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Revision of the genus Pseudonicsara Karny, 1912 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae: Agraeciini) - Revision of the Indo-Australian Conocephalinae, part 2

2009; Q15088586; Volume: 2185; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.11646/zootaxa.2185.1.1

1175-5334

Sigfrid Ingrisch,

Fossil Insects in Amber

The genus Pseudonicsara Karny, 1912 is fully revised. The characteristic, in cross-section triangular fore tibia together with the short male pronotum leaving the stridulatory apparatus uncovered are the main diagnostic characters. A key to the species is given. Three subgenera are recognised: Pseudonicsara Karny, 1912 with 35 species and 1 subspecies, Cercana subgen. n. with 15 species and Wasiorana subgen. n. with 3 species. P. aeruginifrons (Karny, 1912) becomes a new synonym of P. pallidifrons (Brunner, 1898), and Agraecia ornata Karny, 1907 a new synonym of P. semicruciata (Brunner, 1898). 46 species and 1 subspecies are described as new: P. (P.) abbreviata sp. n., P. (P.) apicata sp. n., P. (P.) apingan sp. n., P. (P.) april sp. n., P. (P.) arcuata sp. n., P. (P.) bitriangulata sp. n., P. (P.) buergersi sp. n., P. (P.) cervus sp. n., P. (P.) clavus sp. n., P. (P.) clavus carinata ssp. n., P. (P.) concha sp. n., P. (P.) dilatata sp. n., P. (P.) divitata sp. n., P. (P.) excisa sp. n., P. (P.) finister sp. n., P. (P.) forceps sp. n., P. (P.) karimui sp. n., P. (P.) lehm sp. n., P. (P.) lina sp. n., P. (P.) maritima sp. n., P. (P.) minuta sp. n., P. (P.) missim sp. n., P. (P.) nomo sp. n., P. (P.) pugio sp. n., P. (P.) spatula sp. n., P. (P.) stylata sp. n., P. (P.) uncinata sp. n., P. (P.) undulata sp. n., P. (P.) wanuma sp. n., P. (P.) wau sp. n., P. (P.) wum sp. n., P. (P.) zugi sp. n., P. (Cercana) bomberi sp. n., P. (Cercana) digitata sp. n., P. (Cercana) dodinga sp. n., P. (Cercana) furcata sp. n., P. (Cercana) halmahera sp. n., P. (Cercana) hum sp. n., P. (Cercana) nana sp. n., P. (Cercana) sinuata sp. n., P. (Cercana) siwi sp. n., P. (Cercana) spinibranchis sp. n., P. (Cercana) stridulans sp. n., P. (Cercana) taliabu sp. n., P. (Cercana) wanigela sp. n., P. (Wasiorana) alces sp. n., and P. (Wasiorana) curvata sp. n. Three species are removed from the genus: P. lobaspoides (Karny, 1907) and P. ornata (Brunner v. W., 1898) are transferred to Axylus Stål, 1877, and P. nigrifrons C.Willemse, 1923 is provisionally left in Salomona Blanchard, 1853, the genus in which it was originally described. Species of the subgenus Pseudonicsara are so far with certainty only known from New Guinea, those of Wasiorana were all found in North-Western New Guinea, and those of Cercana in West and South New Guinea and on the Maluku Islands (East Wallacea). The species often occur allopatric but of Pseudonicsara s.str. up to three species were found in the same locality.