Phlugiolopsis
Creators: name: Bian, Xun
name: Shi, Fu-Ming
name: Chang, Yan-Lin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Tettigoniidae
Phlugiolopsis

description: Key to known species of Phlugiolopsis
1 Basal half of male cerci stout, internal margin or only interno-dorsal margin lobate expansion, apicial half narrowing, incurved....................................................................................................2
- Basal area of male cerci slightly or not expanded, with internal lobe or branch....................................17
2 Posterior margin of male tenth abdominal tergite obviously projecting backwards, with 1 deep notch in middle........... 3
- Posterior margin of male tenth abdominal tergite straight or slightly concave in middle.............................. 4
3 Apical area of male subgenital plate nearly rectangular projecting, posterior margin arch-shaped; lateral margin of female eighth abdominal tergite with 1 tubercular process, subgenital plate obviously wider than long, the lateral margins arch-shaped............................................................................ P. tuberculata Xia & Liu, 1993
- Apical area of male subgenital plate broadly trapezoidal projecting, posterior margin with 1 U-shaped concavity in middle, the lateral lobes obtusely rounded; lateral margin of female eighth abdominal tergite without tubercular process, apical half of sub- genital plate narrowly triangular, apex projecting backwards................... P. emarginata Bian, Shi & Chang sp. nov.
4 Internal margin of male cerci obviously expanded............................................................ 5
- Interno-dorsal margin of male cerci obviously expanded, interno-ventral margin slightly expanded..................... 6
5 Apical half of male cerci nearly cylindrical, apex subacute, apical area of subgenital plate narrower than basal area, posterior margin with 1 concavity, subtriangular.......................................... P. trullis Bian, Shi & Chang, 2012
- Apical half of male cerci spine-shaped, compressed, apex obtuse, apical area of subgenital plate as wide as basal area, posterior margin almost straight; subgenital plate of female nearly semicircular....... .. P. complanispinis Bian, Shi & Chang sp. nov.
6 Basal area or middle area with 1 process or lobe on interno-ventral margin........................................ 7
- Basal area or middle area without process or lobe on interno-ventral margin...................................... 11
7 Internal margin of male cerci with 1 ventral process, the apex curved dorsad....................................... 8
- Internal margin of male cerci with 1 ventral lobe............................................................. 9
8 Basal area of male cerci with 1 digitiform process on ventral margin, middle area with 1 small tooth on interno-dorsal margin; female subgenital plate butterfly-shaped, baso-lateral margin expanded, which curved dorsad...................................................................................................... P. yunnanensis Shi & Ou, 2005
- Basal area of male cerci with 1 depressed process on ventral margin, middle area without tooth on intero-dorsal margin; baso- lateral area of female subgenital plate expanded, which curved dorsad................ P. adentis Bian, Shi & Chang, 2012
9 Interno-dorsal margin of male cerci lobate expansion, apical area of which with 1 rectangular internal lobe; middle area of male cerci with 1 small semicircular lobe on interno-ventral margin; lateral margins of female subgenital plate subparallel,
slightly curved ventrad, apical half triangular, centre of posterior margin with 1 shallowly concavity.............................................................................................. P. huangi Bian, Shi & Chang, 2012 - Lateral margins of female subgenital plate not parallel, triangular expansion...................................... 10
10 Interno-dorsal margin of male cerci with 1 semicircular lobe, interno-ventral margin with 1 subtriangular lobe; posterior margin of female subgenital plate obtusely rounded..................................... P. mistshenkoi (Gorochov, 1993)
- Posterior margin of female subgenital plate triangular........................ P. pentagonis Bian, Shi & Chang sp. nov.
11 Middle area of male cerci with 1 small lobe on interno-dorsal margin........................................... 12
- Middle area of male cerci without small lobe on interno-dorsal margin.......................................... 13
12 Subbasal area of dorsal lobe of male cerci with 1 small buninoid process, dorsal margin of middle area with a short triangular lobe, posterior margin of subgenital plate slightly concave; lateral margin of female eighth abdominal tergite with 1 digitate process, subgenital plate furrowed in middle, baso-lateral margin expanded, auriculate, posterior margin with shallowly concavity in middle........................................................... P. digitusis Bian, Shi & Chang, 2012
- Middle area of male cerci with 1 semicircular lobe on dorsal margin, posterior margin of subgenital plate siliquiform projecting; four fifths basal area of female subgenital plate broadly rectangular, apical area obtusely angular..................................................................................... .. P. longiangulis Bian, Shi & Chang sp. nov.
13 Apical half of male cerci spine-shaped.................................................................... 14
- Apical half of male cerci not spine-shaped................................................................. 17
14 Interno-dorsal margin of basal half male cerci semicircular expansion, the subapical area with 1 small rounded-cornered process, interno-ventral margin with 1 comparatively long, compressed process, posterior margin strongly projecting, apex obtusely rounded; lateral margins of female eighth abdominal tergite protruding backwards, apical half of subgenital plate obviously narrowing, subtriangular, posterior margin with 1 faint concavity in middle................................................................................................... P. damingshanis Bian, Shi & Chang, 2012
- Interno-dorsal margin of basal half of male cerci lobate expansion.............................................. 15
15 Middle area of interno-dorsal margin of male cerci with deep notch; posterior margin of female subgenital plate with 1 triangular process in middle............................................................... P. brevis Xia & Liu, 1993
- Middle area of interno-dorsal margin of male cerci without deep notch; female subgenital plate subtriangular, posterior margin without triangular process in middle....................................... P. xinanensis Bian, Shi & Chang sp. nov.
