Austrohancockia Gnther
Creators: name: Deng, Weian
name: Zheng, Zhemin
name: Wei, Shizhen
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Tetrigidae
Austrohancockia

description: Key to the species of Austrohancockia Gnther
1 Pronotum narrow, upper margin of pronotum low in profile (Fig. 1), laterally overhanging humeral parts. ...................................................................................................... Austrohancockia okinawensis Yamaxaki
- Pronotum wider, pronotum elevated and lamellar before shoulders in profile............................................2
2 Vertex two-step-form in profile (Fig. 2); pronotum surpassing the apex of hind femur; antegenicular process of hind femur slend, long-triangular ................................. Austrohancockia gressitti (Zheng et Liang)
- Vertex not two-step-form in profile.............................................................................................................3
3 Humeral angles of pronotum very prominent, blunt-angular......................................................................4
- Humeral angles of pronotum not prominent, arched or obtuse angular.....................................................5
4 Width of vertex 2.5 times the width of an eye; in profile, upper margin of pronotum distinctly concaved in prozona (Fig. 3); top of hind angle of lateral lobe of poronotum acute; upper margin of mid-femur with two big teeth; subgenital plate of male long-conical, top acute .................................................................... ............................................................................................... Austrohancockia kwangtungensis (Tinkham)
- Width of vertex 2.8 times the width of an eye; in profile, upper margin of pronotum not concaved in prozona (Fig. 4); top of hind angle of lateral lobe of pronotum obtuse angular; upper margin of mid-femur with three big teeth; subgenital plate of male short-conical, top round......................................................... ...................................................................................................... Austrohancockia gutianshanensis Zheng
5 Pronotum strongly elevated and lamellar before shoulders, upper edge no concave..................................6
- Pronotum elevated and lamellar before shoulders, upper edge with one or two concavities....................10
6 Width of vertex 3.6 times the width of an eye; Caudal end of pronotum surpassing the top of hind femora (Fig. 5) ........................................................................ Austrohancockia jiugongshanensis Zheng et Zhong
- Width of vertex 2–2.5 times the width of an eye; Caudal end of pronotum not surpassing the top of hind femora..........................................................................................................................................................7
7 In profile, frontal ridge not seen before eyes; upper margin of pronotum near the anterior margin distinctly concaved......................................................................................................................................................8
- In profile, frontal ridge distinctly seen before eyes; upper margin of pronotum near the anterior margin not concaved......................................................................................................................................................9
8 Midkeel of pronotum completed behind shoulders; hind process only reaching three-fourths of hind femur; width of fore femora distinctly wider than the width of mid-femora; lower margins of fore and middle femora with two big teeth (Fig. 6) ........................... Austrohancockia guangxiensis Zheng et Jiang
- Midkeel of pronotum interrupted behind shoulders; hind process reaching the knee of hind femur; width of fore femora equal to the width of mid-femora; lower margins of fore and middle femora with one big teeth (Fig. 7) ..................................................................................... Austrohancockia tuberfemora sp. nov.
9 Hind process only reaching the anterior margin of knee of hind femur; fore and mid-femora equal in width (Fig. 8); antegenicular process long-triangular. .............................. Austrohancockia gibba Liang et Zheng
- Hind process reaching the apex of hind femur; width of fore femora distinctly wider than the width of mid-femora (Fig. 9); antegenicular process short-triangular ......... Austrohancockia qiyunshanensis Zheng
10 Vertex together with frontal ridge forming a right-angle (Fig. 10); top of pronotum distinctly surpassing the apex of hind femur .......................................................................... Austrohancockia platynota (Karny)
- Vertex together with frontal ridge forming an arch (Fig. 11); top of pronotum not surpassing the apex of hind femur ............................................................................................. Austrohancockia hubeiensis Zheng
description: Published as part of Deng, Weian, Zheng, Zhemin & Wei, Shizhen, 2008, A taxonomic study of the genus Austrohancockia Günther (Orthoptera: Tetrigoidea: Tetrigidae), pp. 63-68 in Zootaxa 1896 on pages 64-65, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.184448