Paraxiphidium, Redtenbacher, 1891

Mendes, Diego Matheus De Mello & Oliveira, Jomara Cavalcante De, 2019, The Little Harlequin Katydid-a new species of Paraxiphidium Redtenbacher, 1891 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae; Conocephalini) from the Amazonian Rainforest, Zootaxa 4623 (1), pp. 151-162 : 152

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4623.1.10
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scientific name	Paraxiphidium
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Key to known species of Paraxiphidium View in CoL

1. Apex of the cercus with lateral projection ensiform ( Fig. 1B View FIGURE 1 ); cercus base with rectangular and straight projection ( Fig. 1B View FIGURE 1 ). Head dorsally with one brown band ( Fig. 1C View FIGURE 1 ). Pronotum dorsally green and with a brown band not reaching anterior pronotal margin ( Fig. 1C View FIGURE 1 ). Hind femur with overall black coloration with beige and blue spots ( Fig. 1C View FIGURE 1 )....................................................................................... Paraxiphidium versicolor Redtenbacher, 1891 View in CoL

- Apex of the cercus with lateral projection triangular ( Fig. 1A View FIGURE 1 ); cercus base with narrow and curved projection ( Fig. 1A View FIGURE 1 ). Head dorsally with two brown bands ( Fig. 1D View FIGURE 1 ). Pronotum dorsally with a black band ( Fig. 1D View FIGURE 1 ). Hind femur with overall reddish coloration and green and blue spots ( Fig. 1D View FIGURE 1 )....................................... Paraxiphidium iriodes View in CoL sp. nov.