16 Apical half of male cerci triangular, right-angular incurved; female subgenital plate subtriangular, furrowed in middle, posterior margin arch-shaped, centre of which slightly concave............................ P. ventralis Wang, Li & Liu, 2012
- Basal half of male cerci strongly expanded, the upper lobe with projecting apical angle, lower lobe with truncate apex, apical half of cerci compressed, with oblique truncate apex; posterior margin of female subgenital plate with 3 lobes, middle lobe longer than lateral lobes, obtusely rounded........................................ P. vietnamica Wang, Li & Liu, 2012
17 Male cerci almost straight, subapical area with an indistinct, small, broad, flat and blunt lobe on ventral margin, apex acute in dorsal view; posterior margin of female subgenital plate obtusely rounded, centre of which with 1 shallowly concavity.................................................................................. P. yaeyamensis Yamasaki, 1986
- Male cerci with obviously internal lobe or branch........................................................... 18
18 Basal area of male cerci with 1 long internal branch or middle area with 1 short internal lobe......................... 19
- Basal area or middle area of male cerci with 2 or more branches................................................ 24
19 Basal area of male cerci with 1 internal process............................................................. 20
- Middle area of male cerci with 1 internal lobe.............................................................. 21
20 Basal area of male cerci with 1 thin and slightly long internal branch, the middle area slightly expanded, compressed, apex obtuse........................................................................ P. grahami (Tinkham, 1944)
- Basal area of male cerci with 1 digitiform process on ventral margin, middle area with 1 small tooth on interno-dorsal margin.................................................................... P. uncicercis Bian, Shi & Chang sp. nov.
21 Lateral margin of female subgenital plate right-angularly curved dorsad, posterior margin almost truncate, centre of which slightly concave...................................................................................... 22
- Posterior margin of female subgenital plate subtriangular or obtusely rounded..................................... 23
22 Basal half of female subgenital plate nearly rectangular in dorsal view, wider than long, apical half trapezoid; middle area of male cerci with 1 rectangular internal lobe, apical half slender.............................. P. minuta (Tinkham, 1943)
- Basal half of female subgenital plate with obviously lateral carinae, apical half with obviously median carina................................................................................. P. circolobosis Bian, Shi & Chang sp. nov.
23 Posterior margin of female subgenital plate subtriangular; three fifths of male cerci with 1 broad, flat and blunt tooth on internal margin.......................................................................... P. henryi Zeuner, 1940
- Posterior margin of female subgenital plate obtusely rounded......................... P. carinata Wang, Liu & Li, 2012
24 Internal margin of basal area of male cerci with an upper process and lower process................................ 25
- Subbasal area and middle area of male cerci with 1 separate process............................................ 28
25 Basal area of male cerci with 1 digitiform or semicircular lobe on interno-dorsal margin............................ 26
- Basal area of male cerci with 1 lamellar process on interno-dorsal margin; ventral margin of middle area with spatulate process; apical half slightly conical.......................................... .. P. tribranchis Bian, Shi & Chang, 2012
26 Basal half of male cerci with 1 digitiform lobe on interno-dorsal margin, interno-ventral margin with 1 semicircular lobe.. 27
- Basal half of male cerci with 1 semicircular lobe on interno-dorsal margin, interno-ventral margin with 1 triangular lobe............................................................................... P. montana Wang, Li & Liu, 2012
27 Male body yellow green, the subapical area of subgenital plate triangular expansion, posterior margin truncate, styli obviously longer than other species................................................. P. elongata Bian, Shi & Chang sp. nov.
- Male body yellowish-brown, the subapical area of subgenital plate not expanded......... P. punctata Wang, Li & Liu, 2012
28 Male cerci short, apical half bifurcate, right-angularly incurved; posterior margin of female subgenital plate with 1 deep notch........................................................................ P. chayuensis Wang, Li & Liu, 2012
- Male cerci long, apical half gradually incurved, not bifurcate................................................... 29
29 Basal area of male cerci with 1 slightly compressed, comparatively long and triangular process on interno-dorsal margin; one third basal area with a comparatively short and triangular process on ventral margin, apex obtuse; middle area with 1 spineshaped process on dorsal margin, apex curved interno-dorsad; subapical area slightly expanded, apex subacute; subgenital plate with styli............................................................ P. pectinis Bian, Shi & Chang, 2012
- Basal area of male cerci with 1 triangular process on interno-dorsal margin; middle area with 1 conical process on dorsal margin and 1 wide blunt process on ventral margin, slightly expanded; subgenital plate without styli................................................................................................ P. longicerca Wang, Li & Liu, 2012
description: Published as part of Bian, Xun, Shi, Fu-Ming & Chang, Yan-Lin, 2013, Second supplement for the genus Phlugiolopsis Zeuner, 1940 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) from China, with eight new species, pp. 159-191 in Zootaxa 3701 (2) on pages 161-163, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3701.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/247857