Apotrechus Brunner

Guo, Li-Ying & Shi, Fu-Ming, 2012, Notes on the Genus Apotrechus (Orthoptera: Gryllacrididae: Gryllacridinae) from China, Zootaxa 3177, pp. 52-58 : 52

Apotrechus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888

Apotrechus, Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888, Verh. Zool. -bot. Ges. Wien., 383; Karny, 1937, Gener. Insect., 206: 82; Rentz & John, 1990, Invert. Taxon., 1083; Liu & Bi, 2008, Entomotaxon., 30(1): 11; Liu, Bi & Zhang, 2010, Insects of Fengyangshan National Nature Reserve, 64.

Type species. Apotrechus unicolor Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888.

Generic diagnosis. Body small to medium. Wings absent. Fastigium verticis broad, nearly rounded, without lateral carinae; middle ocellus absent, ocellae absent or inconspicuous. Lateral lobes of pronotum longer than high, humeral sinus indistinct. Fore and middle femora unarmed; fore coxae with 1 spine; fore tibiae with 5 pairs of spurs (including 1 pair of apical spurs) on ventral margins; middle tibiae with 4 or 5 pairs of spurs (including 1 pair of apical spurs) on ventral margins; middle tibiae with 1 inner upper apical spur; hind femora with 2 rows of small spines on ventral margins; hind tibiae somewhat arched, with very small or without spines. Second and third abdominal tergites with stridulatory teeth on lateral margins. In male, ninth abdominal tergite enlarged, cuculliform, apex split; subgenital plate without styli; cerci short. In female, subgenital plate broad and long; ovipositor very short.