Pycnodictya Stal , 1873

Haggag, Asmaa A., 2016, First record of the genus Pycnodictya with its subspecies P. galinieri galinieri from Egypt (Orthoptera, Acrididae), ZooKeys 630, pp. 105-114 : 107

Genus Pycnodictya Stal, 1873

Pycnodictya Stål, 1873: 116, 121.

Type-species.

Gryllus obscurus Linnaeus, 1758: 433.

Diagnosis

(adapted from Stål 1873, Saussure 1884, Dirsh 1965). Species belonging to this robust genus are well recognized by their thick hind femur having the upper carina serrated and the lower marginal area highly expanded, as well as by their robust, rugose head and pronotum, and their brightly colored hind wings with dark or at least smoky transverse fascia. They are also generally characterized by their globular heads with prominent eyes and filiform antennae, a distinct median carina of the pronotum crossed by the third transverse sulcus that continues on the lateral lobes, while the lateral carinae are absent and the posterior margin is acutely angular; the meso- and metasternal interspace are very wide. The elongate supra-anal plate is angular, the cerci are narrowly conical with subacute apices, and the subgenital plate is conical with an obtuse apex in males. The female ovipositor valves are short, robust with curved apices.