Pseudonicsara Karny, 1912

Ingrisch, Sigfrid, 2009, Revision of the genus Pseudonicsara Karny, 1912 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae: Agraeciini) 2185, Zootaxa 2185, pp. 1-122 : 16-17

Subgenus Pseudonicsara Karny, 1912

References and type species as genus.

Diagnosis. Differs from both other subgenera by the fore tibia in cross-section triangular except at very apex ( Figs. 12, 20, 27), prosternal spines distinctly longer than half of fore coxa ( Fig. 48), male pronotum with hind margin truncate or faintly concave, female ovipositor sabre-shaped, and face between compound eyes always with a dark band ( Figs. 19–24, 27).

Description. Pronotum subrugose or rugose along margins and eventually in midline, subsmooth or shining in remaining areas ( Figs. 40, 44); hind margin truncate or faintly concave. Fully winged to slightly brachypterous; tegmina often surpassing hind knees, margins tapering towards apex or fore margin constricted in apical half or apical third; dorsal area behind stridulatory area very narrow ( Figs. 1–3, 14–16). Prosternum with two spines that are little shorter than fore coxa, rarely only half as long ( Fig. 48). Mesosternal lobes acute-angular, conical or subspinose; metasternal lobes obtuse-angular, rounded or short-conical; median plate with a spine or conical projection at both hind angles ( Fig. 48). Fore tibia in cross-section triangular except in tympanal area and at very apex ( Figs. 12, 20, 27).

Male. Characters of the genus.

Female. Ovipositor sabre-shaped, slightly curved and with converging margins in apical area; margins entire, apex acute ( Figs. 541–542, 544).

Coloration. Face between compound eyes always with a black or dark brown band including antennal scrobae ( Figs. 19–24, 27).