Paranisitra Chopard, 1925

Baroga, Jessica B., Yap, Sheryl A. & Robillard, Tony, 2016, Two new species of Eneopterinae crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllidae) from Luzon, Philippines, Zootaxa 4139 (1), pp. 93-105 : 99-100

Genus Paranisitra Chopard, 1925

Type species. Paranisitra longipes Chopard, 1925 .

Diagnosis. (emended from Robillard & Yap 2015) Among Eneopterinae genera, Paranisitra is characterized by complete lack of wings in both sexes and its elegant slender shape with long and thin legs, short abdomen and cerci, and a characteristic head shape with narrow fastigium, large prominent eyes and protruding rounded occelli. Size average for the subfamily. Coloration of adults dominantly yellow brown with specific black and yellow patterns variable between species. Pronotum not carinated; its lateral angles rounded, posterior edge slightly concave, lateral lobes almost triangular. Other general traits: Fore tibia with two tympana, inner one slit-like, covered by a swollen cuticular expansion; outer tympanum oval, its membrane transversally plicate in dorsal half. Fore tibia with three apical spurs, two inner and one outer. Median tibia with four apical spurs, inner longest. Hind tibia with three inner and three outer apical spurs, median longest on each side; four inner subapical spurs and only three outer subapical spurs (four in other eneopterine genera), inner and outer spurs almost straight, their apex hook-like; Hind tibia serrulate over whole length and slightly furrowed dorsally. Tarsomeres III-1 with two rows of spines on external edge (one dorsal and one more lateral) in addition to apical spines. Apical claws of legs slightly indented. Both males and females show characteristic genitalia: male genitalia with membranous and setose; lophi, short but well individualized. Female ovipositor apex thin and not denticulate; copulatory papilla conical to diamond-shaped, with a basal sclerotized ring.