Xizicus (Paraxizicus), Liu & Yin, 2004

Wang, Hanqiang, Jing, Jun, Liu, Xianwei & Li, Kai, 2014, Revision on genus Xizicus Gorochov (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Meconematinae, Meconematini) with description of three new species form China, Zootaxa 3861 (4), pp. 301-316 : 305

Key to known species of subgenus Paraxizicus

1. Middle process of male 10 th abdominal tergite short, forked apically; apical lobes of female subgenital plate rounded....... 2

- Middle process of male 10 th abdominal tergite long, not forked; apical lobes of female subgenital plate sharp....................................................................... Xizicus (Paraxizicus) tonicosus ( Shi & Chen, 2002)

2. Middle process of male 10 th abdominal tergite with ventral lobe; concave of female subgenital plate narrowed............................................................................. Xizicus (Paraxizicus) anisocercus Liu, 2004

- Middle process of male 10 th abdominal tergite without lobe ventrally; concave of female subgenital plate widen........... 3

3. Middle process of male 10 th abdominal tergite rather small; base of male cerci without ventral lobe; male subgenital plate without lateral spines......................................................... Xizicus (Paraxizicus) fallax sp. nov.

- Middle process of male 10 th abdominal tergite medium sized, fork shaped; base of male cerci with ventral lobe; male subgenital plate with a pair of lateral spines............................ Xizicus (Paraxizicus) biprocerus ( Shi & Zheng, 1996)