taxonID	type	description	language	source
0387D06CBF0FFF80CDA9C699FC5353D1.taxon	type_taxon	Type species: Caedicia pictipes Stål, by monotypy. Although originally described from a single species, thirty-four Caedicia taxa are now listed in Eades et al. (2007) in Orthoptera Species File. Based on material in the Australian National Insect Collection, Canberra (ANIC), at least twice that number are known to occur within Australia, Rentz (unpubl. data). The geographical range of the genus includes almost all regions of Australia, including Tasmania, Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island. In addition, several species have been described from New Guinea. DCFR has examined almost all of the types of the Australian species. Caedicia may be a catch-all for several taxa. For example, within Caedicia as presently understood, there appear to be two extremes in tegminal morphology. There is the long and slender tegmen as exemplified by the type species, C. extenuata Stål, and C. gracilis Rentz. There is a shorter, more ovoid tegmen exhibited by species like C. mesochides Rentz and C. obtusifolia Brunner. The new species here described, C. webberi Rentz, Su & Ueshima, sp. nov., is one of a number of species intermediate in this character. If the genus is eventually split, these latter taxa may be determined to represent a different genus leaving the suite of species with the long, thin tegmina in Caedicia. Caedicia appears to combine the following suite of characters: Tegmen with costa present or absent, if the former, then weak; MA usually weak and undulating (strong and straight on the type species), ending well before distal 1 / 3 of tegmen; Rs forked, usually short but forked well beyond the middle in the type species. Male cerci elongate, apically not forked but tip species-distinctive in armature; subgenital plate lacking articulated styles, although the portion of the plate where styles are expected may be elongated and seem like styles. Ovipositor short, bud-like. Caedicia webberi * 1 Rentz, Su, Ueshima sp. nov. Figs. 1, 2, 17 A; Table 1, Map 1 Holotype male. Label “ 16 ° 48 ’ S. 145 ° 38 ’ E. (GPS) Kuranda, (Top of the Range), 19 Butler Dr, 335 m, 15 – 31 MAY 2007 DCF Rentz. ”	en	Rentz, Dcf, Su, You Ning, Ueshima, Norhiro (2008): Studies in Australian Tettigoniidae: new Phaneropterine Katydids from Queensland Rainforests (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae; Phaneropterinae). Zootaxa 1964 (1): 1-39, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1964.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1964.1.1
0387D06CBF0FFF80CDA9C699FC5353D1.taxon	materials_examined	Type locality. The type locality is a simple to complex mesophyll to notophyll vine forest on moderately to poorly drained metamorphics (Regional Ecosystem 7.11.1 Environmental Protection Agency, 2007). See Map 1. The type was attracted to lights at night. Male. General. Size moderate to large for genus, form robust (Table 1). Head. Head with fastigium of vertex well indicated (Fig. 17 A); frons swollen, surface irregular; clypeus and labrum simple, not modified. Antenna with scape and pedicel simple, unmodified, flagellum thin, slightly longer than body of insect, weakly annulate. 1. * Named in honour of Dr Bruce Webber who encountered this species while studying plant-insect relationships in the Daintree region of tropical Queensland. Thorax. Pronotum with surface of disk matte, with sulci indicated only by colour; anterior margin concave, posterior margin obtuse; lateral lobe straight, slightly deeper than broad, surface smooth, ventral margin feebly obtuse. Prosternum unarmed; meso-and metathorax each with a pair of heart-shaped structures. Wings. Tegmen (Figs. 2, 17 A) with costa short but distinct, with many small branching veinlets; subcosta with few distinctive prominent veins, the remainder irregular; MA feeble, irregular; Rs feeble, branching near base with single bifurcation. Stridulatory region not well defined, stridulatory file with 123 teeth Fig. 1 F). Legs. Fore femur armed only on anterior margin of ventral surface with a series of small teeth (Fig. 1 D); apex of fore femur, auditory tympanum (Fig. 1 