Arboraptor, Mendes & Oliveira & Chamorro-Rengifo & Rafael, 2018

Mendes, Diego Matheus De Mello, Oliveira, Jomara Cavalcante De, Chamorro-Rengifo, Juliana & Rafael, José Albertino, 2018, Two new genera of predatory katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) from the Amazon rainforest, Zootaxa 4438 (2), pp. 261-282 : 266

Key to males of Arboraptor gen. nov.

1. Cerci short, flattened dorsoventrally, with three projections on the inner portion. Styli longer than cerci, median portion of styles touching each other at midline ( Fig. 2I –J )........................................ Arboraptor viridis sp. nov.

- Cerci elongate, cylindrical, with apex flattened laterally ( Fig. 10E–G ). Styli shorter than cerci, touching only apex ( Fig. 10F ).............................................................. Arboraptor stigmata ( Nickle, 2003) comb. nov.

Figures

FIGURE 2. Arboraptor viridis sp. nov. (holotype male). A: habitus, lateral view; B: head, frontal view; C: Head and pronotum, dorsal view; D: Head and pronotum, lateral view; E: Body, dorsal view; F: Thoracic sternites, ventral view; G: foreleg, lateral view; H: midleg, lateral view; I–K: Terminalia in dorsal, ventral and lateral view respectively. Abbreviations: Mes: mesobasisternum; Met: metabasisternum; Cer: cerci; Sty: styli; Pl: subgenital plate.

FIGURE 10. Arboraptor stigmata comb. nov. (holotype male). A: habitus, lateral view; B: head, frontal view; C: Head and pronotum, lateral view; D: Stridulatory apparatus, dorsal view; E–G: Terminalia, lateral, ventral and dorsal view respectively. Abbreviations: Cer: cerci; Sty: styli; Pl: subgenital plate.