Euconocephalus Karny, 1907

Wang, Jian-Feng, Shi, Fu-Ming & Ou, Xiao-Hong, 2011, Review of the genus Euconocephalus Karny (Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae Copiphorini) from China, Zootaxa 2790, pp. 61-68 : 62

Euconocephalus Karny, 1907

Conocephalus (Euconocephalus) Karny, 1907: 39 . Type species. Locusta acuminate Fabricius, 1793 (= Euconocephalus acuminatus ), by original designation.

Euconocephalus Karny: Karny, 1912 : 33; Hebard, 1922: 237; Karny, 1926: 241; Karny, 1931: 135; Kaltenbach, 1968: 547; Rentz & Balderson, 1979: 8; Barman, 1995: 288; Otte, 1997: 54; Liu & Jin, 1999: 163; Eades & Otte, 2010: Orthoptera Species File Online.

Generic diagnosis. Body size medium, slender, with shallow, scattered or more dense impressed spots. Fastigium verticis extending beyond base of antennae, not pointed or elongate; separated from fastigium frontis by a notch, the tubercle at base of fastigium verticis small. Eyes spherical or oval, head not pronouncedly elongate, rounded. Pronotal disc flat and shouldered, with obvious lateral carinae; lateral lobes slightly inclining, with obvious humeral sinus. Protibiae with spines ventrally, genicular lobes armed. Postfemora with spines on both ventral margins; knees armed. Full winged, tegmina longer than hindwings, surpassing knees of postfemora. Male stridulatory rib characteristic for each species. Titillators fused, sclerotised, densely covered by dentate projections (Figs. 13– 15). Ovipositor long and straight to feebly decurved ( Figs. 10 , 12 ).

Distribution. Asia, Africa, Australia.

Figures

FIGURE 12. Euconocephalus longissimus Wang & Shi sp. nov. Ƥ body in lateral view.

FIGURES 1 – 10. Euconocephalus longissimus Wang & Shi sp. nov.: 1. 3 head in lateral view; 2. 3 head in dorsal view; 3. 3 pronotum in lateral view; 4. 3 pronotum in dorsal view; 5. 3 stridulatory field of left tegmen; 6. 3 stridulatory teeth of left tegmen; 7. 3 end of abdomen in dorsal view; 8. 3 subgenital plate in ventral view; 9. Ƥ subgenital plate in ventral view; 10. Ƥ ovipositor in lateral view. Scales = 1 mm.