Amyttacta, Beier, 1965

Naskrecki, Piotr, Bazelet, Corinna S. & Spearman, Lauren A., 2008, New species of flightless katydids from South Africa (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae), Zootaxa 1933 (1), pp. 19-32 : 21

Key to known species of Amyttacta (males)

1. Macropterous, wings extending well past the tip of the abdomen...............................................................2

- Brachypterous, wings completely hidden under the pronotum...................................................................3

2. Tenth abdominal tergite with a pair of elongated median lobes; cercus straight ........... A. angolensis Beier

- Tenth abdominal tergite without a pair of median lobes; cercus slightly bent inwards ... A. rhodesica Beier

3. Cercus bent downwards when seen from the side ( Fig. 1D ), its basal part with a small, hook-like lobe ( Fig. 1E ) ............................................................................................................................... A. farrelli n. sp.

- Cercus straight when seen from the side ( Fig. 1L ), its basal part with a multi-lobed projection at the base ( Fig. 1J ) ...................................................................................................................... A. marakelensis n. sp.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Amyttacta farrelli. A. male head and pronotum, lateral view; B. male subgenital plate; C. apex of male abdomen, dorsal view; D. ditto, lateral view; E. male right cercus, dorsal view; F. male left tegmen; G. stridulatory file; H. ovipositor; I. female subgenital plate; A. marakelensis. J. male right cercus, dorsal view; K. apex of male abdomen, dorsal view; L. ditto, lateral view; M. male left tegmen; N. stridulatory file; O. spines on hind tibia.