Apotrechus Brunner-Wattenwyl, 1888

Li, Miao-Miao, Liu, Xian-Wei & Li, Kai, 2015, Review of the genus Apotrechus in China (Orthoptera, Gryllacrididae, Gryllacridinae), ZooKeys 482, pp. 143-155 : 144-145

Taxon classification Animalia Orthoptera Gryllacrididae

Genus Apotrechus Brunner-Wattenwyl, 1888

Apotrechus : Brunner-Wattenwyl 1888: 383; Tepper 1892: 167; Kirby 1906: 152; Ramme 1933: 416; Karny 1937: 82; Rentz and John 1990: 1083; Liu and Bi 2008: 11, figs 1-5; Liu et al. 2010: 64; Guo and Shi 2012: 52.

Type species.

Apotrechus unicolor Brunner-Wattenwyl, 1888.

Generic diagnosis.

Body small, wings absent. Fastigium of vertex rather wide than scape, without lateral carinae; frons smooth, ocelli inconspicuous. Fore and mid tibiae with 4-5 pairs of spurs on ventral surface, mid tibia without inner upper apical spur on dorsal surface. Hind tibia armless or with rather small spine on ventral surface. Subgenital plate of male without styli. Ovipositor rather short, upcurved.

Key to the Chinese species of the genus Apotrechus