Ligypterus Saussure, 1878

Vicente, Natállia & Robillard, Tony, 2017, Ligypterus najtae n. sp. from Mounts Tumuc-Humac in French Guiana (Orthoptera, Grylloidea, Gryllidae, Eneopterinae), Zoosystema 39 (1), pp. 125-136 : 127

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5252/z2017n1a14

publication LSID

urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:8F2A88F4-6067-4AD8-A0BC-2EBB7BD082C7

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5154071

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Ligypterus Saussure, 1878
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Genus Ligypterus Saussure, 1878 View in CoL

TYPE SPECIES. — Enoptera heydeni Saussure, 1874 .

DIAGNOSIS. — Among Eneopterinae genera Ligypterus is similar to Ponca , except for brachypterous wings and genitalia, and resembles Lebinthus in general appearance, with a small size, stocky shape and brachypterous wings reaching two thirds of abdomen length. Genus characterized by shape of head with large, very protruding eyes, pattern of coloration, FW venation and male genitalia with very indented basal margin of pseudepiphallus and rather long and thin membranous pseudephiphallic lophi.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Orthoptera

Family

Gryllidae

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