XABEINI VICKERY & KEVAN, 1983

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TRIBE XABEINI VICKERY & KEVAN, 1983

Xabeinae Vickery & Kevan, 1983:649.

Xabeini Otte, 1994: 87 , Gorochov, 1995: 45, Rentz & Su, 2019: 235.

Type genus: Xabea Walker, 1869 . Distribution: Australasia, Indo-Malaya, Nearctic, Neotropics and Oceania.

Diagnosis: Antennal scape sometimes with a distal tubercle ( Fig. 6A ); FWs generally developed, except for Leptogryllus and Thaumatogryllus , which are brachypterous or apterous (endemic of Hawaiian Islands). Cerci shorter than FII (Supporting Information, Fig. S4G ); TIII subapical spurs absent ( Fig. 7A ); TIII oav and iav absent; spines, inner and outer apical spurs of tarsomere I of leg III absent ( Fig. 7B, C ).

Included genera: Genus group Prognathogryllus Zimmerman, 1948 : Leptogryllus Perkins, 1899 , Prognathogryllus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895 , Thaumatogryllus Perkins, 1899 ; genus group Xabea Vickery & Kevan, 1983 : Neoxabea Kirby, 1906 , Xabea Walker, 1869

Figures

Figure 4. Distribution maps of Oecanthidae subfamilies and supertribes.

Figure 6. A, Neoxabea breƲipes, head dorsal view. Oecanthus sp.: B, male, pronotum and FW; C, claw. Scales: 1mm.

Figure 7. Neoxabea breƲipes. A, hind tibia and tarsi; B, hind tibia distal margin and tarsi, inner view; C, hind tibia distal margin and tarsi, outer view. Scales: 1mm. Abbreviations: see Material and methods.