Phaneroptera Serville, 1831

Nagar, Rajendra, Swaminathan, R. & Mal, Jhabar, 2015, Some common and less known Phaneropterinae (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae; Phaneropterinae) with the description of a new species from India, Zootaxa 4027 (3), pp. 301-340 : 309

Phaneroptera Serville, 1831

Description. Body slender. Fastigium acute, narrow, with thin groove in upper part, separated anteriorly from the frontal apex by a conspicuous notch. Antennae thin, longer than the body. Pronotum with small V-shaped sulcus, markedly flattened in posterior part and without carinae; lateral lobes almost vertical, flat, with sharp deep humeral notch and rounded posterior margin. Anterior femora dorsally without spines, rounded and with few very small ventral spinules, coxal spine present. Anterior tibia dorsally and on ventral side furrowed; dorsally without spines and ventral side with spines; fore and middle tibiae with three apical spurs and posterior tibiae with four apical spurs. Tibial tympana open on both sides. Tegmina narrow, tapering to a rounded apex. Wings much longer than tegmina; Sc and R more or less separate from base, but often closely approximated for proximal half of their length and sometimes virtually contiguous. Male tenth abdominal tergite usually unmodified, but sometimes enlarged. Cerci of male long, cerci of female thin, distinctly curved, undulate. Subgenital plate of male short, not longer than cerci, with moderate apical notch, without styles. Female ovipositor well developed, with fine teeth or serration.

Measurement (mm) P. myllocerca P. gracilis