Markia White 1862

Cadena-Castañeda, Oscar J., 2013, The tribe Dysoniini part II: The genus Markia (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae; Phaneropterinae), new species and some clarifications, Zootaxa 3599 (6), pp. 501-518 : 502

Markia White 1862

Type species.— Phaneroptera hystrix Westwood 1845 .

Diagnosis— Fastigium elevated, developed as a vertical and slightly forward-directed spine. Frons delimited from the genae by a suture. Pronotum smooth with two spine-like median projections on the pronotal disc: one on the anterior margin and another higher and slightly curved one on the posterior margin. Fore tibia with two dorsal spines at the distal margin of the tympana. Hind femora and hind tibiae with elongated spines. Mesosternum narrower than metasternum, constricted and quadrangular, side lobes partially covering the bases of the coxae, their posterior margins touching, metafurcal furrow transverse, rounded, small and deep. Metasternum with anterior margin straight, posterior margin concave, side lobes slightly expanded and separated by the anterior lobe. Tegmina undulated toward medial region and the apex truncated. Male cerci bifurcate. Ovipositor long, upcurved and with the meso-apical region delicately serrulate. General coloration greenish white.