Leptoteratura (Rhinoteratura)

Mao, Shao-Li & Shi, Fu-Ming, 2007, A review of the genus Leptoteratura Yamasaki, 1982 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) from China, Zootaxa 1583 (1), pp. 37-42 : 38-39

Key to the species of subgenus Rhinoteratura

1 Pronotum without longitudinal stripes, male cerci lamellate, strongly curled, with some rather thin and dense teeth on internal ventral side, dorsal side bearing a small distal strumae; female subgenital plate swelled, posterior margin slightly concave ................................... L. (R.) lamellatus Mao et Shi , sp. nov.

– Pronotum with longitudinal stripes, male cerci with distinct processes or lobes.........................................2

2 Posterior margin of male tenth abdominal tergite without a notch, cerci swollen at base, internal face shallowly concave in basal three-fifth; distal two-fifth moderately curved inwards, with two processes on the inner side, subgenital plate with a medial projection on posterior margin, styli on subgenital plate small (see Yamasaki, 1988) .................................................................................... L. (R.) symmetrica Yamasaki

– Posterior margin of male tenth abdominal tergite with notch.......................................................................3

3 Tenth abdominal tergite with a deep posterior notch, cerci with a bifurcate process at base, thin at apex, strongly curved inwards, subgenital plate with projecting posterior margin, styli on subgenital plate short ................................................................................................................................. L. (R.) broneoensis Jin

– Tenth abdominal tergite with a shallow posterior notch, cerci with characteristic processes and lobes, subgenital plate with almost truncate posterior margin and median longitudinal fold (see Gorochov, 1993)..... ............................................................................................................................. L. (R.) sharovi Gorochov