Falconius Bolivar, 1898

Deng, Weian, Zheng, Zhemin & Wei, Shizhen, 2009, A review of the genus Falconius Bolivar (Orthoptera: Tetrigoidea: Scelimeninae), Zootaxa 1976, pp. 63-68 : 63-64

Falconius Bolivar, 1898

Falconius Bolivar, 1898 . Ann. Mus. Stor. Nat. Genova, 39: 69.

Falconius Bolivar ; Günther, 1938. Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin, 23: 307–400.

Falconius Bolivar ; Jiang and Zheng, 1998. Grasshoppers and Locusts from Guangxi. 280. Falconius Bolivar ; Zheng, 2005. Fauna of Tet rigoidea f rom Western China. 51–52. Falconius Bolivar ; Deng, Zheng & Wei, 2007, Fauna of the Tetrigoidea from Yunnan and Guangxi, 45. Type species: Falconius clavitarsis ( Bolivar, 1887)

Body of small to moderate size, slender. Head not exserted; vertex generally wider than one eye; antennae thin and long, inserted above or below lower margin of eyes. Pronotum transverse anteriorly, subulate posteriorly, hind process extending far beyond the top of hind femora; posterior angles of lateral lobes of pronotum with a strong spine projecting outwards. Hind wing beyond or not beyond the top of hind process.

Species of the genus Falconius Bolivar differ from species in other genera by the third segment of posterior tarsus of female distinctly expanded. The species of Falconius are typical inhabitants of moist places in tropical rainforests, such as rotten wood of marshes, boscage and moist stony on the border of streams. They are capable of swimming on the water surface, and readily leap into the water when alarmed. They feed on mosses and other forms of humus. They generally overwinter as adults.

Species Locality

Falconius pseudoclavitarsis Günther,1938 Malaysia, Borneo

Falconius palawanicus Günther,1938 Malaysia; Philippines, Palawan Falconius bedoti ( Bolivar,1909) Malaysia; Java

Falconius clavitarsis ( Bolivar,1887) Malaysia, Borneo

Falconius dubius Günther,1938 Malaysia, Borneo; middle east Falconius guangxiensis Zheng et Jiang,1997 China, Guangxi

Falconius clavatus Bolivar,1898 Malaysia, Sumatera, Mentawei Island Falconius undatifemura Zheng et Wang,2006 China, Yunnan

Falconius hainanensis Liang,2000 China, Hainan

Falconius karnyi Günther,1938 Malaysia, Sumatera, Mentawei Island Falconius inaequalis (Brunner von Wattenwyl,1893) India; China; Burma Falconius deceptor Günther,1938 Malaysia, Borneo

Falconius planitarsis Hancock,1907 Malaysia, Borneo

Falconius gestroi Bolivar,1898 Indonesia

Falconius longicornis sp.nov. China, Guangxi

Falconius annuliconus Liang,2000 China, Guangdong