Macromotettix Günther 1939

Deng, Weian, Zheng, Zhemin & Wei, Shizhen, 2007, A taxonomic study of the genus Macromotettix Günther (Orthoptera: Tetrigoidea: Metrodoridae), Zootaxa 1620, pp. 63-68 : 63-64

Macromotettix Günther 1939

Macromotettix Günther, 1939 , Abh. Ber. Mus. Tierk. Volk. Dresden (A), 20: 154–155; Jiang and Zheng, 1998 Grasshoppers and Locusts from Guangxi, 317–318; Zheng & Jiang, 2002, Entomotaxonomia, 24(4): 235–236; Zheng, 2005 Fauna of Tetrigoidea from Western China, 139.

Type species: Macromotettix quadricarinatus ( Bolivar, 1898)

Body moderate-sized or small, slender. Head not exserted or slightly exserted above the pronotal surface, vertex generally narrower than or as broad as or wider than an eye, median carinula distinct anteriorly, in profile, vertex and frontal ridge forming an round or obtuse shape. Frontal costa bifurcate behind the paired ocelli, fontal costa arcuate between antennae, paired ocelli placed between the middle of the eyes. Antennae filiform, inserted between the lower margins of eyes. Eyes globular in shape.

Pronotum truncate anteriorly, midkeel of pronotum conspicuous, lateral keels of prozona distinct. Humeral apex ridge and lower margin of pronotum connected in the middle or behind middle of lower margin of pronotum. Posterior angles of lateral lobes of pronotum little produced outwards, obliquely truncate behind. Tegmina normal. Wings not reaching or reaching or surpassing the caudal end of pronotum. Anterior and middle femora elongated, margins straight or slightly undulated, posterior femora normal, first and third posterior tarsal segments nearly equal in length.