Eucriotettix

Tan, Ming Kai, Storozhenko, Sergey Yu, Hwang, Wei Song & Meier, Rudolf, 2017, Integrative taxonomy reveals two sympatric species of the genus Eucriotettix Hebard, 1930 (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae), Zootaxa 4268 (3), pp. 377-394 : 384

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4268.3.4

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5195962

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scientific name

Eucriotettix
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Key to species of Eucriotettix View in CoL from Singapore

1. Hind femur stouter, 3.2 times as long as wide. External lateral carina of pronotum distinctly raised and infrascapular area broadened ( Fig. 7 View FIGURE 7 А). Lower side of the lateral lobes of pronotum deeply excised behind triangularly pointed projection ( Fig. 7 View FIGURE 7 B).............................................................................. E. ridleyi Günther, 1938 View in CoL

- Hind femur slender, 3.4–3.8 times as long as wide. External lateral carina of pronotum almost straight and infrascapular area narrow ( Figs 5 View FIGURE 5 C, 5D, 6C, 6D). Lower side of the lateral lobes of pronotum behind triangular projection weakly excised ( Figs 5 View FIGURE 5 B, 6B) or almost straight ( Figs 5 View FIGURE 5 A, 6A)...................................................................2

2. Frontal ridge narrow; antennal socket situated distinctly above the lower margin of eyes ( Fig. 8 View FIGURE 8 B). Fore femur 3.8–4.1 times as long as wide; hind femur 3.4–3.5 times as long as wide. Lower side of the lateral lobes of pronotum behind triangularly pointed projection almost straight ( Fig. 8 View FIGURE 8 A). Male subgenital plate in lateral view shallow excised near apex ( Fig. 8 View FIGURE 8 D). Posterior margin of female subgenital plate broadly rounded with indistinct median projection ( Fig. 8 View FIGURE 8 G)........... E. guentheri View in CoL sp. nov.

- Frontal ridge broadened; antennal socket situated between the lower margin of eyes ( Fig. 8 View FIGURE 8 I). Fore femur 4.2 times as long as wide; hind femur 3.6–3.8 times as long as wide. Lower side of the lateral lobes of pronotum behind projection excised ( Fig. 8 View FIGURE 8 H). Male subgenital plate in lateral view deeply excised near apex ( Fig. 8 View FIGURE 8 K). Posterior margin of female subgenital plate straight with distinct medial projection ( Fig. 8 View FIGURE 8 N)............................................ E. simulans View in CoL sp. nov.

Gunther, K. (1938) Revision der Acrydiinae (Orth.) II. Scelimenae spuriae. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, 99, 117 - 148, 161 - 230.

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FIGURE 5. Habitus of male of Eucriotettix guentheri sp. nov. (TET. TET. 84) (A, C) and Eucriotettix simulans sp. nov. (TET. TET. 47) (B, D) in dorsal (A, B) and lateral (C, D) views. Scale bars = 1 mm.

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FIGURE 7. Holotype of Eucriotettix ridleyi body in dorsal (A) and lateral (B) views; (C) labels. Image by Robin Ngiam.

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FIGURE 8. Eucriotettix guentheri sp. nov. (A – G) and Eucriotettix simulans sp. nov. (H – N): male head and anterior of pronotum in dorsal view (A, H); male face in frontal view (B, I); head, male pronotal lateral lobe and tegmen in lateral view (C, J); male (D, K) and female (F, M) abdominal apices in lateral view; male (E, L) and female (G, N) abdominal apices in ventral view. Scale bars = 1 mm.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Orthoptera

Family

Tetrigidae

SubFamily

Scelimeninae