Orthelimaea Karny, 1926

Kumar, Hirdesh & Chandra, Kailash, 2020, First record of Orthelimaea himalayana (Ingrisch, 1990) (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae: Elimaeini) from India with description of its female, Zootaxa 4743 (3), pp. 443-446 : 443

Genus Orthelimaea Karny, 1926

Type species: Elimaea leeuwenii Karny , by original designation.

Diagnosis: Genus Orthelimaea Karny, 1926 along with other three genera, Hemielimaea Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 , Ectadia Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 and Elimaea Stål, 1874 represents the tribe Elimaeini ( Cigliano et al. 2019) . Orthe- limaea differs from Hemielimaea in the presence of both the tympanum of anterior tibia covered by a conchate fold ( Fig. 1C); from Ectadia in the presence of separated radius sector in tegmen ( Fig. 1B ) which is fused with media in later; from Elimaea in the presence of straight anterior femur ( Fig. 1A ) which is compressed and phasmid-like curved in later.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Orthelimaea himalayana (Ingrisch, 1990); Male: A—Dorsal view; B—Ventral view; C—Dorsal view of fore tibia; D— Apical view of abdominal apex.