Prophalangopsis Walker, 1870

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Genus Prophalangopsis Walker, 1870

Tarraga Walker, 1869 . Cat. Derm. Salt. Brit. Mus., 1: 100

Prophalangopsis Walker, 1870 . Cat. Derm. Salt. Brit. Mus., 5, suppl.: 116 Tarraga Saussure, 1898 . Rev. Suisse Zool., 5: 241.

Prophalangopsis Kirby, 1906 . Syn. Cat. Orth. Brit. Mus., 2: 290 Prophalangopsis Caudell, 1911 . Gen. Ins. Fasc., 120: 6.

Prophalangopsis Handlirsch, 1925 . Handbuch Ent., 3: 456.

Prophalangopsis Handlirsch, 1929 . handb. Zool., 4: 724.

Prophalangopsis Karny, 1929 . Lingnaan Sci. Journ., 7: 747.

Prophalangopsis Karny, 1931 . Trans. R. Soc. S. Afr., 19: 103. Prophalangopsis Karny, 1934 . Nature, London 134: 460

Prophalangopsis Zeuner, 1935 . Stylops, Journ. Taxon. Ent., 4: 104 Prophalangopsis Zeuner, 1936 . Proc. R. Ent. Soc. London (A)11 (1–2): 11–22. Prophalangopsis Karny, 1937 . Gen. Ins. Fasc., 206: 211.

Prophalangopsis Shorov, 1968 . Trans. Inst. Paleo. USSR Acad. Sci., 118: 64 Type species: Tarraga obscura Walker, 1869 .

Large size, robust. Fastigium of vertex sloping strongly to frons, little broader than first antennal segment, without median sulcus. Eyes oval, prominent. Ocelli present. Antennae inserted between the eyes, the dorsal margins of the sockets not below the ventral margins of eyes. Pronotum with metazona distinctly longer than prozona, with hind margin rounded, surface punctured, shiny; lateral lobes as long as deep, with distinct humeral notches. Prosternum armed with a pair of weak lobes; mesosternal lobes triangular, metasternal lobes rounded. Fore and mid coxae with spines. Femora with ventral spinules, hind femora with weak feather-like sculpture on external surface; fore tibiae with open tympanum on each side. Fore and mid tibiae with dorsal spurs except at apex, hind tibiae with three apical spurs on each side. Both pairs of wings fully developed. Tegmina with narrowly rounded apex?C distinct, Rs arising in the middle of R, single or forked, male stridulating area very large. Wings shorter than tegmina. 7th and 8th tergites of male with hind lobes, 10th abdominal tergite and epiproct fused with each other. Paraprocts with long hooks. Cerci short and solid, subgenital plate with styles. Ovipositor reduced, upper valva with segmented appendages.