Leptocurtilla, Cadena-Castañeda, Oscar J., 2015

Cadena-Castañeda, Oscar J., 2015, The phylogeny of mole crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpoidea: Gryllotalpidae), Zootaxa 3985 (4), pp. 451-490 : 478

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3985.4.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:DAF911DF-B76E-44CA-8355-80A9C9866437
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6119171
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8E2F87D6-FF9B-FFCD-FF57-43A85E3FF9A6
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Leptocurtilla
status	gen. nov.

Treatment

Leptocurtilla View in CoL n. gen.

Diagnosis. Slender body, cylindrical and elongated. Ovoid, prominent ocelli. Distal veins of the costal field slightly reticulated. Phallic complex: wider than long, apical sclerite truncate, wavy and with lateral projections. Ectophallus wide, basal plates circular and elongate, internal process as long as it is wide.

Etymology. Alludes to the similar appearance with the species of the genus Neocurtilla , but more thin and delicate.

Type species. Leptocurtilla juanmanueli n. sp.

Species list

- L. chopardi n. sp.

- L. juanmanueli n. sp.

- L. maranona ( Scudder, 1875) View in CoL n. comb.