Xiangothaumaspis Xin, Wang & Shi, 2020

Xin, Yarui, Wang, Tao & Shi, Fuming, 2020, New genera and species of brachypterous members of the tribe Meconematini (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from Hunan, China, Zootaxa 4819 (2), pp. 385-392 : 385-386

Xiangothaumaspis Xin, Wang & Shi gen. nov. (aeIJǿḁ)

Generic characters. Body small-sized. Frons slightly sloping posteriorly. Fastigium verticis conical, apex rounded. Pronotum longer, lateral lobe without humeral sinus. Tegmina short, surpassing posterior margin of pronotum, hind wings absent. Apices of genicular lobes of all femora obtusely rounded, posttibia bearing 1 pair of dorsal and ventral apical spurs separately. Male tenth abdominal tergite extended backwards, the middle of posterior margin with a notch, ventral surface of subapical area with a posterior process. Genitalia sclerotized; subgenital plate with styli. Basal area of female subgenital plate with 1 slender lateral process on dorso-lateral surface respectively.

Type species. Xiangothaumaspis falcatus Xin, Wang & Shi sp. nov.

Remarks. This new genus resembles Aphlugiolopsis Wang, Liu & Li, 2015 , but differs in: male tenth abdominal tergite extended backwards, posterior margin with a notch in the middle, ventral surface of subapical area with a posterior process; and from Pseudothaumaspis Gorochov, 1998 in: male genitalia sclerotized, with a large sclerite; from females of the two genera in: subgenital plate with 1 slender and long lateral process on dorso-lateral surface at the base respectively.

Etymology. The name of the new genus is derived from abbreviation of Hunan province “ xiang ”, and the scientific name for Thaumaspis .