Nicephora (Dianicephora) mirabilis Bolívar, 1900

Wang, Hanqiang, Li, Miaomiao, Liu, Xianwei & Li, Kai, 2013, Review of genus Nicephora Bolívar (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Meconematinae), Zootaxa 3737 (2), pp. 154-166 : 161

Nicephora (Dianicephora) mirabilis Bolívar, 1900

( Figs. 23–28 )

Nicephora mirabilis Bolívar, 1900 . Ann. Soc. ent. Fr., 68:771, 773; Kirby, 1906. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera ( Orthoptera Saltatoria , Locustidae vel Acridiidae ), 2:374; Caudell, 1912. Genera Insectorum, 138:4.

Nicephora (Dianicephora) mirabilis Gorochov, 1993 . Zoosystematica Rossica 2 (1): 83, 84.

Description. Male. Pronotum long and lateral lobe low. Tegmina with venation reticulate and clear, apex narrow and rounded. 10th abdominal tergite transverse, hind margin little sinuous. Cerci foliaceous, in curly, base upper primal lobe finger-shaped, rest margin sparsely denticulate ( Figs. 23–24 ). Subgenital plate sub base broad, apically narrower, hind margin sinuous, styli short ( Fig. 25 ).

Female. Spines of fore and middle tibiae very weak. Tegmina reaches middle of the 5th abdominal tergite, apex narrowly rounded. Subgenital plate narrower, base with excavateing area in the middle, hind margin middle notched ( Fig. 28 ). Ovipositor with very weak apical hook.

Coloration. Brownish yellow, unicolor.

Measurement. (length in mm) Body: ♂7.0, ♀11.0; pronotum: ♂♀3.5; tegmina: ♂4.6♀4.5; hind femora: ♂7.5, ♀8.5; ovipositor: ♀5.5.

Distribution. India (Madura).

Figures

FIGURES 23 – 28. Nicephora (Dianicephora) mirabilis Bolívar, 1900 (after Gorochov). 23. Tip of male abdomen, dorsal view; 24. Tip of male abdomen, lateral view; 25. Male subgenital plate; 26. Male genitalia, dorsal view; 27. Male genitalia, lateral view; 28. Female subgenital plate.