Neocyrtopsides, Chang & Wang & Shi, 2021

Chang, Yan-Lin, Wang, Tao & Shi, Fu-Ming, 2021, Three new genera and five new species of the tribe Meconematini (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) from Southwestern China, European Journal of Taxonomy 751 (1), pp. 140-158 : 148-149

Genus Neocyrtopsides gen. nov.

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Type species

Neocyrtopsides bispina gen. et sp. nov.

Diagnosis

The new genus is similar to Neocyrtopsis Liu & Zhang, 2007 , but differs from it in the following characters: male tenth abdominal tergite extended backwards, divided into two lateral lobes with apices obtuse, which fuse with epiproct, with rectangular notch between lobes; genitalia sclerotized, long, exposed. Male subgenital plate with middle lobe; styli inserted on lateral margins near middle of subgenital plate.

Etymology

The name of the new genus is derived from the genus name Neocyrtopsis , and the Greek ʻ- ides ʼ, meaning ʻalikeʼ. The Chinese name of the genus is ffiùflḃễh (Ni Xin Ci Xi Zhong Shu).

Generic characters

Body small, robust. Frons slightly sloping backwards, fastigium verticis conical, terminal obtuse, furrowed dorsally. Apical segment of maxillary palpus longer than subapical one, apical area inflated, apex truncate. Eyes globular, protruded forwards. Pronotum short, posterior area of lateral lobes tapering. Tibial tympana open and ovoid on both sides; genicular lobes of hind femora with apices rounded. Male tenth abdominal tergite elongated backwards and curved down, divided into 1 pair of lateral lobes with apices rounded; posterior margin fused with epiproct, after which with a rectangular notch; genitalia sclerotized, long, exposed; subgenital plate with basal area broad, terminal narrow, only with a middle lobe; styli inserted on lateral margins near the middle of subgenital plate.