Tyrannoraptor gen. nov. Mendes, Oliveira, Chamorro-Rengifo & Rafael

Figures 11–19

Type species. Tyrannoraptor arboreus (Nickle, 2003) nov. comb.

Etymology. From Latin word tyrannus = tyrant, and raptor = thief, in reference to the voracious predatory habit observed of this species.

Grammatical gender. Masculine.

Diagnosis. Stridulatory file sinuous (Fig. 13A–B). Cerci long, conical, curving inwards from base to beginning of apical portion (Fig. 11I –K); inner margin of apical portion with numerous curved spines arranged in a row (Fig. 11I –K). Styli short, slender, dorso-ventrally flattened, parallel from the base to median portion and curved inward at the apex (Fig. 11I –K). Styli half the length of cerci (Fig. 11J–K). Titillatory process and titillator not developed (Fig. 14A–D).