Lophotettiginae Hancock, 1909

Kasalo, Niko, Husemann, Martin, van de Kamp, Thomas & Skejo, Josip, 2024, Description of Phelene reinschmidti from Ecuador with notes on the subfamily Lophotettiginae (Orthoptera, Tetrigidae), Evolutionary Systematics 8 (1), pp. 119-125 : 119-125

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.3897/evolsyst.8.124285
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11368359
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scientific name	Lophotettiginae Hancock, 1909
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Treatment

Subfamily Lophotettiginae Hancock, 1909 View in CoL

Diagnosis.

Frontal costa bifurcation in upper third of eye height. Antennal groove at bottom margin of eyes. Antennomeres flattened, apical one white-tipped. Vertex wider than an eye. First segment of anterior and middle tarsi a little elongated. Hind tarsus very long, first and third segment approximately equally long. Elongated slim ovipositor.

Type genus.

Lophotettix Hancock, 1909 , type species Lophotettix brevicristatus Hancock, 1909 .

Composition and distribution.

Two genera, Lophotettix , Phelene , endemic to Southern and Central America.