Pseudonicsara Karny 1912

Subgenus Pseudonicsara Karny, 1912

References and type species as genus.

Diagnosis. Differs from both other subgenera by the fore tibia in cross-section triangular except at very apex (Figs. 12, 20, 27), prosternal spines distinctly longer than half of fore coxa (Fig. 48), male pronotum with hind margin truncate or faintly concave, female ovipositor sabre-shaped, and face between compound eyes always with a dark band (Figs. 19–24, 27).

Description. Pronotum subrugose or rugose along margins and eventually in midline, subsmooth or shining in remaining areas (Figs. 40, 44); hind margin truncate or faintly concave. Fully winged to slightly brachypterous; tegmina often surpassing hind knees, margins tapering towards apex or fore margin constricted in apical half or apical third; dorsal area behind stridulatory area very narrow (Figs. 1–3, 14–16). Prosternum with two spines that are little shorter than fore coxa, rarely only half as long (Fig. 48). Mesosternal lobes acute-angular, conical or subspinose; metasternal lobes obtuse-angular, rounded or short-conical; median plate with a spine or conical projection at both hind angles (Fig. 48). Fore tibia in cross-section triangular except in tympanal area and at very apex (Figs. 12, 20, 27).

Male. Characters of the genus.

Female. Ovipositor sabre-shaped, slightly curved and with converging margins in apical area; margins entire, apex acute (Figs. 541–542, 544).

Coloration. Face between compound eyes always with a black or dark brown band including antennal scrobae (Figs. 19–24, 27).