Alloxiphidiopsis, Liu & Zhang, 2007

Liu, Xianwei & Zhang, Dingjie, 2007, A new genus of the tribe Meconematini (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae), Zootaxa 1581 (1), pp. 37-43 : 38

Key to the species of Alloxiphidiopsis

1 Tegmina with blackish brown spots; cerci of male symmetrical................................................................. 2

- Tegmina without blackish brown spots; cerci of male asymmetrical.......................................................... 3

2 Median process of male 9 th abdominal tergite hardly reaching hind margin of last abdominal tergite, its apex rounded. Subgenital plate of female weakly emarginated ................. A. emarginata ( Tinkham, 1944)

- Median process of male 9 th abdominal tergite extending beyond last abdominal tergite, its apex lobed; subgenital plate of female deeply forked, with compressed lateral lobes ......................... A. cyclolamina sp. n.

3 9 th abdominal tergite of male with asymmetrical median process ........... A. irregularis ( Bey-Bienko, 1962)

- 9 th abdominal tergite of male with symmetrical median process.................................................................4

4 9 th abdominal tergite of male with very long median process, shaped as in Fig. 11 ; male left cercus distinctly longer than right one. ......................................................................................... A. longicauda sp. n.

- 9 th abdominal tergite of male with shorter median process, shaped as Fig. 14 ; male left cercus as long as right one. ............................................................................................................................... A. lovalis sp. n.

Figures

FIGURES 11–13. Alloxiphidiopsis longicauda sp. n. 11, male abdominal end, dorsal view; 12, male abdominal end, lateral view; 13, male abdominal end, ventral view.

FIGURES 14–16. Alloxiphidiopsis ovalis sp. n. 14, male abdominal end, dorsal view; 15, male abdominal end, lateral view; 16, male abdominal end, ventral view.