Thaumaspis (Isothaumaspis) forcipatus Bolivar , 1900

Wang, Hanqiang, Liu, Xianwei & Li, Kai, 2014, A synoptic review of the genus Thaumaspis Bolivar (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Meconematinae) with the description of a new genus and four new species, ZooKeys 443, pp. 11-33 : 14-15

Taxon classification Animalia Orthoptera Tettigoniidae

6. Thaumaspis (Isothaumaspis) forcipatus Bolivar, 1900 Figs 20-23

Thaumaspis forcipatus : Bolívar 1900: 769, t. 11, figs 12 a–b; Kirby 1906: 373; Caudell 1912: 3; Beier 1966: 280.

Thaumaspis (Isothaumaspis) forcipatus : Gorochov 1993: 83, figs 180- 183, 264; Gorochov 1998: 114.

Diagnosis.

Male pronotum longer, tegmina almost equal to pronotum, apex truncate (Fig. 20). 10th abdominal tergite with a median notch at middle of hind margin (Fig. 21). Cerci longer, slightly incurved, median portion with one lobe truncated in apex (Fig. 22). Female unknown.

Measurement.

(length in mm) Body, ♂11.0; pronotum, ♂4.8; tegmina, ♂4.8; hind femora, ♂5.5.

Distribution.

India.