Conophyma Zubovsky 1898
Creators: name: Liu, Yu-Sheng
name: Sun, Daqing
name: Zhang, Jinyu
name: Yin, Zhan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Dericorythidae
Conophyma

description: Key to 11 species of Conophyma Zubvsky, 1898 from China
1. Epiproct of male smooth, without tooth raised upward (figs.5,12–18).
- Epiproct of male at both sides with a tooth raised upward in the middle(figs.19–21)................................. 9
2. Length of epiproct equal or shorter than width in male.
- Length of epiproct longer than width in male (fig. 12).......................................... 1. C. xinjiangensis Huang C.M. 1982 Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 7(2), 214–215. Type locality: China, Xinjiang, Wenquan, Altitude 2240 m. Location of type specimen: Holotype male, paratype female, Zoology Institute, Academia Sinica, Beijing, China.
3. Apical part of epiproct in male widened (figs. 14–16).
- Apical part of epiproct in male not widened (fig.13)............................................. 2. C. zhaosuensis Huang C.M. 1982 Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 7 2), 212–213. Type locality: China, Xinjiang, Zhaosu. Location of type specimen: Holotype male, paratype female, Zoology Institute, Academia Sinica, Beijing, China.
4. Hind tibia olive, yellow, purple or blue.
- Hind tibia red................................................................................ 3. C. amicus Li, B.P. & Ti, X.N. 1995 Acta Entomologica Sinica, 2(4), 311–313. Type locality: China, Xinjiang, Heqin County. Location of type specimen: holotype male, Department of Plant Protection, Xinjiang August-1 st Agricultural College, Urumqi, China.
5. Furculae on posterior margin of the 10 th abdominal tergite in male larger, acute-leaf like.
- Furculae on posterior margin of the 10 th abdominal tergite in male small, obtusely leaf-like.......................... 7
6. Posterior margin of epiproct nearly straight, with small triangular projecting in the middle; both sides slightly projecting, rounded at apex. Hind tibia sordid blue (fig.15)................................................ 4. C. harbaceum Bey-Bienko, G.J, & Mishchenko, L.L. 1951 Locusts and Grasshoppers of the U.S. S.R. and Adjacent Countries 1: 186. Type locality: China, Xinjiang, Yining. Location of type specimen: male, lectotype ZIN St. Petersburg.
- Posterior margin of epiproct in male waved, with obtusely angular projecting in the middle; both sides distinctly projecting, rounded at apex. Hind tibia brownish olive-green or yellowish olive-green (fig.16).......................... 5. C. olive Huang, C.M. in Li, et al, 2006 Orthoptera, Acridoidea, Catantopidae. Fauna Sinica, Insecta. 43, 392–393. Type locality: China, Xinjiang, Heqin. Location of type specimen: Holotype male, paratype female, Zoology Institute, Academia Sinica, Beijing, China.
7. Vertex longer, apex projecting (fig. 3).
- Vertex shorter, apex not projecting (figs.9).......................................................... 6. C. xiai Zhang, Y.L., Xu, Q. & Zhang, D.C. 2015 Zootaxa, 4039(4), 575–578. Type locality: China, Xinjiang, Xinyuan, 43º41´N, 83º27´E. Location of type specimen: holotype male, paratype female, Hebei University, Baoding, China.
8. Posterior margin of epiproct waved in male, with small acute-angular projecting in the middle (fig. 5)..... 7. C. lini sp. nov.
- Posterior margin of epiproct straight in male, with larger curved projecting in the middle (fig.18)....... 8. C. nigrifemora Zhang, Y.L., Xu, Q. & Zhang, D.C. 2015 Zootaxa, 4039(4), 578–579. Type locality: China, Xinjiang, Xinyuan, Xinjiang, 43º41´N, 83º27´E. Location of type specimen: holotype male, Hebei University, Baoding, China.
9. Posterior margin epiproct straight, with larger obtuse-angular projecting; distance between furculae wider, trapezoid. Posterior margin of epiproct waved, with small acute-angular projecting in male, distance between furculae narrower, (fig.19)........................................................................................ 9. C. zubovskii
- Uvarov, B.P. 1925 Journal Bombay Natural History Society, 30, 551–552. Type locality: Middle Asia, Central Asia: Ladyjar–Tau. Location of type specimen: holotype, male, ZIN St. Petersburg.
10. Basal part of epiproct in male without longitudinal groove in the middle, posterior margin with curved projection in the middle. Hind tibia red (fig.20)..................................................................... 10. C. rufitibia Li, B.P. & Ti, X.N. 1995 Acta Entomologica Sinica, 2(4), 313–315. Type locality: China, Xinjiang, Wuqia (Yuqitashi) Location of type specimen: holotype male, paratype female, Department of Plant Protection, Xinjiang August-1 st Agricultural College, Urumqi, China.
- Basal part of epiproct in male with longitudinal groove in the middle, posterior margin with acute projection in the middle (fig.21). Hind tibia yellow................................................................. 11. C. heqinensis Zhang, Y.L., Xu, Q. & Zhang, D.C. 2015 Zootaxa, 4039(4), 579–580. Type locality: China, Xinjiang, Heqin, 42º31´N, 86º35´E. Location of type specimen: holotype male, Hebei University, Baoding, China.
description: Published as part of Liu, Yu-Sheng, Sun, Daqing, Zhang, Jinyu & Yin, Zhan, 2021, A new species and a key to eleven species of the genus Conophyma Zubovsky, 1898 (Orthoptera, Acridoidea, Catantopidae, Conophyminae) from China, pp. 584-590 in Zootaxa 5061 (3) on pages 585-588, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5061.3.11, http://zenodo.org/record/5649772