Ornebius rufonigrus, Ingrisch, 1987

He, Zhixin, Ma, Ge, Long, Jifeng, Wang, Yan, Zhang, Tao & Ma, Libin, 2021, Taxonomy of scaly crickets (Orthoptera: Mogoplistidae: Mogoplistinae) from China: five new species groups and three new species of the genus Ornebius Guérin-Méneville, 1844, Zootaxa 4942 (1), pp. 72-94 : 90

Species group rufonigrus Ingrisch, 1987

Fig. 18

Type species: Ornebius rufonigrus Ingrisch, 1987: 173 ( Thailand: Nakhon Si Thammarat) .

Diagnosis. Comparing with other species groups of the genus Ornebius , the species group is distinguished by the male phallus with external sclerites strongly developed, lateral valves forming a tube in apical area, and medial valve with internal sclerites laterally expanded in the basal spermatophore sac area ( Fig. 18 ).

Except the type species, the species group includes Ornebius consternus , Ornebius dumoga and Ornebius alvarezi .

Figures

FIGURE 18. Sclerotized parts of male genitalia of O. consternus. Line drawing from Ingrisch (2006). es= external sclerite of lateral valve; is= internal sclerite of lateral valve.