Paracilacris, Chopard, 1955

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 : 24-25

Key to known species of Paracilacris

1. Titillator as in Fig 3B , covered with numerous hooks; female subgenital plate with a pair of pointed, upcurved lobes ( Figs. 2M, N ); pronotum without a distinct dark band on the lateral lobe ( Fig. 2H )........... ....................................................................................................................................... P. periclitatus n. sp.

- Titillator as in Fig. 3A , anchor-shaped; female subgenital plate without or with pointed lobes, but lobes never curved up on the sides of the ovipositor; pronotum with a distinct dark band on the lateral lobe ( Fig. 2A )...............................................................................................................................................................2

2. Male cercus tapered apically, without a distended lobe; ovipositor nearly straight ( Fig. 2P ), female sub- genital plate with a pair of pointed lobes ( Fig. 2O ) ....................................................... P. lateralis Chopard

- Male cercus with a large, subapical lobe ( Fig. 2B ); ovipositor strongly curved ( Fig. 2G ); female subgenital plate without pointed lobes ( Fig. 2F ) .............................................................................. P. mordax n. sp.

Figures

FIGURE 2. Paracilacris mordax. A. male head and pronotum, lateral view; B. apex of male abdomen, dorsal view; C. male subgenital plate; D. male left tegmen; E. stridulatory file; F. female subgenital plate; G. ovipositor; P. periclitatus. H. male head and pronotum, lateral view; I. apex of male abdomen, dorsal view; J. male subgenital plate; K. male left tegmen; L. stridulatory file; M. female subgenital plate; N. ovipositor; P. lateralis. O. female subgenital plate; P. ovipositor.

FIGURE 3. Paracilacris mordax. A. titillator, dorsal view; P. periclitatus. B. titillator, dorsal view; Amyttacta farrelli. C. male, lateral view; D. female devouring the spermatophylax; Paracilacris periclitatus. E. male, dorso-lateral view (green form); F. female, dorso-lateral view (brown form).