Pseudothaumaspis Gorochov, 1998

Wang, Hanqiang, Liu, Xianwei & Li, Kai, 2014, A synoptic review of the genus Thaumaspis Bolivar (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Meconematinae) with the description of a new genus and four new species, ZooKeys 443, pp. 11-33 : 16

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.443.7529

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:99430151-B7AF-4E37-A503-FCE38BCA9FDB

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/DFB18B51-3D54-4480-608A-1274B759555E

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scientific name

Pseudothaumaspis Gorochov, 1998
status

stat. n.

Taxon classification Animalia Orthoptera Tettigoniidae

Genus Pseudothaumaspis Gorochov, 1998 View in CoL stat. n.

Thaumaspis (Pseudothaumaspis) : Gorochov 1998: 115.

Type species.

Pseudothaumaspis gialaiensis Gorochov, 1998.

Diagnosis.

This genus differs from Thaumaspis by hypognathous head, differs form all previous genera by unusual ventral arms at lower part of male 10th abdominal tergite, moreover posterior marginal processes of this tergite absence or instead of by small lobes, varied apex of cerci and almost trilobed posterior part of female subgenital fig. We believed hypognathous head and unique ventral arm of male 10th abdominal tergite sufficient to exclude Pseudothaumaspis from Thaumaspis and elevate it to generic status.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Orthoptera

Family

Tettigoniidae