Phyllomimus (Stål, 1873)

Tiwari, Chandranshu & Diwakar, Swati, 2024, The Orchestra Nocturne: Description For Six New Katydid Species From India (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae), Zootaxa 5405 (2), pp. 227-245 : 231

Key to species of Phyllomimus (Stål, 1873) from India

1. Tegmen apex rounded or pointed......................................................................... 2

- Tegmen truncated at tip.............................................................. P.sublituratus (Walker)

2. Tegmen tapering towards the apex. Wings fully developed or slightly shortened. Pronotum lobes with curve margin....... 3

- Tegmen broad at the apex and in the middle and below. Abortive wings. Pronotum with curved lobes with a straight or slightly rounded lower margin...................................................... P. apterus (Brunner von Wattenwyl)

3. Fore femora shorter than or equal to pronotum; the hind tibia with a basal red ring................ P. nodolosus (Bolívar)

- fore femora in the female longer than pronotum............................................................. 4

4. Fore femora with a few very minute spines, mid femora and hind tibiae with two or three rudimentary spines, hind tibia unicolor.............................................................................. P. detersus (Walker)

- Fore femora and mid femora unarmed, hind tibia with 2 rows of spines, hind tibia with blue ring ( Fig 2 A ).................................................................................................. P. midoriyae sp. nov.

Figures

FIGURE 2. Phyllomimus midoriyae (a) habitus, (b) dorsal view of head and pronotum, (c) face, (d) ventral view of right tegmen (P: Plectrum, M: Mirror), (e) supera-anal plate, (f) subgenital plate, (g) hind tibia.