Orthelimaea Karny, 1926

Kumar, Hirdesh & Chandra, Kailash, 2020, First record of Orthelimaea himalayana (Ingrisch, 1990) (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae: Elimaeini) from India with description of its female, Zootaxa 4743 (3), pp. 443-446 : 443-444

Key to Known Indian species of Orthelimaea Karny, 1926

(Reworked from Ingrisch, 1990)

1. Lobes of male subgenital plate almost parallel ( Ingrisch, 1990: Figs. 23, 24; Text Fig. 1D )........................... 3

- Lobes of male subgenital plate widely separated in the middle ( Ingrisch & Shishodia, 1998: Figs. 3, 4; Ingrisch, 1990: Fig. 25)................................................................................................. 2

2. Male cercus with apical part narrow acute ( Ingrisch & Shishodia, 1998: Fig. 1 ); subgenital plate with the apical lobes less strongly diverging in middle and the basal area wider ( Ingrisch & Shishodia, 1998: Figs. 3, 4)........................................................................................... O. carispina ( Ingrisch & Shishodia, 1998)

- Male cercus with apical part broad and truncate ( Ingrisch, 1990: Fig. 22); subgenital plate with the apical lobes strongly diverging in middle and the basal area narrower ( Ingrisch, 1990: Fig. 25).......... O. securigera ( Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878)

3. Male cerci with apex excavated, dorsal apex with a long, pointed appendage ( Ingrisch, 1990: Figs. 18, 19).............................................................................................. O. insignis ( Walker, 1869)

- Male cerci with apex slightly excavated, dorsal apex with a tooth ( Ingrisch, 1990: Figs. 20, 21; Text Fig. 1D )....................................................................................... O. himalayana ( Ingrisch, 1990)

Figures

FIGURE 1. Orthelimaea himalayana (Ingrisch, 1990); Male: A—Dorsal view; B—Ventral view; C—Dorsal view of fore tibia; D— Apical view of abdominal apex.