Paraphidnia Giglio-Tos, 1898

Cadena-Castañeda, Oscar J., Braun, Holger & García, Alexander García, 2022, The tribe Dysoniini part VI: Phylogeny, biogeography and evolutionary trends of the lichen katydid genera (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae). Eleventh contribution to the suprageneric organization of Neotropical phaneropterines, Zootaxa 5166 (1), pp. 1-93 : 49

Paraphidnia Giglio-Tos, 1898

Diagnosis. Vertex with laterally flattened crest ( Figs. 27C, F ). Antennae nodose, scapus and sometimes pedicellus armed with a tubercle. Pronotum smooth and devoid of tubercles ( Figs. 27A,C,F ). Sub-ocular region with cuticular evaginations. Wings projecting at an angle of 40–45 degrees upward. Ventral spines of middle tibia lamelliform. Abdominal tergites dorsally produced and with pointed tips ( Fig. 27E ). Male cerci with outer branch long and curved inward, inner branch of almost similar size or short and developed as small spiniform process ( Figs. 27B, D, G ). Basic coloration in life dark brown, with greenish and whitish spots.

Type species. Paraphidnia gallina Giglio-Tos, 1898 , by original monotypy.

Distribution. Ecuadorian Andes and Amazon ( Map 13 ).

Key to species of Paraphidnia

(Cadena-Castañeda et al., 2016)

1. Head round in frontal view, in lateral view eyes occupying dorsal half of head, crest little elevated, ocellar tubercle poorly developed ( Fig. 27A )......................................... P. brevicristata Cadena-Castañeda & Buzzetti, 2016

- Head higher than wide in frontal view, in lateral view eyes occupying more than half of the top of the head, crest and ocellar tubercle well developed ( Figs. 27C, F ).................................................................... 2

2. Male cerci with small internal spine on the basal portion, distally of it tapering, bent inward, with almost straight distal portion ( Fig. 27D )...................................................................... P. gallina Giglio-Tos, 1898

- Male cerci bifurcate, outer part longer and uniformly curved inward, inner branch equally robust but shorter ( Fig. 27G )............................................................................... P. tunki Braun & Buzzetti, 2016

Figures

Map 13. Distribution map of Paraphidnia species.

FIGURE 27. Paraphidnia species. A–B. P. brevicristata. C–D. P. gallina. E–G. P. tunki. A, C, F. Head and pronotum in lateral view. B, D, G. Cerci in dorsal view. E. Habitus in lateral view.