Lobosceliana

Hemp, Claudia, 2013, A new Lobosceliana Dirsh species (Orthoptera: Pamphagidae: Porthetinae) from coastal Tanzania, East Africa, Zootaxa 3731 (2), pp. 295-300 : 296

Key to species in Lobosceliana : males. (after Dirsh 1958)

1. 4 apical antennal segments; fully alate;..................................................................... 2

- 5 apical antennal segments; elytra shortened, reaching approximately to the posterior margin of abdominal tergite 4; alae rudi- mentary scale-like lobes.................................................................. brachyptera n. sp.

2. Crest of pronotum, as seen in side view, angulate............................................................ 3.

- Crest of pronotum, as seen in side view, arcuate.......................................... loboscelis (Schaum 1853)

3. Crest of pronotum sharply angulate. Basal and medial parts of antennae comparatively wide (Fig. 16)..................................................................................................... femoralis (Walker 1870)

- Crest of pronotum in profile less sharply angulate. Basal and medial parts of antennae comparatively narrow............ 4.

4. Fastigium of vertex rounded in profile. Ratio of length of antennae to greatest diameter of compound eye 4.3. Hind femur slightly shorter than pronotal length.................................................. gilgilensis (I.Bolivar 1915)

- Fastigium of vertex angulate in profile. Ratio of length of antennae to greatest diameter of compound eye 3.8. Hind femur as long as pronotal length............................................................ brevicornis (I.Bolivar 1915)