Abstract
The Phaneropterinae, commonly known as the bush katydids, are among the most diverse tettigoniids in the world. A new species Anormalousliusp. nov. is described from Kashmir, India. This is the second species in the short-winged genus Anormalous. It is differentiated from the other species from China by the absence of posterior apical spurs on the fore and mid tibiae, the male subgenital plate with two long cylindrical lobes fused with each other and blunt at the apices, and the male stridulatory area longer than broad. We include a key to species in the genus Anormalou. The holotype has been deposited in the Museum of Zoology Department, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh Uttar Pradesh, India.
Highlights
Katydids show an incredible diversity of forms and species (Heller et al 2014), with many species reported from India
All body parts were measured using a vernier caliper. Both the holotype and paratype have been deposited in the Museum of Zoology Department, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh Uttar Pradesh, India
Lateral lobe of pronotum with shallow humeral sinus
Summary
Katydids show an incredible diversity of forms and species (Heller et al 2014), with many species reported from India. Keywords Anormalous, India, Kashmir, new species, Phaneropterinae The genus Anormalous most resembles the genera in the tribe Ducetiini in the lateral lobe of the pronotum, the tympanum structure, the fore tibiae, and the absence of styli in male subgenital plate, but differs by the particular tegminal structure (Liu 2011).
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