Orophyllus Beier, 1954

Xie, Hui-Cong, Wang, Han-Qiang, Li, Kai & He, Zhu-Qing, 2021, Taxonomy of genus Orophyllus Beier, 1954 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Pseudophyllinae), Zootaxa 4990 (1), pp. 147-159 : 150

genus Orophyllus Beier, 1954

Type species: Orophyllus montanus Beier, 1954

Generic diagnosis. Medium to large size. Vertex wide and slightly extended forward. Fastigium of vertex tapered, with a feeble medial longitudinal sulcus. Anterior margin of pronotum is slightly arcuate, posterior margin broadly rounded, with two transverse grooves. Posterior transverse groove located behind the middle. The lateral lobes higher than width. Prosternum unarmed, meso-and metasternum strongly transverse, the former with entire, smooth anterior and lateral margin. Sc and R separated from the base of the tegmina, the Rs emerges from the proximal part of the R. The hind wings shorter than tegmina. Each leg armed on the internal ventral margin of the femur. Tympana similar on both sides of fore tibiae. Cerci relatively straight, curved inwards dorsally. Apex of male subgenital plate stalk-shaped, with long styli. Ovipositor saber-shaped, with oblique folds at the distal end of the lateral surface of the dorsal valve.

Key to species of Orophyllus

1 Internal surface of hind femur without stripes............................................................... 2

- Lower internal portion of hind femur with a longitudinal patch................................................. 3

2 Distance from head to the apex of tegmen less than 47 mm, the length of ovipositor less than 20mm .......... O. montanus

- Distance from head to the end of tegmen more than 52 mm, the length of ovipositor more than 28mm .................................................................................................. O. grandivalvatus sp. nov.

3 Subgenital plate unicolourous....................................................... O. nigrisartorius sp. nov.

- Subgenital plate bearing markings........................................................................ 4

4 Subgenital plate with 2 black stripes on both sides of base............................ O. supeciliarilamellatus sp. nov.

- Subgenital plate basally with a triangular marking............................................ O. guttatus sp. nov.