Woznessenskia Gorochov, 2002

Bian, Xun, Liu, Jing & Yang, Zizhong, 2021, Anotated Checklist of Chinese Ensifera: The Gryllacrididae, Zootaxa 4969 (2), pp. 201-254 : 235

20. Woznessenskia Gorochov, 2002 (•蟋•属)

Woznessenskia: Gorochov, 2002 . Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 81(2): 334; Guo & Shi, 2011. Zootaxa, 2784: 62; Du, Bian &

Shi, 2016c. Zootaxa, 4175(1): 90; Ingrisch, 2018. Zootaxa, 4510(1): 247; Cadena-Castañeda, 2019. Zootaxa, 4605(1): 97. Type species: Woznessenskia finitima Gorochov, 2002 .

Diagnosis. Body medium-sized. Tegmina and hind wings considerably surpassing apices of hind femora; tegmina subhyaline, veins brownish. In male, eighth and ninth abdominal tergites enlarged, lateral margins of apex of ninth abdominal tergite with a pair of S-curved hooks; tenth abdominal tergite partly reduced with one pair of narrow sclerites, each sclerite with a long and narrow process bearing fine denticles at apex; subgenital plate simple, with posterior margin shallowly concave; styli rather small; genitalia membranous. In female, from eighth to tenth abdominal tergites reduced; ninth and tenth abdominal tergites divided into two parts by membranous area in middle; posterior margin of seventh abdominal sternite forming one pair of roundly angular blade-like lateral folds; subgenital plate small, semimembranous, with abundant fine folds. All margins of pronotum black.

Species included. There are 9 species of the genus. This paper includes four known Chinese species.