Sinocyrtaspiodea Shi & Bian

Ming, Shi Fu & Xun, Bian, 2013, One new genus and species of the tribe Meconematini (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae) from Sichuan, China with description of the male sex and transfer of Acosmetura carinata Liu, Zhou & Bi, 2008 to the new genus, Zootaxa 3599 (4), pp. 390-394 : 390-391

Sinocyrtaspiodea Shi & Bian , gen. nov.

Body small, stout, brachypterous. Fastigium verticis conical, with a longitudinal sulcus in midline, apex rounded. Eyes subglobular, projecting forwards and outwards. Apical segment of maxillary palpus slightly longer than subapical segment, apex swollen. Male pronotum protruding posteriorly, metazona not conspicuously raised; posterior margin of lateral lobe slightly broadened, without humeral sinus; ventral margin of all femora without spines, apices of genicular lobes obtuse; pro- and mesotibia with spines on ventral margin, tibial tympana of protibiae open on both sides; posttibiae with a pair of dorsal apical spurs and two pairs of ventral apical spurs. Male tegmina not reaching, or slightly surpassing posterior margin of pronotum; female tegmina squamiform; hind wings absent. Male tenth abdominal tergite comparatively longer, projecting backwards, posterior margin with centre split, or narrow; epiproct degenerative, or distinct; subgenital plate with styli; genitalia sclerotized, exposed; cerci comparatively long. Female pronotum short, disc comparatively flat, posterior margin of lateral lobes narrowing; seventh abdominal tergite normal, dorsal and ventral margins of ovipositor smooth.

Discussion. The new genus is very similar to Sinocyrtaspis Liu, 2000 , but it differs from the latter in: male pronotum not enlarged; metazona slightly raised; posterior margin of lateral lobes slightly broadened.

Type species: Sinocyrtaspiodea longicercus sp. nov.

Etymology. The name of the new genus is derived from the genus Sinocyrtaspis name and Latin ‘- odea ’(alike).