D). Middle femur armed only on anterior margin of ventral surface with a series of short teeth; middle tibia armed dorsally only with apical spine on posterior surface, ventral surface with a series of spines on both margins, these positioned in apical one-third, apex with a single spine on each margin. Hind femur with a series of spines on both internal and external margins; hind tibia (Fig. 1 E) with dorsal surface with a pair of apical spines, ventral surface with 4 apical spines. Abdomen. Abdomen with tenth tergite with caudal margin not, or only feebly indented; cercus (Figs. 1 A – C) with apex hammer-shaped, apex with teeth and brushes; supra-anal plate small, evenly rounded, completely concealed by overhanging tenth tergite; subgenital plate narrowing apically, without median indentation, “ style ” represented as a short projection. No sclerotised concealed genitalia. Female. General. Similar to male except for following: tenth tergite apically evenly rounded; cercus moderately elongate, feebly directed inwards; supra-anal plate evenly tongue-shaped; ovipositor very short, unarmed. Eggs. The eggs are light brown, flat, poorly sclerotised and measure 4.78 x 1.99 mm. The degree of sclerotisation of the eggs suggests that they are laid in leaf tissue rather than concealed in bark cracks. Colour. General overall colour of species rich deep green (Fig. 2); Head with eye with dorsal surface yellow, internal margin reddish, remainder brown; frons mottled green; antennal with scape and pedicel uniformly green, flagellum with first few segments green remainder dark brown, feebly annulate. Pronotum mottled green. Tegmen dark green with exceptions as follow: surface with 8 – 9 small white spots (Fig. 17 A) these as small blisters along radius; tegmen adjacent to lateral angle of pronotum with articulating vein as a yellow spot with the membranes of adjacent veinlets black; “ surface ” of tegmen of male with a black region at posterior end of stridulatory area. Legs uniformly green, tarsi white. Abdomen green dorsally, each tergite with a greenish white spot laterally, ventral surface greenish yellow. Ovipositor greenish yellow. Specimens examined: Paratypes: Queensland: Palmerston Nat. Park, on Cairns-Tully powerline, 6. xi. 1966 (E. B. Britton, 1 male, at light). 16 ° 48 ’ S. 145 ° 38 ’ E. (GPS) Kuranda, (Top of the Range), 19 Butler Dr, 335 m, the following paratopotypes all collected by DCF Rentz: 15 – 30. iv. 2003 (1 male); 1 – 15. vii. 2003 (2 males); 1 – 15. x. 2003 (1 male) 15 – 30. xi. 2003 (1 male); 1 – 15. xii. 2003 (1 female) 15 – 31. xii. 2003 (1 male); 15 – 31. i. 2004 (1 male Cytol. prep. 04 - 26) 15 – 31. ii. 2004 (1 male); 15 – 29. ii. 2004 (5 males; Cytol. preps. 04 – 27, 31, 43); same locality 15 – 31. iii. 2004 (1 male, 1 – 15. iv. 2004 (1 male); 15 – 30. iv. 2004 (2 males); 15 – 31. vii. 2004 (1 male) 15 – 30. x. 2004 (1 female); 15 – 30. xi. 2004 (4 males); 1 – 15. xii. 2004 (1 male); 1 – 15. i. 2005 (DCF Rentz, 1 male); same locality 1 – 15. i. 2005 (1 male); 15 – 31. i. 2005 (3 males); same locality, 1 – 15. ii. 2005 (DCFR 1 female); 15 – 31. ii. 2005 (1 male); 15 – 31. x. 2005 (1 male); 1 – 15. xi. 2005 (1 male, Cytol. Prep. 05 - 03); 1 – 15. xii. 2005 (2 males, 1 female); 1 – 15. xii. 2005 (1 male); 16 – 31. xii. 2005 (1 male); 1 – 15. ii. 2006 (1 male); 1 – 15. iii. 2006 (1 male); 15 – 31. iii. 2005 (1 male); 16 – 30. iv. 2006 (1 male); 1 – 15. ix. 2006 (1 male); 16 – 30. ix. 2006 (1 male); 1 – 15. x. 2006 (2 males); 16 – 26. x. 2006 (1 male); 15 – 30. xi. 2006 (3 males, Cytol. preps 2007 - 06, 07); 16 – 31. xii. 2006 (3 males, 1 female); 1 – 15. i. 2007 (2 males); 1 – 5. ii. 2007 (3 males); 16 – 28. ii. 2007 (3 males); 1 – 15. iii. 2007 (2 males); 1 – 15. iv. 2007 (4 males: 16 – 30. iv. 2007 (1 male); 1 – 15. v. 2007 (1 male); 16 – 31. v. 2007 (2 males); 15. x. 2007 (1 male); 30 / 11 / 2007 (3 males, 1 female); 15. xii. 2007 (3 males); 15. i. 2008 (5 males); 31. i. 2008 (1 male); 15. ii. 2008 (1 male); 31. v. 2008 (1 male); Kuranda, 20. i. 1982 (W. N. B. Quick, 1 male). 36 ° 48 ’ S. 145 ° 35 ’ E. Russett Park, 5 km WSW. of Kuranda, 500 m, 14, 18. iii. 1988 (P. Shanahan, 2 males, at light); same locality 7 – 14. vi. 1988 (P. Shanahan, 1 male, at light.). 