Ruspolia Schulthess, 1898

Shah, Muzamil Syed & Usmani, Mohd Kamil, 2022, The Notched-frons Katydids of Kashmir (Jammu and Kashmir) India: new records and a new species of Euconocephalus (Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae Copiphorini), Zootaxa 5128 (2), pp. 284-294 : 291

Ruspolia Schulthess, 1898

Diagnosis: Body medium or large size. Fastigium of vertex short, broadly rounded. Notch between fastigium of vertex and the frons closed, ventrally without tubercle at the base. Pronotum without lateral carinae; lateral lobes of pronotum elongate, with distinct humeral sinus. Prosternum with two long narrow projections. Lower side of hind femora with 1–9 external and 5–11 internal spines. Tegmina long, hind wings not surpassing the tegmina. Male cerci cylindrical, with two large apical teeth. Subgenital plate of female with deep excision on posterior margin. Ovipositor long, straight; valvae of ovipositor parallel sides.

Key to known Indian species of Ruspolia

1) Lateral carina on pronotum present...................................................................... 2)

- Lateral carina on pronotum absent, tegmina with broadly rounded apex................. Ruspolia lineosa ( Walker, 1869)

2) Pronotum rounded at the posterior, male last abdominal tergite with a median depression..................................................................................................... Ruspolia interrupta ( Walker, 1869)

3) Pronotum rounded at the posterior with a small median incision, male supranal plate without median depression.................................................................................. Ruspolia kashmira ( Shah et al. 2021)