Metaplastes
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Metaplastes is agenus of locusts from the family of sickle hornets (Phaneropteridae).
features
The Metaplastes species are similar to the species of the genera Barbitistes and Ancistrura . In both males and females, the pronotum is slightly extended backwards. In the metazona the pronotum is slightly increased in males and not increased in females. There is a sulcus slightly behind the middle . The genus is micropter . The male epiproct has a tooth or cone that is blunt at the tip on both sides. The cerci of the males are irregularly curved. In some species they also have an internal tooth-like protrusion. At the apex, the subgenital plate of the males is equipped with thorns or other modifications. In females, lobular or platelet-shaped appendages are present on both sides of the subgenital plate above the lamella and behind the gonangulum . Gap-shaped depressions at the base of the ovipositors may or may not be present.
Occurrence
The distribution area of the genus includes southern Europe .
Systematics
The genus includes the following 4 species:
- Metaplastes ippolitoi La Greca, 1949
- Metaplastes oertzeni (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891)
- Metaplastes ornatus (Ramme, 1931)
- Metaplastes pulchripennis (Costa, 1863)
supporting documents
literature
- Kurt Harz: The orthopterists of Europe . Volume 1, Dr. W. Junk NV, The Hague 1969.
Individual evidence
- ^ Metaplastes at Orthoptera Species File Online , accessed November 7, 2011
