Lophotettiginae Hancock, 1909

Kasalo, Niko, Husemann, Martin, van de Kamp, Thomas & Skejo, Josip, 2024, Description of Phelene reinschmidti from Ecuador with notes on the subfamily Lophotettiginae (Orthoptera, Tetrigidae), Evolutionary Systematics 8 (1), pp. 119-125 : 119-125

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.3897/evolsyst.8.124285

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7583B1DD-2B0C-49ED-A68C-7C02C1F1AECC

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11368359

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B74027FA-50EA-5A92-8068-FBECD2330FB1

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scientific name

Lophotettiginae Hancock, 1909
status

 

Subfamily Lophotettiginae Hancock, 1909 View in CoL

Diagnosis.

Frontal costa bifurcation in upper third of eye height. Antennal groove at bottom margin of eyes. Antennomeres flattened, apical one white-tipped. Vertex wider than an eye. First segment of anterior and middle tarsi a little elongated. Hind tarsus very long, first and third segment approximately equally long. Elongated slim ovipositor.

Type genus.

Lophotettix Hancock, 1909 , type species Lophotettix brevicristatus Hancock, 1909 .

Composition and distribution.

Two genera, Lophotettix , Phelene , endemic to Southern and Central America.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Orthoptera

Family

Tetrigidae