Pyrgomorphidae, Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874

Zahid, Sundus, Mariño-Pérez, Ricardo, Amehmood, Sardar Azhar, Muhammad, Kushi & Song, Hojun, 2020, An Illustrated Key of Pyrgomorphidae (Orthoptera: Caelifera) of the Indian Subcontinent Region, Zootaxa 4895 (3), pp. 381-397 : 384-385

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Key to Pyrgomorphidae View in CoL Genera of the Indian Subcontinent

1. Anterior margin of prosternum covering the posterior and lower part of the mouth ( Fig. 3A, B View FIGURE 3 ); pronotum form pentagonoid ( Fig. 4A View FIGURE 4 )........................................................................................... 2

1’. Anterior margin of prosternum not covering the posterior and lower part of the mouth. ( Fig. 3C, D View FIGURE 3 ); pronotum form otherwise ( Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4 B–E)......................................................................................... 3

2. Frons surface with tubercles ( Fig. 3A View FIGURE 3 ); lower basal lobe of hind femur longer than the upper one ( Fig. 5A View FIGURE 5 ); middle femur short, much shorter than head and pronotum together; spurs of hind tibia shorter than the basal tarsal segment ( Fig. 5A View FIGURE 5 ); lateral plates of epiphallus elongate and straight ( Fig. 6A View FIGURE 6 ); overall body dark to light brown also pale ( Fig. 20E, G View FIGURE 20 ), with dark brown and black spots on thorax, wings and legs; abdomen coloration pattern contrasting. (Present in all Indian Subcontinent)..................................................................................... Chrotogonus Serville, 1838 View in CoL (4 species known: C. brachypterus View in CoL , C. homalodemus View in CoL , C. oxypterus View in CoL , C. trachypterus View in CoL )

2’. Frons surface texture relatively smooth with small pits ( Fig. 3B View FIGURE 3 ); lower basal lobe of hind femur shorter than the upper one ( Fig. 5B View FIGURE 5 ); middle femur thin and strongly elongated, as long as or longer than head and pronotum together; spurs of hind tibia longer than the basal tarsal segment ( Fig. 5B View FIGURE 5 ); lateral plates of epiphallus strongly bent outward ( Fig. 6B View FIGURE 6 ); light brown, also touch of cadmium yellow in body ( Fig. 20A, C View FIGURE 20 ); white spots upon dorsal portion and legs ( Pakistan, India, Rajasthan)........................................................................................... Tenuitarsus Bolívar, 1904 View in CoL (1 species known: T. orientalis View in CoL )

3. Completely apterous ( Fig. 7 View FIGURE 7 A–C)........................................................................ 4

3’. Micropterous ( Fig. 7D View FIGURE 7 ), brachypterous ( Fig. 7E View FIGURE 7 ), or macropterous ( Fig. 7F View FIGURE 7 )...................................... 9

4. Very prominent spherical eyes; hind leg, third tarsomere slender and longer than first tarsomere ( Fig. 8A View FIGURE 8 ). Light green and orange body with red from head to abdomen along lateral sides ( Fig. 20F, H View FIGURE 20 ); black markings on lateral abdomen with tinge of black ( Sri Lanka)................................................................... Rakwana Henry, 1933 View in CoL (1 species known: R. ornata View in CoL )