Phlugidini Eichler 1938
Creators: name: Mendes, Diego Matheus De Mello
name: Oliveira, Jomara Cavalcante De
name: Chamorro-Rengifo, Juliana
name: Rafael, José Albertino
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Tettigoniidae

description: Key to males of the Neotropical genera of Phlugidini
1. Tegmen absent or reduced; when reduced the apex does not exceed the third abdominal tergite........................ 2
- Tegmen long, with its apex exceeding the third abdominal tergite............................................... 4
2. Mandibles very asymmetrical (Fig. 1A). Pronotum with posterior portion expanded and projected upwards (Fig. 1C)..................................................................... Anisophlugis Chamorro-Rengifo & Oliver, 2017
- Mandibles almost symmetrical or slightly asymmetrical (Fig. 1B). Pronotum with posterior portion not expanded (Fig. 1D)...................................................................................................... 3
3. Cerci elongate, almost twice the length of tergite X in dorsal view (Fig. 1I). Cerci thin and with acuminate apex (Fig. 1I)...................................................................................... Phlugiola Karny, 1907
- Cerci short, almost as long as the length of tergite X in dorsal view (Fig. 1J). Cerci broadened and with apex expanded (Fig. 1J)..................................................................... Paraphlugiola Cadena-Castañeda, 2014
4. Subgenital plate and style ending before apex of cerci (Fig. 1H and 1K).......................................... 5
- Subgenital plate and style exceeding apex of cerci (Figs. 1E–G 1I)............................................. 6
5. Cerci sinuous in dorsal view, with one inner curved black spine at base of distal third and apically with serrated inner margin (Fig. 1K)....................................................................... .. Tyrannoraptor gen. nov.
- Cerci lightly curved in dorsal view, with a triangular dorsal spine at the middle of the length, and without projections at apex (Fig. 1H)...................................................................... Neophlugis Gorochov, 2012
6. Subgenital plate enlarged in lateral view (Fig. 1L); styli in lateral view enlarged and flattened laterally (Fig. 1L)................................................................................................ Phlugis Stål, 1861
- Subgenital plate narrow in lateral view; styli in lateral view thin and flattened dorso-ventrally (Fig. 1E–F)............... 7
7. Cerci curved, acuminate and without projections (Fig. 1E)........................... Cephalophlugis Gorochov, 1998
- Cerci straight, blunt and with projections (Fig. 1F and 1G)..................................................... 8
8. Head in frontal view broadened and rounded (Fig. 1A). Males with asymmetrical mandibles, the left one about three times longer than the right (Fig. 1A)............................................................. Arboraptor gen. nov.
- Head in frontal view narrow and straight (Fig. 1B). Males with symmetrical mandibles (Fig. 1B).. Odontophlugis Gorochov, 1998
description: Published as part of Mendes, Diego Matheus De Mello, Oliveira, Jomara Cavalcante De, Chamorro-Rengifo, Juliana & Rafael, José Albertino, 2018, Two new genera of predatory katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) from the Amazon rainforest, pp. 261-282 in Zootaxa 4438 (2) on page 262, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4438.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/1294807