Microconema Liu, 2005

Duan, Yanhao, Liu, Qing & Chang, Yanlin, 2022, One new species of the genus Microconema Liu, 2005 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae Meconematinae) from Yunnan, China, Zootaxa 5154 (1), pp. 81-86 : 81

Microconema Liu, 2005

Xiphidiola (Microconema) Liu, 2005 . In: Liu & Zhang. Orthoptera: Tettigonioidea and Stenopelmatoidea. In: Yang, X.K. (Ed.), Insect Fauna of Middle-West Qinling Range and South Mountains of Gansu Province, 91 [English 94].

Microconema Wang & Liu, 2018 . Tettigonioidea. In: Lian, Z.M. (Ed.), Insect Fauna of the Qinling Mountains. Vol. 1. Entognatha and Orthopterida, 470.

Type species: Xiphidiopsis clavata Uvarov, 1933

Generic diagnosis. Body small, comparatively stout. Head slightly hypognathous. Fastigium verticis conical, apex obtusely rounded, furrowed in the midline. Eyes globular. Apical segment of maxillary palpus slightly longer than subapical one, apex swollen. Lateral lobe of pronotum longer than high, humeral sinus distinct. Tegmen surpassing apex of abdomen, hind wing slightly longer than tegmen. Hind tibia with one pair of dorsal apical spurs and two pairs of ventral apical spurs. Posterior margin of male tenth abdominal tergite with inconspicuous paired processes. Male cercus simple, forcipate. Ventral valvula of ovipositor with a large tooth in subapical area, apex hooked.