17 ° 02 ’ S. 145 ° 37 ’ E., Davies Ck 30. ii. 1988 (DCF Rentz, 1 male, Cytol. prep. 88 - 214; Song recorded S- 630). 16 ° 135 ’ S. 145 ° 26 ’ E. (GS) 4 km W. of Bailey Pt “ Crocodylus Village ” 30. x. 1993 (DCF Rentz, L. Lowe, stop 6, 1 female). 15 O 47 ’ S. 145 ° 14 ’ E. Shiptons Flat, nr Cooktown, 16 – 18. v. 1981 (DCF Rentz, stop 38, 1 male). 12 ° 43 ’ S. 143 ° 17 ’ E. 9 km ENE. of Mt Tozer, Iron Range Nat. Park, 7. vii. 1986 (DCF Rentz, stop I- 12, 3 males, Cytol. preps. 86 - 85 - 102, 109; Song recorded S- 410, one collected as nymph, matured in laboratory 25. ix. 1986). 12 ° 44 ’ S. 143 ° 14 ’ E. 3 km ENE. Mt Tozer, nr Iron Range Nat. Park, 28. vi – 4. vii. 1986 (DCF Rentz, 2 males collected as nymphs, matured in laboratory 3. vii. 1986). Locherbie, 22. iii. 1987 (G. B. Monteith, 1 male, collected as nymph, matured in laboratory 21. iv. 1987).	en	Rentz, Dcf, Su, You Ning, Ueshima, Norhiro (2008): Studies in Australian Tettigoniidae: new Phaneropterine Katydids from Queensland Rainforests (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae; Phaneropterinae). Zootaxa 1964 (1): 1-39, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1964.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1964.1.1
0387D06CBF0FFF80CDA9C699FC5353D1.taxon	discussion	Discussion. This species is common where it occurs but its host plant associations have not been determined. It commonly comes to lights. Adults appear at the end of the dry season (October & November) with the last adults of the season being recorded in May at the beginning of the dry season. C. webberi has a number of peculiar identifying characters. The white spots on the tegmina (Figs. 17 A) are actually minute blister-like swellings that are creamish white in colour. The articulation of the tegmen at the humeral angle of the pronotum is yellow as noted above. This presents a 2 - spotted appearance when viewed from above in some extreme specimens. MAP 1. Known distribution of Caedicia webberi Rentz, Su & Ueshima, new species. Caedicia goobita * 2 Rentz, Su, Ueshima sp. nov. Fig. 3; Table 1 Holotype male. Label “ 16 ° 48 ’ S. 145 ° 38 ’ E. (GPS) Kuranda, (Top of the Range), 19 Butler Dr, 335 m, 1 – 15 NOV. 2007 DCF Rentz. ” 2. * Goobita is an aboriginal word meaning small, an allusion to the size of this species.	en	Rentz, Dcf, Su, You Ning, Ueshima, Norhiro (2008): Studies in Australian Tettigoniidae: new Phaneropterine Katydids from Queensland Rainforests (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae; Phaneropterinae). Zootaxa 1964 (1): 1-39, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1964.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1964.1.1
0387D06CBF0FFF80CDA9C699FC5353D1.taxon	materials_examined	Type locality. The type locality is a simple to complex mesophyll to notophyll vine forest on moderately to poorly drained metamorphics (Regional Ecosystem 7.11.1 EPA, 2007). The type was attracted to lights at night. General. Size small for genus, form slender (Table 1). Head. Head with fastigium of vertex very broad, well indicated; frons smooth, shining, almost flat; clypeus and labrum unmodified. Antenna with scape and pedicel simple, unmodified; flagellum thin, with faint annulations. Thorax. Pronotum with surface of disk smooth, flat, shining, without any trace of sulci or indentations; anterior margin feebly concave, posterior margin obtuse; lateral lobe deep. about as deep as broad, cephalic margin slightly indented above eye, caudal margin indented dorsally. Prosternum unarmed; meso- and metathorax each with a pair of heart-like structures. Wings. Tegmen with costa short but relatively well indicated, undulating; subcosta with a few weak, diagonal veins; MA straight, then curving posteriorly, with a few short branches on each side; Rs strong, bifurcating near the base. Stridulatory region poorly defined. Legs. Fore femur armed on anterior margin of ventral surface with a series of small teeth (Fig. 3 B); apex of fore femur unspined; fore tibia unarmed dorsally or with a single minute spine subapically on posterior margin, ventral surface with a series of small spines with one