Nicephora Bolívar, 1900

Wang, Hanqiang, Li, Miaomiao, Liu, Xianwei & Li, Kai, 2013, Review of genus Nicephora Bolívar (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Meconematinae), Zootaxa 3737 (2), pp. 154-166 : 154

Nicephora Bolívar, 1900

Nicephora Bolívar, 1900 . Ann. Soc. ent. Fr., 68: 770; Kirby, 1906. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera , 2: 374; Caudell, 1912. Genera Insectorum, 138: 2, 3–4; Karny, 1924. Treubia , 5 (1–3): 108; Gorochov, 1993. Zoosystematica Rossica, 2 (1): 83; Gorochov, 1998. Zoosystematica Rossica, 7 (1): 115.

Body small. Brachypterous (tegmina longer than pronotum). Fastigium of vertex short, obtuse and tuberculate, frons transverse. Final segment of maxillary palpi longer than the preceding one. Pronotum without humeral sinus; auditory foramina of thorax entirely exposed. Tegmina with stridulating organ in male, hind wing reduced. Auditory foramina of fore tibiae open on both sides, hind tibiae with 2 pairs of apical spurs. Male 10th abdominal tergite with middle more or less notched at the hind margin, various; epiproct well developed; cerci elongate, with numerous processes; subgenital plate with small styli; genitalia with sclerites hidden by membranous folds. Female with various subgenital plate, ovipositor is shorter than hind femora, ventral valve with small apical hook.