Apteranabropsis

Bian, Xun & Shi, Fu-Ming, 2015, A new species of Apteranabropsis Gorochov, 1988 from Guangxi, China (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae: Anabropsinae: Anabropsini) with key to known species, Zootaxa 4040 (4), pp. 472-476 : 473

Key to known species of Apteranabropsis

1 Wings developed, but small, squamiform in lateral view ( Vietnam) ................................ A. tonkinensis (Rehn, 1906)

- Wings absent................................................................................................................................................................. 2

2 Pterothoracic tergites with minute rudiments of fore and hind wings .......................................................................... 3

- Pterothoracic tergites without traces of wings rudiments ............................................................................................. 4

3 Body black brown with pale yellow spots, hind femora with 2 small inner spines on ventral surface, abdominal terg- ites black brown with yellowish-brown dots ( Vietnam) ................................................... A. cervicornis ( Karny, 1930)

- Body monotonous brown, hind femora without spines on ventral surface, pterothoracic and abdominal tergites with short longitudinal ridges ( China: Simao) .......................................................................... A. costulata Gorochov, 2001

4 Hind femora with ventral spines................................................................................................................................... 5

- Hind femora without ventral spines.............................................................................................................................. 7

5 Hind femora with 1 small inner spine on apices of genicular lobes, pronotal disc black brown ................................. 6

- Hind femora without a spine on apices of genicular lobes, pronotal disc black with a distinct brownish-yellow stripe along the middle ( Nepal) ................................................................................................... A. miser ( Bey-Bienko, 1968)

6 Hind tibiae with 9–10 spines on dorsal surface, which identical in length ( China: Damingshan) ................................. ................................................................................................................................................. A. guangxiensis sp. nov.

- Hind tibiae with 14–15 spines on dorsal surface, which vary in length ( India).. A. frater (Brunner-Wattenwyl, 1888)

7 Body smaller (BL: 21.0 mm; HFL: 18.5 mm), dorsal spines of hind tibiae more or less identical in length ( Vietnam) .............................................................................................................................................. A. minuta Gorochov, 2001

- Body larger (BL: 22.0–26.0 mm; HFL: 22.5–23.0 mm), inner dorsal spines slightly longer than outer dorsal ones of hind tibiae...................................................................................................................................................................... 8

8 Fastigium verticis of head with median furrow, occiput with weak (but distinct) median carina, pterothoracic and some abdominal tergites with well developed short longitudinal ridges, posterior margin of male subgenital plate almost straight ( China: Xishuanbanna)...................................................................... A. paracostulata Gorochov, 2010

- Fastigium verticis and occiput of head without these characters, pterothorax and abdomen without ridges, posterior margin of male subgenital plate slightly concave in the middle ( China: Daweishan). .... A. sinica ( Bey-Bienko, 1962)