apical on each side; auditory tympanum (Fig. 3 B) expanded. Middle femur with a series of up to 4 teeth on anterior margin, ventral margin unarmed; middle tibia warmed dorsally with a single apical spines on each side, ventral surface with a series of small spines on each side. Hind femur with a series of spines on both margins, those of the internal surface more concentrated near the apex; dorsal surface with a pair of apical spines, ventral surface with 4 apical spines. Abdomen. _ Abdomen with tenth tergite (Fig. 3 C) undulating, feebly concave; supra-anal plate broadly triangular; cercus (Fig. 3 C) long and slender, gently curving inwards, apex with a minute tooth on internal margin; subgenital plate broadly scoop-shaped, interspace broad, corners produced, style-like. No sclerotised concealed genitalia. Female. Similar to male except for following: tenth tergite unmodified, supra-anal plate broadly triangular; cercus elongate, strongly directed upwards; ovipositor (Fig. 3 D) small but projecting well beyond apex of abdomen, valves not serrate, thin; subgenital plate narrowly triangular, with median sulcus, apex minutely indented. Colour. General overall colour median to dark green, lateral margins of pronotum yellow; frons light green; antenna with scape, pedicel and flagellum light green, the flagellum with fiant brown, broad annulations. Pronotum with disk and lateral lobes dark green except as noted above; Tegmen dark green, some veins somewhat darker than the rest. Legs uniformly green except hind knees reddish brown with a small black spot on each side; tarsi green. Abdomen dark green, each tergite with a faint yellow chevron position in the middle; ventral surface greenish yellow. Ovipositor light green. Eggs. The eggs are wedge-shaped, black, well sclerotised, depressed on the middle on one surface. Measurements: 3.4 x 1.0 mm. Specimens examined paratypes: Queensland: 16 O 48 ’ S. 145 O 38 ’ E. (GPS) Kuranda, (Top of the Range), 19 Butler Dr, 335 m, 15. iv. 2003 (1 male); 30. iv. 2004, (1 male); 15. x. 2004 (1 male); 15. vi. 2004 (1 female); 15. x. 2004 (2 females): 15. xi. 2004 (1 female); 30. xi. 2004 (1 male, 1 female); 30. ix. 2006 (1 female); 15. xii. 2006 (1 female); 31. v. 2007 (1 male, 1 female); 15. vi. 2007 (2 females); 15. ix. 2007 (1 female); 31. x. 2007 (1 male); 15. xi. 2007 (2 females); 31. iii. 2008 (1 female); 30. iv. 2008 (1 female). All collected by DCF Rentz.	en	Rentz, Dcf, Su, You Ning, Ueshima, Norhiro (2008): Studies in Australian Tettigoniidae: new Phaneropterine Katydids from Queensland Rainforests (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae; Phaneropterinae). Zootaxa 1964 (1): 1-39, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1964.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1964.1.1
0387D06CBF0FFF80CDA9C699FC5353D1.taxon	discussion	Discussion. This rather non-descript species is among the least common of the Caedicia species that come to the lights in Kuranda. The records suggest that it is active in both the wet and dry seasons. C. goobita could be mistaken for other species such as C. flexuosa but is easily distinguished from it when carefully compared. See also Table 1. The combination of the reddish brown hind knees with a small spot on each side and the protruding ovipositor are its most distinctive characters.	en	Rentz, Dcf, Su, You Ning, Ueshima, Norhiro (2008): Studies in Australian Tettigoniidae: new Phaneropterine Katydids from Queensland Rainforests (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae; Phaneropterinae). Zootaxa 1964 (1): 1-39, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1964.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1964.1.1
