Hyphinomos Uvarov, 1921

Ali, Ahsan, Jaiswara, Ranjana, Bharti, Umesh & Heller, Klaus-Gerhard, 2022, Revision of the high-altitude genus Hyphinomos Uvarov, 1921 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) with a redescription and new data on mating behavior and acoustic signals of H. svenhedini Ramme, 1950, Zootaxa 5099 (3), pp. 301-324 : 303

Genus Hyphinomos Uvarov, 1921

Type species: Hyphinomos fasciata Uvarov, 1921 .

Hyphinomos Uvarov, 1921: 74 ; Ramme, 1950: 76; Mani, 1968: 102, 212; Rentz and Colless, 1990: 352-377; Jin and Xia, 1994: 30; Sergeev, 1992: 3, 10; Sergeev, 1995: 218; Sergeev, 1998: 247; Otte, 1997: 261; Sergeev, 2010: 133; WarchalowskaSliwa, Rhee, Heller & Grzywacz, 2020: 161.

Synonymic history:

Hypsinomus Mani, 1968: 212 —incorrect spelling of Hyphinomos

Hyphonomus Rentz and Colless, 1990: 355, 364—incorrect spelling of Hyphinomos

Emended description. As given by Uvarov, 1921: Scapus longer than wide; fastigium as wide as scapus, apex of fastigium produced almost to the distal margin of scapus; Ocelli small, disposed in triangle, lateral ocelli much dorsal, present on the lateral margin of protruded fastigium, slightly above the upper margin of antennal socket; median ocellus almost in the line of basal margin of eyes and antennal socket.

Distribution: The genus Hyphinomos is known from two species reported from Western Tibet and the Western Himalaya ( Fig. 1 ).

Key for the identification of Hyphinomos species

1. Vertex (upper side of head) whitish ( Fig. 2A ), ovipositor broad ( Fig. 3D ; length/width=5.8–6.0).... H. fasciata Uvarov, 1921

- Vertex either yellow interspersed with black spots (in freshly molted adult) or black and adorned with yellow stripes and patches; occiput black ( Fig. 2B ), ovipositor slender ( Fig. 3A–C ; length/width=7.6–8.0)........ H. svenhedini Ramme, 1950

Figures

FIGURE 1. Map showing type localities of Hyphinomos fasciata Uvarov, 1921 (in Dakar, Western Tibet, China) and H. svenhedini Ramme, 1950 (in Hanle, Indus Valley, Ladakh and Lahaul, Himachal Pradesh, India). Zanskar and Shashi lake, Kargil, Ladakh are additional locations from where H. svenhedini has been reported. Area highlighted in green is Ladakh, U.T., pink: Kargil district of Ladakh, blue: Lahaul and Spiti district in Himachal Pradesh.

FIGURE 2. Vertex ivory in (A) Hyphinomos fasciata Uvarov, 1921 (photo from OSF) and black, adorned with yellow stripes and patches in (B) H. svenhedini Ramme, 1950.

FIGURE 3. Ovipositor shape of Hyphinomos svenhedini Ramme, 1950 (A) Allotype, (B) Paratype from NMW, (C) studied specimen from Shashi lake and (D) Paratype of H. fasciata Uvarov, 1921 from MNCN (photo from OSF).