Sinochlora Tinkham, 1945

Wang, Gang, Lu, Rong-Sheng & Shi, Fu-Ming, 2012, Remarks on the genus Sinochlora Tinkham (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae, Phaneropterinae), Zootaxa 3526, pp. 1-16 : 1

Genus Sinochlora Tinkham, 1945

Type species: Sinochlora kwangtungensis Tinkham 1945 .

Sinochlora Tinkham 1945 , Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc., 70: 235; Shi & Chang 2004, Oriental Insects, 38: 335; Liu & Kang 2007, J. Nat. Hist., 41 (21): 1316; Liu 2011, Zootaxa, 2931: 48.

Generic diagnosis. Large size. Femoral spines black, costal vein of tegmen white, anterior edge black. Male left tegmen with stridulatory file strongly swollen, right tegmen with a small transparent area, stridulatory teeth on underside of left tegmen regularly arranged, sometimes slightly varied at both basal and apical areas; tenth abdominal tergum elongated, with a central process, or with together a central and a pair of forcipate lateral processes, or with a pair of forcipate lateral processes only; cerci long, conical, upcurved generally; epiproct greatly developed, frequently with apical spine(s) or processes; subgenital plate broad and split deeply; styli short. Ovipositor equally broad throughout, curved upwards, dorsal valvula with apex truncated and serrated, ventral valvula with apex spiniferous; female subgenital plate with apex notched.