Xiphiola

Costa, Maria Kátia Matiotti Da, Ferrari, Augusto, Zefa, Edison & Carvalho, Gervásio Silva, 2016, Revision of the South American genus Xiphiola Bolívar, 1896 (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Ommatolampidinae: Abracrini), Zootaxa 4170 (3), pp. 567-580 : 569

Key to species of the genus Xiphiola for adult males and females

1. Male: Fastigium of the vertex long with pointed apex; interocular space narrow; pronotum rectangular; lateral carinae of the pronotum parallel and posterior margin sinuous ( Fig. 12 ); posterior region of the metapleura distinctly darkened ( Fig. 11 ); Hind femora with a pair of dorsal dark stripes; subgenital plate pointed; supra-anal plate with median longitudinal sulci distinctly extending beyond the middle region of the plate; furculae absent; cerci long with pointed apex ( Fig. 13 ); bridge of the epiphallus flat ( Fig. 17 ). Female: Apical tooth of the external ventral valve of ovipositor prominent, superior margin of the dorsal valve of the ovipositor with more than six teeth and curved ( Fig. 14 ).............................. .. X. cyanoptera

- Male: Fastigium of the vertex short with subtriangular apex; interocular space wide; pronotum not rectangular; lateral carinae of the pronotum divergent and posterior margin straight ( Fig. 23 ); posterior region of the metapleura slightly darkened ( Fig. 22 ); hind femora without a pair of dorsal dark stripes; subgenital plate rounded; supra-anal plate with median longitudinal sulci protruding in anterior region of the plate and presence of tubercles; furculae present; cerci long with truncate apex ( Fig. 24 ); bridge of the epiphallus with median reentrance ( Fig. 28 ). Female: Apical tooth of the external ventral valve of ovipositor of the female slightly prominent; superior margin of the dorsal valve of the ovipositor with less than six teeth and not curved ( Fig. 25 ).......................................................................................... X. borellii

Figures

FIGURES 11 – 17. 11. Xiphiola cyanoptera (Gerstaecker, 1889), male, lateral view; 12. Head and pronotum of male, dorsal view; 13. Supra-anal plate, male, dorsal view; 14. Ovipositor valves, female, lateral view; 15. Phallic complex, lateral view; 16. Endophallus, lateral view; 17. Epiphallus, dorsal view. (Figures 15 – 17 were redrawn from Amédégnato (1977).

FIGURES 22 – 28. 22. Xiphiola borellii Giglio-Tos, 1900, male, lateral view; 23. Head and pronotum of male, dorsal view; 24. Supra-anal plate of male, dorsal view; 25. Ovipositor valves, female, lateral, view; 26. Phallic complex, lateral view lateral; 27. Endophallus lateral, view; 28. Epiphallus, dorsal view.