A synoptic review of the genus Thaumaspis Bolivar (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Meconematinae) with the description of a new genus and four new species
Author
Wang, Hanqiang
Author
Liu, Xianwei
Author
Li, Kai
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ZooKeys
2014
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.443.7529
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.443.7529
1313-2970-443-11
99430151B7AF4E37A503FCE38BCA9FDB
Taxon classification Animalia Orthoptera Tettigoniidae
Genus
Pseudothaumaspis Gorochov, 1998
stat. n.
Thaumaspis (Pseudothaumaspis)
:
Gorochov 1998
: 115.
Type species.
Pseudothaumaspis gialaiensis
Gorochov, 1998.
Diagnosis.
This genus differs from
Thaumaspis
by hypognathous head, differs form all previous genera by unusual ventral arms at lower part of male 10th abdominal tergite, moreover posterior marginal processes of this tergite absence or instead of by small lobes, varied apex of cerci and almost trilobed posterior part of female subgenital fig. We believed hypognathous head and unique ventral arm of male 10th abdominal tergite sufficient to exclude
Pseudothaumaspis
from
Thaumaspis
and elevate it to generic status.