Metiochodes

Li, Kai, He, Zhuqing & Liu, Xianwei, 2010, A taxonomic study of the genus Metiochodes Chopard from China (Orthoptera, Gryllidae, Trigonidiinae), Zootaxa 2506, pp. 43-50 : 43-44

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.195925

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6202549

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C70A1110-1052-FFE6-FF5C-F8FAFA0C6C3C

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scientific name

Metiochodes
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Key to species of Metiochodes from China

1 Legs with black spots; tegmen darkened near Sc veins................................................................................................ 2

- Legs and tegmen without markings ............................................................................................................................. 3

2 5th joint of maxillary palpi black; dorsal spurs of hind femora yellow; male genitalia with sharp apical lobes ( Figs. 2–3 View FIGURES 1 – 3 ) ..................................................................................................................................... M. acutiparamerus sp. nov.

- 5th joint of maxillary palpi yellow; dorsal spurs of hind femora blackish; male genitalia with rounded apical lobes

( Figs. 5–6 View FIGURES 4 – 6 ) .......................................................................................................................................... M. minor sp. nov. 3 Head as wide as fore margin of pronotum; fore margin of pronotum as wide as hind margin; male genitalia as in Figs. 10–11 View FIGURES 7 – 11 ..................................................................................................................................... M. tibeticus sp. nov.

- Head much wider than fore margin of pronotum; pronotum distinctly narrowing in front.......................................... 4

4 Male genitalia with hook-shaped apical lobes ( Fig. 14 View FIGURES 12 – 14 ) ................................................... M. flavescens Chopard, 1931

- Male genitalia with truncated apical lobes ( Figs. 16–17 View FIGURES 15 – 17 ) ............................................................. M. truncatus sp. nov.

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