Tarragoilus Gorochov, 2001

Liu, Xianwei, Zhou, Min, Bi, Wenxuan & Tang, Liang, 2009, New data on taxonomy of recent Prophalangopsidae (Orthoptera: Hagloidea), Zootaxa 2026, pp. 53-62 : 60

Genus Tarragoilus Gorochov, 2001

Tarragoilus Gorochov, 2001 Zoosys. Rossica , 9 (2): 313. Type species: Tarragoilus diuturnus Gorochov, 2001 .

Medium size, slender. 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 at least equal to prozona, with hind margin rounded, surface almost smooth, shiny; lateral lobes much longer than deep, without humeral notches. Prosternum armed with a pair of weak lobes; mesosternal lobes triangular, metasternal lobes rounded. Fore and mid coxae with spines. Fore femora shorter than pronotum 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 in male, tegmina with rounded apex, C indistinct, Rs arising behind the middle of R, stridulating area very large. Wings shorter than tegmina..The 7th and 8th abdominal tergites of male with hind lobes, 10th abdominal tergite and epiproct separated with each other. Cerci short and solid, subgenital plate with styles. Ovipositor reduced, upper valva with segmented appendages.