Melanabropsis Wang & Liu, 2020

Chen, Po-Wei, 2024, Macropterous species of genus Melanabropsis Wang & Liu, 2020 (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae: Anabropsini) from the localities predicted in a previous study, Zootaxa 5538 (5), pp. 457-464 : 458

Genus Melanabropsis Wang & Liu, 2020

Type species: Melanabropsis tianmuica Wang & Liu

Key to known species of Melanabropsis

1 Tegmina and hind wings macropterous.................................................................... 2

- Tegmina micropterous; hind wings small or absent........................................................... 4

2 Male paraporcts densely setose on the inner side near the apex...................... Melanabropsis nightfury Yin, 2024

- Male paraprocts sparsely and evenly setose on the inner side near the apex........................................ 3

3 Body size larger, male body length with tegmen 34mm; styli almost as long as subgenital plate............................................................................................... Melanabropsis guizhouensis sp. nov.

- Body size smaller, male body length with tegmen 28–30mm; styli shorter than subgenital plate................................................................................................ Melanabropsis formosensis sp. nov.

4 Tegmina veins absent, about a quarter of mesonotum in length; hind wings absent................................................................................................... Melanabropsis tianmuica Wang & Liu, 2020

- Tegmina veins developed; hind wings small but present....................................................... 5

5 Tegmina not reaching the posterior margin of mesonotum.................... Melanabropsis yanbarensis ( Ôshiro, 1995)

- Tegmina extending beyond the posterior margin of mesonotum................................................. 6

6 Tegmina reaching distal part of metanotum....................... Melanabropsis genetrix ( Sugimoto & Ichikawa, 1998)

- Tegmina reaching proximal part of metanotum................. Melanabropsis murayamai ( Sugimoto & Ichikawa, 1998)