“Body large and spinose, the male winged, female brachypterous;
certain middle segments of the abdomen of both sexes with lateral tergal
lobes, these much more expanded in female than in male. Head prognathous,
dorsal apex conical and spinose; ocelli distinct in male, lacking or
evanescent in female; antennae simple moderately pubescent. Mesothorax
dilated posteriorly, less than twice prothoracic length. Tegmina of both
sexes abbreviate, those of female somewhat broader than those of male;
wings of male extending about to or beyond apex of abdomen, of female
abbreviate, sometimes shriveled and rudimentary. Legs moderately long
to short; femora and tibiae spinose, trigonate, broadly dilated, more
markedly so in female; ventral surface of middle and hind tibiae without
apical triangular area, bearing apical hooked spine; basitarsus somewhat
shorter than remaining tarsal segments. Ovipositor sheath of female
boat-shaped and extending posteriorly beyond apex of abdomen; ovipositor
valves long, filamentous, apically curved.” (Gurney, 1947)
Taxonomy
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Distribution
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species list for that area, within this genus.
Extralimital distribution: New Guinea, see Kirby, W.F. (1904). A
Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera. Vol. 1. Orthoptera, Euplexoptera,
Cursoria, et Gressoria (Forficulidae, Hemimeridae, Blattidae, Mantidae,
Phasmidae). London: Longmans & Co. x 501 pp. [381].
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