Genus Xizicus Gorochov, 1993

Xizicus Gorochov, 1993 . Zoosyst. Rossica, 2(1): 76; Otte. 1997. Orthoptera Species File, 7: 93; Gorochov, Liu & Kang. 2005. Oriental Insects. 39: 72; Wang, Jing, Liu & Li, 2014. Zootaxa, 3861(4): 302.

Type species: Xizicus (Xizicus) fascipes (Bey-Bienko, 1955)

Generic diagnosis. Body small, macropterous. Fastigium of vertex conical, apex obtusely rounded, with a dorsal shallow longitudinal furrow. Pronotum short, humeral sinus distinct or indistinct. Each femur unarmed on ventral surface, tibia tympana both open. Wings very long, exceeding apices of postfemora; tegmina more or less shorter than hind wings. Male 10th abdominal tergite with a pair of processes on posterior margin or absent, small or medium-sized; cercus relatively simple, incurved generally, apex somewhat lobed and bifurcate. Male subgenital plate specialized or not; genitalia entirely membranous or feebly sclerotized. Female subgenital plate variable in shape, ovipositor relatively long and straight.