Coptotettix, Bolivar, 1887

Gupta, Sunil Kumar & Chandra, Kailash, 2017, A new species and a key to species of the genus Coptotettix Bolivar, 1887 from India (Orthoptera: Tetrigoidea, Tetrigidae), Zootaxa 4299 (1), pp. 146-150 : 149-150

Key to the species of the genus Coptotettix from India

1. Tegmina small, hind wings abbreviated or absent...........................................................................................................................12

- Tegmina medium size, hind wings almost reaching or slightly surpassing apex of posterior pronotal process............................... 2

2. Antennae inserted lower third of anterior margin of eyes................................................................................................................. 3

- Antennae inserted between lower margins of eyes........................................................................................................................... 4

3. Pronotum reaching upto the last abdominal segment or upto the hind femoral apices; dorsum strongly granulose or tuberculose.. ..................................................................................................................................................................................... C. tuberculatus

- Pronotum reaching upto the last abdominal segment or little more but never beyond the hind femoral apices; dorsum not heavily granulose or tuberculose....................................................................................................................................................................6

4. Head a little exserted; vertex distinctly narrower towards front, middle carinula of vertex distinct and runs upto the end of fossu- lae; frontal costa very low between lateral ocelli, more elevated and wide between antennae; body length of male and female 8– 10mm ............................................................................................................................................................................ C. tricarinatus

- Head not exserted; vertex narrower towards front; middle carinula of vertex runs upto the half distance of fossulae; frontal costa not as above ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 5

5. Lateral lobe of pronotum narrow, roundly subtruncate; body length of male and female 8–12mm ............................. C. conspersus

- Lateral lobe of pronotum narrow or wide but distinctly truncate...................................................................................................... 6

6. Vertex a little wide; shoulders wider; third pulvilli distinctly longer than the first and second; body length of female 11mm ......... ................................................................................................................................................................................... C. manipurensis

- Vertex narrow; shoulders medium; third pulvilli of hind tarsal segment not as much longer as above; body length of male and female 7.5–9.5mm ........................................................................................................................................................... C. lohitensis

7. Median carina of pronotum ridged .................................................................................................................................. C. fossulatus

- Median carina of pronotum without ridge......................................................................................................................................... 8

8. Hind femora with a large tooth above before the extremity .............................................................................................. C. latifrons

- Hind femora with a small tooth above before extremity...................................................................................................................9

9. Pronotum very rugose ...................................................................................................................................................... C. testaceus

- Pronotum smooth or slightly rugose............................................................................................................................................... 10

10. Antennae inserted between the eyes .................................................................................................................................... C. indicus

- Antennae inserted lower margin of eye........................................................................................................................................... 11

11. Wings and pronotum shorter, not extending to the extremity of the hind femora ............................................................ C. hancocki

- Wings and pronotum larger............................................................................................................................................................. 12

12. Pronotum above little rugose; median carina low, little elevated arcuate behind the anterior border, backward irregularly undulate; palpi white; pronotum of male 10.5 mm .......................................................................................................................... C. retractus

- Pronotum above rugose and tuberculate; median carina striaght.................................................................................................... 13

13. Median carina of vertex usually reaching up to near occiput; Facial carinae strongly sinuated between antennae; Hind tarsal all pulvilli subequal. ........................................................................................................................................................... C. annandelei

- Median carina of vertex very small and elevated; Facial carinae slightly sinuated between antennae; Pulvilli III distinctly longer than length of I and II pulvilli............................................................................................................................ C. korbensis sp. nov.