0387D06CBF04FF99CDA9C211FA375597.taxon	description	Figs. 4, 5, 17 C, 18; Table 1; Map 2 Caedicia flexuosa Bolivar, I. 1902. Term. Fuzetek. 25: 185,186. Type locality: New Guinea. Holotype in UCME Madrid Univ. UCME Madrid Univ. ANIC number Caedicia sp. 40 This small species is very common where it occurs and is frequently attracted to lights. It was unrecognised as a described species until recently when compared with the type which is from New Guinea in Eades et al. (2007). It is a small, greenish grey species with rather elongate tegmina. The cerci are distinctive in their elongate curving form. A redescription of the species is presented below. Male. Size small for genus (Table 1), form elongate. Head. Head with fastigium of vertex very low, broad, not deeply engraved; frons and clypeus smooth, not swollen; labrum simple. Antenna with scape and pedicel simple; flagellum slightly longer than length of insect, not annulate. Thorax. Pronotum with surface of disk glossy, with irregular, minute engravings, and no transverse sulci; cephalic margin feebly concave, caudal margin obtuse; lateral lobe with cephalic margin straight, caudal margin feebly produced, ventral margin evenly obtuse. Wings. Tegmen (Fig. 17 C) with costa poorly represented, diagonal veins arising from subcosta very irregular; MA strong with prominent veins arising either side, forking only near the apex; Rs not forked; entire surface of tegmen evenly reticulate. Stridulatory region well sclerotised; stridulatory vein with a small secondary vein, mirror elongate. Legs. Fore and middle femora unarmed on ventral surface or with 3 – 5 minute teeth on anterior margin; hind femur with 6 minute spines in apical half. Abdomen. Abdomen with tenth tergite (Fig. 5 C) well sclerotised, somewhat depressed in the middle; cercus very elongate, undulating, apex with a few teeth (Fig. 5 C); subgenital plate broad, apex not especially narrowing, with a pair of short, style-like protuberances. Female. Differs from male in the cerci which are elongate, convergent but not undulating; subgenital plate longer than broad, with medial indentation; ovipositor very short (Fig. 5 B), barely protruding from apex of abdomen, apex abruptly upcurved. Colour. Overall colour rather uniform greyish green (this usually fading to yellowish on thorax and legs in pinned specimens), reticulate pattern of tegmina shining. Eggs. Eggs dissected from a female were ovoid, flat, poorly sclerotised, yellow and measured 2.8 by 1.4 mm. MAP 2. Known distribution of two phaneropterine species in far north Queensland., Currimundria delicata Rentz, Su & Ueshima, new genus and species., Caedicia flexuosa Brunner. Specimens examined. 16.45 S 145.36 E., Black Mtn Rd, 11.4 rd km from Kennedy Hwy, 29. ii. 1988 DCF Rentz, stop A- 27, Cytol. Prep. 88 - 129; 1 male). 16 O 48 ’ S. 145 O 38 ’ E. (GPS) Kuranda, (Top of the Range), 19 Butler Dr, 335 m, from the following dates 1 – 15. xi. 2004, 1 – 15. xii. 2004, 25 – 30. xi. 2004, 16 – 31. xii. 2005, 1 – 15. i. 2006, 15 – 28. ii. 2006, Cytol. prep. 2006 - 05 15 – 30. iv. 2006, 15 – 30. vi. 2006, 16 – 31. xii. 2006, 1 – 15. i. 2007, 1 – 15. ii. 2007, 16 – 28. ii. 2007, 1 – 15. iv. 2007, Cytol. prep. 2007 - 10; 15. i. 2008; 3. iii. 2008, 31. iii. 2008 (DCF Rentz, many males and females, ANIC). Kuranda, 25. i. 82 WNB Quick (2 males). 16.48 S 145.35 E Russett Pk 5 km WNW Kuranda, 500 m, 1, 2, 18, 26. iii. 86 P. Shanahan (5 males); Same locality, 20. ii. 1988 (DCFR Stop A- 20, (1 male Cytol 88 - 98, Song recorded S- 553); same locality and date, Cytol. prep. 88 - 94, Song recorded S- 548 (1 male); same locality and date, (1 male, Cytol, prep. 88 - 120, Song recorded S- 562); same locality and date, (1 male, Cytol. Prep. 88 - 21, Song recorded S- 486). 17.17 S 145.34 E Curtain Fig, 2 km SSW of Yungaburra, 21. i. 1988 (DCFR Stop A- 2, (1 male, Collected as nymph, matured 11. ii. 88, Cytol. prep. 88 - 60, Song recorded S- 519); same locality (1 male Cytol. Prep. 88 - 65, Song recorded S- 523); same locality (1 male Cytol. Prep. 88 - 18, Song recorded S- 483). 16. 35 E. 145.18 E 3 km E of Mt Lewis (5 km from Julatten rd turnoff, 5. ii. 1988 (DCF Rentz, stop A- 32 1 male, Cytol. Prep. 88 - 170, Song Recorded, S- 595). Mt Spec., 5 – 7. i. 1965 J G Brooks, (2 males)	en	Rentz, Dcf, Su, You Ning, Ueshima, Norhiro (2008): Studies in Australian Tettigoniidae: new Phaneropterine Katydids from Queensland Rainforests (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae; Phaneropterinae). Zootaxa 1964 (1): 1-39, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1964.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1964.1.1
