Pedopodisma, Xie & Pan & Yang & Bai, 2024

Xie, Xuanyi, Pan, Luojia, Yang, Yilei & Bai, Yi, 2024, A new species of the genus Pedopodisma (Orthoptera, Acridoidea, Catantopidae) from Zhejiang Province, China, Zootaxa 5555 (1), pp. 143-146 : 145-146

Key to species of Pedopodisma in China

1(10) Hind femur orange-red or reddish.

2(9) Tegmina rounded at tip.

3(4) Anterior and posterior margins of pronotum slightly concave at center................. Pedopodisma furcula Fu et Zheng

4(3) Anterior margin of pronotum straight, posterior margin slightly concave centrally.

5(6) Posterior margin of the abdominal tergite in male with furcula................. Pedopodisma wanxianensis Zheng et Chen

6(5) Posterior margin of the abdominal tergite in male without furcula.

7(8) Lower edge of cercus curved, upturned. Tip bluntly rounded........................ Pedopodisma tsinlingensis (Cheng)

8(7) Cercus coronoid, inferior margin of the apical part protrudes at a sharp angle............. Pedopodisma funiushana Zheng

9(2) Tegmina pointed at tip....................................................... Pedopodisma epacroptera Huang

10(1) Hind femur green or yellowish green.

11(22) Tegmina pointed at tip, not reaching the posterior margin of the mesonotum.

12(21) Male eyes prominent.

13(14) Dorsal valves with distinct teeth on outer side................................ Pedopodisma chishuiensis Zheng et Ren

14(13) Dorsal valves with unconspicuous teeth on outer side.

15(18) Posterior margin of the abdominal tergite in male without furcula.

16(17) Body size larger, length of body: ♂ 21.5–22.5mm, ♀ 24.5–29.5mm; longitudinal diameter of eye is 1.8 times length of subocular groove ♀, 1.9 times ♂; antennae length of a segment in the middle is about 3.0 times width; lateral lobe of pronotum at lower margin rounded at anterior corner, posterior corner obtusely angulate; cercus of male at lower margin relatively straight and epiphallus at lower margin deeply concaved, lophi small and cuspidal at the back end.......................................................................................... Pedopodisma kuocangshanensis Xie et Bai , sp. nov.

17(16) Body size small, length of body: ♂ 15.0– 15.5 mm, ♀ 22.5–23.0 mm; longitudinal diameter of eye is 1.5 times length of subocular groove ♀, 1.3 times ♂; antennae length of a segment in the middle is about 2.5 times ♂, 1.8 times ♀; lateral lobe of pronotum at lower margin rounded arc-like at anterior corner; cercus of male at lower margin obtuse angular in the middle and epiphallus at lower margin shallowly concaved, lophi rod-like and top markedly enlarged............. Pedopodisma protrocula (Zheng)

18(15) Posterior margin of the abdominal tergite in male with furcula.

19(20) Epiproct apical part with two short longitudinal carinae on both sides........... Pedopodisma shennongjiaensis Wang et Li

20(19) Epiproct apical part without two short longitudinal carinae on both sides.............. Pedopodisma abaensis Zheng et Ye

21(12) Male eyes inconspicuous........................................................ Pedopodisma emeiensis (Yin)

22(11) Tegmina slender, reaching the posterior margin of mesonotum or wing tips rounded.

23(24) Tegmina slender, reaching the posterior margin of mesonotum. Cercus inwardly curved, bluent at apical part...................................................................................... Pedopodisma dolichypyga (Huang)

24(23) Tegmina rounded. Cercus curve inward indistinctly, cuspidal at apical part.... Pedopodisma wuyanlingensis He, Mu et Wang