Paranisitra Chopard, 1925

Baroga-Barbecho, Jessica B., Yap, Sheryl A., Tan, Ming Kai & Robillard, Tony, 2019, Taxonomic review of the genus Paranisitra Chopard (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Eneopterinae: Nisitrini) with description of a new species from Mindanao, Zootaxa 4568 (1), pp. 81-96 : 83

Paranisitra Chopard, 1925

Paranisitra Chopard, 1925: 291 ; Gorochov 2009: 435 (revision); Robillard & Yap 2015: 85 (diagnosis); Cigliano et al. 2018 ( Orthoptera Species File Online).

Type species. Paranisitra longipes Chopard, 1925 , by original monotypy

Emended diagnosis from Robillard & Yap (2015). Size average for the subfamily. Coloration of adults dominantly yellow brown with specific black and yellow patterns variable between species. Head shape with narrow fastigium, antenna very long, large prominent eyes and protruding rounded ocelli. Pronotum not carinated; its lateral angles rounded, posterior edge slightly concave, lateral lobes almost triangular. Wings completely absent in both sexes. Legs long and thin. Fore tibia with two tympana, inner one slit-like, covered by a swollen cuticular expansion; outer tympanum oval, its membrane transversally plicate in dorsal half. Fore tibia with three apical spurs, two inner and one outer. Median tibia with four apical spurs, inner longest. Hind tibia with three inner and three outer apical spurs, median longest on each side; four inner subapical spurs and only three outer subapical spurs (four in other eneopterine genera), inner and outer spurs almost straight, their apex hook-like. Hind tibia serrulated on whole length, dorsal face slightly furrowed. Tarsomeres III-1 with two rows of spines on external edge (one dorsal and one more lateral) in addition to apical spines. Apical claws of legs slightly indented. Abdomen and cerci short. Male genitalia membranous and setose; pseudepiphallic lophi short but well individualized. Female ovipositor apex thin and not denticulate; copulatory papilla conical to diamond-shaped, with a basal sclerotized ring.