Parapyrrhicia, Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891

Hemp, Claudia, Heller, Klaus-Gerhard, Warchałowska-Śliwa, Elżbieta, Grzywacz, Beata & Hemp, Andreas, 2017, Review of the East African species of the phaneropterine genus Parapyrrhicia Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891 (Insecta: Orthoptera): secret communication of a forest-bound taxon, Organisms Diversity & Evolution (New York, N. Y.) 17 (1), pp. 231-250 : 242-243

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Key to East African Parapyrrhicia View in CoL (males)

1 Tenth abdominal tergite produced posteriorly with down-curved process ( Fig. 16a View Fig ); Tanzania, Lindi region ..................................................... P. litipo View in CoL n. sp.

1′ Tenth abdominal tergite not with down-curved posterior process..................................................................................2

2 Cerci with bulbous structure at base ( Fig. 15a View Fig )................3

2′ Cerci without bulbous structure at base...........................4

3 Subgenital plate without median gap between lobes ( Fig. 12b View Fig ); West Usambara Mountains, Lutindi........... ..................................................... P. diamantina View in CoL n. sp.

3′ Subgenial plate with small median gap between lobes ( Fig. 15b View Fig ); Uluguru Mountains ............ P. globulata View in CoL n. sp.

4 Subgenital plate comparatively short, posterior part of lobes not expanded but acute and just touching each other; Cerci hatchet-like shaped; Kenyan and Tanzanian coast............................................................... P. acutilobata View in CoL

4′ Subgenital plate with slender lobes expanded at posterior parts; lobes tightly attached to each other; cerci not hatchet-like shaped ( Fig. 5a View Fig ).............................................5

5 Lobes of subgenital plate very slender; gap formed between lobes large ( Fig. 9a View Fig )................................................6

5′ Lobes of subgenital more stout ( Fig. 3a View Fig ). Large species. Lobes of subgenital plate laterally expanded and compressed over whole length; median gap comparatively small ( Fig. 3b View Fig ). Cerci bidentate with two short tips of approximately the same length and width; Tanzania, East Usambara Mountains, Nguru Mountains, Lake Malawi......................................................... P. zanzibarica View in CoL

6 Cerci differentiated into two branches of about same length of which inner branch acute ( Fig. 18b View Fig ); Tanzania, East Usambara Mountains....................... P. niloensis View in CoL n. sp.

6′ Cerci differentiated into two branches of which inner branch slightly compressed and bidentate ( Fig. 9a View Fig ); Tanzania, Udzungwa Mountains................. P. abdita View in CoL n. sp.