Arachnomimus Saussure, 1897

Desutter-Grandcolas, Laure & Jaiswara, Ranjana, 2012, Phalangopsidae crickets from the Indian Region (Orthoptera, Grylloidea), with the descriptions of new taxa, diagnoses for genera, and a key to Indian genera, Zootaxa 3444, pp. 1-39 : 8-9

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.209049

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6167213

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Arachnomimus Saussure, 1897
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Arachnomimus Saussure, 1897

Arachnopsis Saussure, 1878: 582 View in CoL .

Arachnomimus Saussure, 1897: 251 . Gorochov, 1996: 49 (redescription of type species, lectotype designation).

Type species. Arachnopsis nietneri Saussure, 1878

Other species included. A. annulicornis Chopard, 1936 , A. bicolor Chopard, 1928 , A. brevipalpis Chopard, 1969 , A. lepidus Chopard, 1969 , A. microphtalmus Chopard, 1929 (see Chopard 1969), Phalangopsis amboinensis Karsch, 1886 (see Gorochov 1996), Kempiola maindroni Chopard, 1969 , A. aureopubescens Wiendl, 1970 , A. istrapura Gorochov, 2003c , A. jacobsoni Chopard, 1924 .

Distribution. Southern India (Coromandel coast, Kerala), Sri Lanka, Java. One species described from Brazil, probably erroneously.

Diagnosis. Size small to large. Head not very long. Eyes greatly protruding ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 B, except in A.

microphthalmus : eyes flat and reduced). Fastigium much narrower than the scape ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 B). Ocelli set in an acute triangle (lacking in A. microphthalmus ), the distance between lateral ocelli much shorter than the distance between one lateral and the median ocelli. Maxillary palpi very elongate, with joint 5 distinctly longer than joint 3. Pronotum transverse ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 A, D). Mesonotum short, metanotum as long as the pronotum ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 A, E). All legs long and thin ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 A). TI without tympanum. TIII with four pairs of alternate subapical spurs (five pairs mentioned by Chopard in A. bicolor ), the outers longer than the inners; three inner and three outer apical spurs, the median the longest on both sides: the inner median spur very long ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 I), the outer median spur much longer than the dorsal spur ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 J); TIII serrulated on both sides. Tarsi all long, hind basitarsi with few dorsal spines. Male and female apterous. Male metanotum and tergites lacking glandular structures; TIII spurs not modified. Male genitalia resembling those of Zacla Gorochov, 2003a (median process of pseudepiphallus short and straight, slightly shorter than lateral lobes, rami very short, ectophallic fold sclerotized laterally, endophallic sclerite long, bearing a crest-like apodeme). Female genitalia horse-foot shaped, with a plicated basal membrane, and a thick distal sclerite distinctly furrowed at apex ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 G, H).

Habitat. Unknown.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Orthoptera

SuperFamily

Grylloidea

Family

Haglotettigoniidae

Loc

Arachnomimus Saussure, 1897

Desutter-Grandcolas, Laure & Jaiswara, Ranjana 2012
2012
Loc

Arachnomimus

Gorochov 1996: 49
1996
Loc

Arachnopsis

Saussure 1878: 582
1878
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