0387D06CBF04FF99CDA9C211FA375597.taxon	discussion	Discussion. This species commonly comes to lights and the adults appear in the beginning of the wet season (Nov.) and persist until well into the dry (Apr.). It is common at the Kuranda site. The host associations are unknown but the size and shape of the tegmina suggests the species may occur on Acacias. Caedicia kuranda * 3 Rentz, Su, Ueshima sp. nov. Figs. 6, 7, 17 B; Table 1; Map 2 ANIC number Caedicia sp. nov. 26 Holotype male. Label “ 16 O 48 ’ S. 145 O 38 ’ E. (GPS) Kuranda, (Top of the Range), 19 Butler Dr, 335 m, 1 – 15 NOV. 2007 DCF Rentz. ”	en	Rentz, Dcf, Su, You Ning, Ueshima, Norhiro (2008): Studies in Australian Tettigoniidae: new Phaneropterine Katydids from Queensland Rainforests (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae; Phaneropterinae). Zootaxa 1964 (1): 1-39, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1964.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1964.1.1
0387D06CBF04FF99CDA9C211FA375597.taxon	materials_examined	Type locality. The type locality is a simple to complex mesophyll to notophyll vine forest on moderately to poorly drained metamorphics (Regional Ecosystem 7.11.1 EPA, 2007). The type was attracted to lights at night. Male. General. Size moderate for genus, form robust (Table 1). Head. Head with fastigium of vertex prominent (Fig. 7 A), with deep medial impression, side narrowing cephalically; frons swollen, clypeus and labrum not modified. Thorax. Pronotum with cephalic margin feebly emarginate (Fig. 7 A), caudal margin subacute; lateral lobe with anterior margin feebly indented dorsally, then feebly obtuse, caudal margin evenly obtuse; ventral margin evenly rounded. Wings. Tegmen with costa scarcely discernable from other veins (Fig. 17 B) subcosta with a series of very weak diagonal vein some forking near the apex; Rs divided proximally; MA moderately prominent and without any accessory veins, not divided at apex. Stridulatory region well sclerotised but stridulatory vein weak and not well defined; mirror absent. Legs. Fore femur armed on anterior margin of ventral surface with 5 – 7 minute teeth, middle femur with 7 – 11 minute but slightly larger teeth; posterior margin of both femora unarmed; hind femur with 10 – 14 teeth on external margin of f ventral surface, internal margin with abut half that number of much smaller spines. Fore tibia subcylindrical, slender, dorsal surface armed apically on posterior margin with a single minute spine, ventral surface with 7 spines on anterior margin, 4 on posterior margin one apical in position. Middle tibia slender, subcylindrical, armed dorsally with 2 spines proximally on anterior margin and with an apical 3. * Named with reference to the type locality. spines, posterior margin unarmed; ventral surface with 11 – 13 minute spines on each margin and with a pair of apical spines only slightly longer than those adjacent. Abdomen. Abdomen with tenth tergite prominent, well sclerotised, apex irregularly undulating; cercus (Fig. 7 C) elongate, gently upcurved, apex blunt and with a pair of teeth; supra-anal plate apically divided; subgenital plate (Fig. 7 D) short, stout, apex shallowly excavate, with a pair of short, peg-like protuberances. Female. Slightly larger than male (Table 1). Abdomen with supra-anal plate elongate, apically divided and with a pair of style-like pegs at each corner; subgenital plate short and broad. Ovipositor very short, abruptly upcurved. Colour. Colour uniformly dark green. Pronotum glossy, this contrasting with body colour; ventral surface of hind femur uniformly green. Eggs. Egg flat, paddle-shaped, measuring 4.7 x 1.8 mm. The eggs are very poorly sclerotised and light yellow in colour suggesting they are inserted in leaf tissue rather than laid externally on twigs or in bark. Specimens examined paratypes: Queensland: 16 ° 48 ’ S. 145 ° 38 ’ E. (GPS) Kuranda, (Top of the Range), 19 Butler Dr, 335 m, 30. iv. 2003 (1 male); 31. x. 2003 (1 male); 30. xi. 2003 (1 male); 15 – 30. xii. 2003 (1 male); 15 – 30. xi. 2004, (3 males, 2 female); 1 – 15. xii. 2004 (1 male, 1 female); 16 – 31. xii. 2004 (1 female); 20 – 30. xi. 2005 (2 females); 1 – 15. xii. 2005 (1 male, 1 female with spermatophore attached); 16 – 31. xii. 2005 (1 male); 1 – 15. xii. 2006 (1 male); 1 – 15. i. 2006 (1 male); 1 – 15. i. 2007 (2 males, 2 females); 1 – 15. xi. 2007 (9 males); 30. xi. 2007 (1 male, 1 female). All collected by DCF Rentz, ANIC.	en	Rentz, Dcf, Su, You Ning, Ueshima, Norhiro (2008): Studies in Australian Tettigoniidae: new Phaneropterine Katydids from Queensland Rainforests (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae; Phaneropterinae). Zootaxa 1964 (1): 1-39, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1964.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1964.1.1
