Ergatettix Kirby, 1914
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4097.2.10 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5687483 |
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Key to species of the genus Ergatettix Kirby, 1914 View in CoL from the Indian subcontinent
1. Vertex sufficiently elevated above the pronotum surface; shoulder less wider; third pulvilli a little longer than the second................................................................................................ E. dorsifera
- Vertex less elevated above the pronotum surface, shoulder more wider than the above mentioned; third pulvilli more or less equal to the second.................................................................................... 2
2. Median carina of pronotum behind the shoulders undulate, bearing obtuse crenules; hind process of pronotum with the lateral carinae toward the apex subentires; anterior and middle femora narrow................................. E. interruptus View in CoL
- Median carina of pronotum behind the shoulder a little undulate; bearing backward subnodulose....................... 3
3. Median carina of pronotum percurrent, little compressed-elevated before the shoulders, little sinuate near the anterior border, between the shoulders and backward gently undulate or substraight..................................... E. crassipes View in CoL
- Median carina of pronotum slightly interrupted or percurrent, elevated behind the shoulders; lateral carinae with black and yel- low dark band anterior margin to posterior margin............................................................ 4
4. Pronotum lateral view wave like................................................................ E. undunotus View in CoL
- Pronotum lateral view without wave like................................................................... 5
5. Pronotum having the prozonal carinae high and thicker, faintly diverging posteriorly and the medial carina distinct, slightly humped between sulci....................................................................... E. panchtharis View in CoL
- Pronotum having the prozonal carinae sharp, parallel in front, little converging behind, and the medial carina sharp, slightly undulating throughout, distinctly convex between shoulders.................................................... 6
6. The head strongly exerted and pronotum strongly reduced............................................. E. elevates
- The head slightly exerted and pronotum not reduced.......................................................... 7
7. Tegmina and wings greatly reduced............................................................... E. minutus View in CoL
- Tegmina and wings developed........................................................................... 8
8. Frontal costa bifurcation starts in about ¼ the compound eye height; posterior angle of lateral lobes of pronotum turned downwards, a little broadened, apex obtusely rounded, flattened............................................. E. callosus View in CoL
- Frontal costa bifurcation starts at the level of upper margin of compound eyes, posterior angle of lateral lobes of pronotum turned downwards, a little broadened, apex subtruncate, narrow.............................. E. subtruncatus View in CoL sp. nov.
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