Anormalou Liu, 2011

Shah 1, Muzamil Syed & Usmani 1, Mohd Kamil, 2021, Anormalous liu sp. nov.: a first record and a new species of the genus Anormalous Liu, 2011 (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Phaneropterinae) from India, ZooKeys 1078, pp. 49-55 : 49

Anormalou Liu, 2011

Description.

Small sized body (Figs 1-4 ), light green, head more or less oval in shape (Fig. 5 ), fastigium dorsally sulcate with conical apex, narrower than first antennal segment (Fig. 8 ). Lateral lobe of pronotum distinctly longer than high (Fig. 6 ). Pronotal disc with prozona smooth and metazona flat, without lateral carinae (Fig. 7 ). Lateral lobe of pronotum with shallow humeral sinus. Eyes large and bulging outwards, antenna long (Figs 1-4 ), male subgenital plate elongate, notch at apical margin present or absent, devoid of distinct styli (Fig. 10 ), female tegmen comparatively shorter than male’s with visible longitudinal veins (Figs 3 , 4 ), last abdominal tergite rounded (Fig. 16 ), and ovipositor weekly curved (Fig. 18 ).

Distribution.

China and India (Kashmir)

Figures

Figures 1 - 4. Anormalous liu sp. nov. 1 - 2 Holotype male and 2 - 3 paratype female.

Figures 5 - 13. Characters of the holotype male Anormalous liu sp. nov. 5 head lateral 6 lateral view of pronotum 7 dorsal view of pronotum 8 fastigium 9 sternum 10 subgenital plate 11 cerci 12 male last tergite 13 tegmen.

Figures 14 - 21. Anormalous liu sp. nov. 14 male stridulatory file 15 female tegmen 16 female last tergite 17 female subgenital plate 18 ovipositor 19 fore tibia 20 mid tibia 21 hind femur.