0387D06CBF04FF99CDA9C211FA375597.taxon	discussion	Discussion. This is a rather plain-looking species, moderate in size and common early in the season. Its most distinctive morphological features are the contrasting, shining pronotum and the ventral surface of the hind femur being light green without any trace of orange. Currimundria * 4 Gen. Nov. ANIC number P 6	en	Rentz, Dcf, Su, You Ning, Ueshima, Norhiro (2008): Studies in Australian Tettigoniidae: new Phaneropterine Katydids from Queensland Rainforests (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae; Phaneropterinae). Zootaxa 1964 (1): 1-39, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1964.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1964.1.1
0387D06CBF04FF99CDA9C211FA375597.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Currimundria delicata Rentz, Su, Ueshima, here designated. This genus is proposed to accommodate a single peculiar species that is found in the rainforests of far north Queensland. It does not seem to be common and is attracted to lights where it can be found in its distinctive posture resting in the sun during the day.	en	Rentz, Dcf, Su, You Ning, Ueshima, Norhiro (2008): Studies in Australian Tettigoniidae: new Phaneropterine Katydids from Queensland Rainforests (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae; Phaneropterinae). Zootaxa 1964 (1): 1-39, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1964.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1964.1.1
0387D06CBF04FF99CDA9C211FA375597.taxon	diagnosis	Differential diagnosis. Male / Female. Although the tribal distinctions and limits are poorly defined in the Phaneropterinae, this genus probably is a member of Brunner’s Group Ephippithytae. It can be distinguished by the following combination of characters: fore coxa spined; tibial auditory foramina open on both sides; ovipositor short, only slightly protruding from abdomen. General. Size moderate for group (Table 2), form robust, limbs delicate; both sexes fully winged. Head. Head small, dorso-ventrally elongate, not protruding much in front of pronotum (Fig. 9 A); frons 4. * Currimundria is an aboriginal word referring to the wing of a flying fox (bat), an allusion to the odd tegmen of the single species of the genus; feminine gender. not protruding; fastigium of vertex a minute, raised triangular structure without a median sulcus; scrobes of antenna produced; scape and pedicel unmodified, flagellum very thin; eye round, bulging, situated high on head. Thorax. Thoracic auditory structure elongate, almost wholly concealed by lateral pronotal lobe. Pronotum with surface irregular but without sulci, surface with an indistinct indentation medially (Fig. 9 A); anterior margin feebly concave, posterior margin obtuse; lateral lobe deeper than broad, anterior and posterior margins parallel. Prosternum armed with a pair of short, triangulate processes; mesosternum with a pair of triangulate processes, metasternum with a much larger pair of ovoid processes. Wings. — Male and female tegmina similar, strongly arching dorsally in profile (Fig. 8), the posterior margin produced; costa barely recognisable from adjacent diagonal veins; subcosta and radius fused (Fig. 17 F), diverging only at apex where the latter is bifurcate; median relatively elongate, forking twice; stridulatory region well sclerotised, stridulatory vein thick, straight. Legs. Fore coxa with a short spine; all other coxae and trochanters unarmed. Fore legs very slender; tibial auditory tympanum open on both sides; tibia cylindrical, ventral surface