Kuzicus
Creators: name: Tan, Ming Kai
name: Dawwrueng, Pattarawich
name: Artchawakom, Taksin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Tettigoniidae
Kuzicus

description: Key to species of Kuzicus (for males only)
1. Tenth abdominal tergite with medial lobes diverging abruptly at the base from one another (Fig. 1I, 2K).......................................................................................... K. koeppeli Sänger & Helfert, 2004
- Tenth abdominal tergite with medial lobes not diverging at the base from one another; if so, not as abruptly or converged apically (Figs. 1A–1H).................................................................................... 2
2. Tenth abdominal tergite with one or two pairs of apical lobes (Figs. 1B–1H, 2B–2J). Epiphallus with small ventro-subapical inflation with small denticles and a pair of small semi-articulated, spine-like appendices or lobules directed more or less posteriorly (forward from the apex) or laterally (Fig. 3 B–3J)........................................................ 4
- Tenth abdominal tergite with two pairs of apical lobes (Figs. 1A, 2A, 6C). Epiphallus without denticles and these appendiceslobules but with a pair of robust unarticulated projections directed anteriorly (backward from the apex) (Figs. 3 A, 6G)..... 3
3. Tenth abdominal tergite with median lobes with stout ventral teeth apically; with lateral lobes obtuse apically (Figs. 6 C, 6E) Cercus stout and short (Figs. 6 G). Epiphallus with a pair of tongue-shaped lateral processes pointing anteriorly at the apex; with posterior margin producing into a plate in the middle (instead of rounded) (Fig. 6 G).... K. pakthongchai Tan et al. sp. n.
- Tenth abdominal tergite with median lobes without tooth apically; with lateral lobes tapering apically (Figs. 1A, 2A). Cercus long and slender (Fig. 4 A). Epiphallus with a pair of tongue-shaped lateral processes pointing posteriorly at the apex; with posterior margin rounded (Fig. 3 A)...................................................... K. uvarovi Gorochov, 1993
4. Tenth abdominal tergite with two pairs of apical lobes (Figs. 1G, 2I)............... K. scorpioides Sänger & Helfert, 2006
- Tenth abdominal tergite with one pair of apical lobes (Figs. 1B–1H, except 1G, 2B–2J, except 2I); if with two pairs, lateral lobes are small and truncated (Figs. 8 C, 8D)................................................................ 5
5. Tenth abdominal tergite with medial lobes modified or bifurcate at the apex (Figs. 1B, 1D, 1H, 2B, 2D, 2H, 2J)........... 6
- Tenth abdominal tergite with medial lobes simple, usually forming a flattened disc at the apex (Figs. 1C, 1E, 1F, 2C, 2E, 2F, 2G)................................................................................................. 9
6. Tenth abdominal tergite with medial lobes bifurcate at the apex (Figs. 1H, 2J). Epiphallus as shown in Fig. 3 J.................................................................................. K. suzukii (Matsumura & Shiraki, 1908)
- Tenth abdominal tergite with medial lobes highly modified, forming structure (Figs. 1B, 1D, 2B, 2D, 2H). Epiphallus not as above............................................................................................... 7
7. Tenth abdominal tergite with apex of medial lobes with minute teeth and warts (Figs. 1B, 2B, 8C, 8E). Cercus with basal process, apex acute (Figs. 1B, 4B, 4C, 8F). Epiphallus at apex with one large tooth and numerous minute denticles on each side (Figs. 3 B, 8E, 8G)..................................................................................... 8
- Tenth abdominal tergite with apex of median lobes without minute teeth and warts (may have ventral spine-like process); with apex of medial lobes forming a hammer-head structure (in lateral view) (Figs. 1D, 2D). Cercus without basal process, apex with minute teeth (Fig. 4 F). Epiphallus at apex with two pairs of relatively large dentiform processes (Fig. 3 D)....................................................................................... K. compressus Han & Shi, 2014
8. Tenth abdominal tergite with median lobes denticulated on the dorsal and posterior margins at the apex (Figs. 1B, 2B).......................................................................... K. aspercaudatus Sänger & Helfert, 2006
- Tenth abdominal tergite with median lobes denticulated on the ventral margin at the apex only (Figs. 8 C, 8F)...................................................................................... K. multidenticulatus Tan et al. sp. n.
9. Cercus bifurcate at the apex; with ventral process stout, dorsal process slender (Figs. 4 D, 4E). Epiphallus broader and with articulated ventral processes small (Fig. 3 C)....................................... K. cervicercus (Tinkham, 1943)
- Cercus not bifurcate at the apex (Figs. 4 G–4K). Epiphallus more slender and/ or with articulated ventral processes longer (Figs. 3 E–3H)........................................................................................ 10
10. Median lobes of tenth abdominal tergite appears distinctively bulbous at the distal end in lateral view (Fig. 2G). Epiphallus with articulated ventral processes short and stout (Fig. 3 G)................ K. megaterminatus Ingrisch & Shishodia, 1998
- Median lobes of tenth abdominal tergite slightly bulbous or tapering at the distal end in lateral view (Figs. 2E, 2F, 2H). Epiphallus with articulated ventral processes more slender (Figs. 3 E, 3F, 3H)...................................... 11
11. Epiphallus with dorsal articulation (in addition to ventral articulation) at the apex, but without denticulation (Fig. 3 H).................................................................................. K. multifidous Mao & Shi, 2009
- Epiphallus without dorsal articulation (only ventral articulation) at the apex, but with denticulation (Figs. 3 E, 3F)........ 12
12. Epiphallus with ventral articulation long and slender (Fig. 3 E)........................... K. denticulatus (Karny, 1926)
- Epiphallus with ventral articulation spine-like (Fig. 3 F).................. K. denticuloides Kevan & Jin, 1993 comb. nov.
description: Published as part of Tan, Ming Kai, Dawwrueng, Pattarawich & Artchawakom, Taksin, 2015, Taxonomic review of Kuzicus Gorochov, 1993 (Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae), with two new species from Thailand and key to species, pp. 279-290 in Zootaxa 3999 (2) on page 283, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3999.2.7, http://zenodo.org/record/231941