Xenodoxus, Carl, 1914

Heller, Klaus-Gerhard, Hemp, Claudia, Massa, Bruno, Rakotondranary, Jacques & Krištín, Anton, 2019, Notes on a small collection of phaneropterine bush-crickets (Insecta: Orthoptera: Tettigonioidea) from Central and Southern Madagascar with the description of two new species, Zootaxa 4563 (2), pp. 297-310 : 302

Xenodoxus sp.

( Fig. 7 )

MADAGASCAR: Ranomafana , wet grassland and bush within the rain forest, 680 m a. s. l., - 21.261799° S, 47.460840° E ; 24 iii 2015, leg. Anton Krištín, CH 8597, female.

Judging from the shape of the ovipositor, the specimen probably represents a female of a species of the genus Xenodoxus . However, it does not have the dark markings at the base of the tegmina typical for both known species of this genus. In size and morphology it is quite similar to Phaneroptera sparsa , but differs in the shape of the ovipositor and depth of the humeral sinus ( Fig. 7 ). The specimen is in bad condition, so a safe identification is not possible. It could also be related to Eulioptera , not yet known from Madagascar.

Length of pronotum 3.8, length of tegmina 22, length of hind wings 24.7, length of ovipositor 6.3

Figures

FIGURE 7. Xenodoxus sp. A pronotum, B ovipositor