Taxon classification Animalia Orthoptera Tettigoniidae

1. Thaumaspis (Thaumaspis) trigonurus Bolivar, 1900 Figs 1-6

Thaumaspis trigonurus: Bolívar 1900: figs 11, a– b; Kirby 1906: 373; Caudell 1912: 3; Beier 1966: 280.

Thaumaspis (Thaumaspis) trigonurus: Gorochov 1993: figs 169- 176, 261- 262; Gorochov 1998: 114.

Diagnosis.

Apex of the male posterior process at 10 abdominal tergite sparsely dentate (Fig. 2). Cerci slightly curved, basal half with numerous short processes (Figs 3, 4), styli short. Female subgenital fig triangular, apex slightly sharp (Fig. 5).

Coloration.

Body greenish, unicolor.

Measurement.

(length in mm) Body, ♂♀9.0; pronotum, ♂♀3.8; tegmina, ♂♀0.5-1.5; hind femora, ♂♀7.0; ovipositor, ♀7.0.

Distribution.

India.