Lipotactes Brunner v. W.

Lipotactes Brunner v. W., 1898. Abh. Senckenberg. Naturf. Ges., 24: 274; Kirby, 1906. Syn . Cat. Orth., 2: 283; Karny, 1912. Genera Insectorum, 131: 3; Zeuner, 1936. Trans. R. Ent. Soc. Lond., 85(12): 296; Gorochov, 1993. Zoosyst. Rossica, 2: 59; Ingrisch, 1995. Ent. Scand., 26(3): 280; Otte, 1997. Orthoptera Species. File 7: 80; Chang, Shi & Ran, 2005. Oriental Insects, 39: 353–357; Eades & Otte, 2009. Orthoptera Species File Online (accessed 2 May 2009).

Type species: Lipotactes alienus Brunner v. W., 1898

Generic diagnosis. Body small. Head large, wider than pronotum, short, triangular in frontal view. Fastigium verticis sloping towards vertex, rounded-ovoid, much shorter than first antennal segment, narrower than fastigium frontis, with lateral ocelli situated in dorso-lateral area; fastigium frontis transverse-ovoid, slightly raised, with medial ocellus in middle, separated from fastigium verticis and from frons by a suture. Eyes protruding anteriorty and laterally. Male disk of pronotum moderately raised in paranota. Thoracic auditory spiracle small, not hidden under pronotum. Male apex of tenth abdominal tergite transverse or prolonged afterwards; cerci varied. Female disk of pronotum flat. Ovipositor moderately curved dorsally, dorsal and ventral margins smooth, apex of ventral valve with some small teeth.