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Nicephora Bolivar 1900

  • 1. The Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application, College of Life Sciences, Institute of Life Science and Green Development, Hebei University, Baoding, 071002, P. R. China & iamyushikai @ 163. com; https: // orcid. org / 0009 - 0003 - 1620 - 9300
  • 2. College of Agronomy, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, P. R. China. & wanghaijian 2005 @ sina. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4858 - 5813
  • 3. The Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application, College of Life Sciences, Institute of Life Science and Green Development, Hebei University, Baoding, 071002, P. R. China & changylin @ 126. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 8582 - 0339

Description

Nicephora Bolívar, 1900

Nicephora Bolívar, 1900, Ann. Soc. ent. Fr., 68: 770; Gorochov, 1993, Zoosystematica Rossica, 2(1): 83; Gorochov, 1998, Zoosystematica Rossica, 7(1): 115; Wang et al, 2013, Zootaxa, 3737 (2): 154.

Type species: Nicephora (Nicephora) trigonidioides Bolívar, 1900.

Generic characters. Body small. Fastigium verticis conical, apex rounded. Apical segment of maxillary palpus longer than subapical one. Pronotum without humeral sinus. Thoracic auditory spiracle exposed completely. Tegmina longer than length of pronotum, but not reaching apex of abdomen; male left tegmen with stridulatory file; hind wings reduced. Fore tibia tympana open on both sides, hind tibia with 1 pair of dorsal apical spurs and 1 pair of ventral apical spurs. Male tenth abdominal tergite more or less notched in the middle of posterior margin; epiproct well developed; cerci elongate, with numerous inner processes; subgenital plate with small styli; sclerites of genitalia folded with membranes. Ovipositor shorter than length of hind femur, apices of ventral valvulae hook-shaped.

Notes

Published as part of Su, Jie, Wang, Haijian & Chang, Yanlin, 2023, Two new species of the genus Nicephora Bolívar, 1900 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae Meconematinae) from Yunnan, China, pp. 133-138 in Zootaxa 5297 (1) on pages 133-134, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5297.1.8, http://zenodo.org/record/7989523

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Tettigoniidae
Genus
Nicephora
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Orthoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Bolivar
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Nicephora Bolivar, 1900 sec. Su, Wang & Chang, 2023

References

  • Bolivar, I. (1900) Les Orthopteres de St-Joseph's College a trichinopoly (Sud de I'Inde). Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France, 68, 761 - 812.
  • Gorochov, A. V. (1993) A contribution to the knowledge of the tribe Meconematini (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Zoosystematica Rossica, 2 (1), 63 - 92.
  • Gorochov, A. V. (1998) New and little known Meconematinae of the tribes Meconematini and Phlugidini (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Zoosystematica Rossica, 7 (1), 101 - 131.
  • Wang, H. Q., Li, M. M., Liu, X. W. & Li, K. (2013) Review of genus Nicephora Bolivar (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Meconematinae). Zootaxa, 3737 (2), 154 - 166. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3737.2.4