Gorochov, Gorochov, 2021

Gorochov, A. V., 2021, Taxonomy of the katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from East Asia and adjacent islands. Communication 14, Far Eastern Entomologist 434, pp. 1-25 : 14

Subgenus Prolipotactes Gorochov , subgen. n.

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Type species Mortoniellus hamatus Karny, 1931 (northwestern part of Sulawesi) .

DIAGNOSIS. Male last tergite with short posteromedian lobe widely truncate at apex or having a pair of posterolateral lobules; male epiproct strongly reduced and hidden under above-mentioned lobe; male paraproct with distal part slightly wider than in Lipotactes s. str., somewhat horizontally flattened and rounded or roundly angular at apex; male cercus elongately conical with only proximedial hook and without any additional specializations on this hook or near it ( Figs 41, 42, 44 ); male genitalia completely membranous or with a pair of small semimembranous structures

( Fig. 72 ).

INCLUDED SPECIES. Type species; L. siebersi Ingrisch, 1995 (Indonesian

Borneo).

COMPARISON. The new subgenus differs from all the previous subgenera of

Lipotactes in the above-mentioned characters of the male cerci.

ETYMOLOGY. This subgeneric name consists of the Latinized Greek prefix

“pro-” (before, earlier) and the generic name Lipotactes .

Figures

Figs 41–65. Lipotactes spp., schematically: 41 – L. (Prolipotactes) hamatus wartabone

Figs 66–76. Lipotactes spp.: 66, 67 - L. (Prolipotactes) hamatus wartabone subsp. n.;