearly extending to abdominal apex, mirror slightly long in male, while in female, tegmina rather convex and slightly sclerotized, extending to abdominal mid-length, with several regular veins on dorsal field. Fore tibia with a large and oblong external tympanum, without internal tympanum or only with impression. Hind tibia with three pairs of dorsal spurs and five apical spurs, of which two internal and three external spurs. Genitalia: epiphallus with a pair of medial lobes and lateral lobes respectively at posterior margin, and a pair of small and long projections on dorsal side; medial lobes wide, distinctly narrowed posteriorly; lateral lobes thin and long, with more or less serrated upper margins. Ovipositor short and curved upwards, with many small teeth on dorsal, ventral and lateral margins.

Distribution. Vietnam, China.

MAP 1. Distribution map of the genus Anaxiphomorpha Gorochov.