Paraxizicus Gorochov & Kang, 2005

Shi, Fu-Ming, Bian, Xun & Chang, Yan-Lin, 2011, Notes on the genus Paraxizicus Gorochov & Kang, 2007 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) from China, Zootaxa 2896, pp. 37-45 : 37

Genus Paraxizicus Gorochov & Kang, 2005

Paraxizicus Gorochov, Liu & Kang, 2005: 71 ; Mao & Shi, 2007: 63 –68. Type species: Paraxizicus brevicercus Gorochov & Kang, 2005 .

Generic diagnosis. Body medium size. Head hypognathous; fastigium verticis conical, dorsally furrowed; eyes protruding anteriorly; apical segment of maxillary palpi almost as long as subapical one, apex enlarged. Pronotum with obviously posterior transverse sulcus, humeral sinus indistinct. Thoracic auditory spiracle completely free. Tegmina long, surpassing apices of postfemora. Hind wings a little longer than tegmina. Male tenth abdominal tergite with posterior process or without, sclerotized part of tenth tergite separated from epiproct by wide membranous area; epiproct rather small, simple, semimembranous, directed more or less downwards; cerci simple or complex, with one process on baso-ventral part or without; subgenital plate almost trapezoid or rectangle; genitalia membranous. Ovipositor long or short, comparatively curved dorsad, ventral valvulae with hooked apices. Female subgenital plate small or comparatively large; cerci conical, straight or faintly curved.