Caryanda viridis (Zheng & Mao, 1996)

Yin, Zhi-Long & Mao, Ben-Yong, 2023, A review of Caryanda viridis- species group (Orthoptera: Acrididae) with a new species, Zootaxa 5263 (4), pp. 505-519 : 506

Key to the species of Caryanda viridis - species group

1 Male cerci decurved in apical two-fifths, apex thicker and contorted outward...................................... 2

- Male cerci decurved in apical fifth, apex slenderer and not contorted outward...................................... 4

2 Hind femora red, with a yellow ring before knee............................................. C. eshana Mao, 2015

- Hind femora green or greenish-yellow, without any colour ring before knee....................................... 3

3 Hind femora green, female subgenital plate with posterior margin nearly straight........... C. viridis ( Zheng & Mao, 1996)

- Hind femora greenish-yellow, female subgenital plate with two obtuse teeth in posterior margin.. C. xinpingensis Mao, 2017

4 Hind femora greenish to greenish yellow; dorsum of body green to glaucous in both sexes; female subgenital plate with posterior margin nearly straight at both sides.................................. C. dehongensis Mao, Xu & Yang, 2003

- Hind femora red or dark red; dorsum of body with or without yellowish-white maculations in male; posterior margin of female subgenital plate with two large teeth on both sides........................................................... 5

5 Dorsum of body black, with 13 yellowish white maculations in male; in female dorsum of body green....................................................................................... C. albomaculata Mao, Ren & Ou, 2007

- Dorsum of body green to yellowish-green in both sexes.............................. C. biserrata Mao et Yin sp. nov.