with a small number of minute spines on both margins, apex with a pair of minute spines, dorsal surface unarmed except apex of anterior margin with a minute spine. Middle legs only slightly longer than fore legs; tibia expanded basally, remainder subquadrate; dorsal surface armed on posterior margin with a single minute spine at apex of swollen, apex with a larger spine, ventral surface armed with 8 spines on anterior margin, posterior margin with 5 spines, apex with a spine on each side; middle femur armed with 11 – 12 teeth on anterior margin of ventral surface, posterior margin unarmed; hind tibia armed dorsally and ventrally with many spines on both margins, apex of dorsal surface with a pair of large spines, ventral surface with 4 smaller spines; hind femur with external surface “ wrinkled ” in dorsal half, ventral portion smooth, shining; ventral surface with 7 spines on external margin, 5 much smaller spines on internal margin. Genicular lobes of fore and middle femora unarmed, hind femur with an elongate pine on each side. Abdomen. Male abdomen slender, unmodified; tenth tergite distinctive, truncate to emarginate in the middle, corners produced (Fig. 9 B); cercus distinctive elongate, tip abruptly incurved; subgenital plate very elongate, with narrow median incision, styles elongate, well defined (Fig. 9 B), No sclerotised concealed genitalia. Female abdomen with tenth tergite unmodified; cercus rather stout, straight, directed upwards; ovipositor very distinctive, protruding from tip of abdomen, very sharp (Fig. 9 C), apex minutely serrate; subgenital plate broadly triangulate, with median sulcus. Coloration. Overall coloration light lime green, often with a yellowish tinge; eyes dark brown; fore tarsi with brownish overcast; anterior medial area of tegmen with minute, pepper-like black flecks (Fig. 8).	en	Rentz, Dcf, Su, You Ning, Ueshima, Norhiro (2008): Studies in Australian Tettigoniidae: new Phaneropterine Katydids from Queensland Rainforests (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae; Phaneropterinae). Zootaxa 1964 (1): 1-39, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1964.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1964.1.1
0387D06CBF04FF99CDA9C211FA375597.taxon	discussion	Discussion. This genus shows no close relationships with any other Australian phaneropterine. Currimundria delicata * 5 Rentz, Su, Ueshima sp. nov. Figs. 8, 9, 17 F, 20; Table 2; Map 2 ANIC Number Genus Novum 6, sp. 1 Holotype male. Label 1. “ 17.07 S 145.38 E Mt Haig road, 10 km ENE of Tinaroo Dam wall, Atherton Tableland, Qld. 3 February 1988 DCF Rentz, stop A- 14 ”. 2. “ Cytol. prep. 88 - 54 ”. 3. Song recorded S- 509 ”. Holotype in the Australian National Insect Collection, Canberra. Male. Tegmen (Fig. 17 F) uniformly reticulate with 3 – 5 radial veins, the proximal two bifurcate. Cercus (Fig. 9 B) with apex blunt, curved inwards. Female. Ovipositor (Fig. 9 C) sharp and shining, very well sclerotised. Specimens examined paratypes: Queensland: 15 ° 50 ’ S. 145 ° 20 ’ E. Gap Ck., 5 km ESE of Mt Finnigan, nr Cooktown, 13 – 16. v. 1981 (DCF Rentz, 1 male, Stop 37, Cytol. prep. 81 - 127, ANIC). 15 O 47 ’ S. 145 O 17 ’ E. Moses Ck, 4 km N. by E. of Mt Finnigan, nr Cooktown, 14. x. 1980 (R. Barrett, T. Weir, 1 male, ANIC). 16 ° 31 ’ S. 145 ° 16 ’ E., 7 km N. of Mt Lewis, (31.5 rd km from Julatten turnoff), 12. ii. 1988 (DCF Rentz, Stop A- 12, 1 male, Cytol. prep. 88 - 72, Song recorded S- 527). 16 ° 45 ’ S. 145 ° 36 ’ E., Black Mtn Rd, (11.4 km from 5. * The species is named with reference to its delicate appearance. Kennedy Hwy, 8 km NNW of Kuranda), 29. ii. 1988 (DCF Rentz, Stop A- 27, 1 female, collected as nymph, matured in lab. 5. iv. 1988, ANIC). 16 ° 48 ’ S. 145 ° 38 ’ E. (GPS), 19 Butler Dr, 15 – 31. i. 2004, 15 – 30. iv. 2004, 15. x. 2004 (DCF Rentz, 3 males, ANIC); same locality 16 – 31. xii. 2006, 16 – 30. iv. 2006 (DCF Rentz, 2 males, ANIC); same locality, 1 – 15. ii. 2007 (DCF Rentz, 1 male, Cytol. prep. 2007 - 2, ANIC); same locality, 1 – 15. xi. 2007 (DCF Rentz, 1 male, ANIC). Discussion. This delicate phaneropterine is an infrequent visitor to the lights. It has not been observed in nature other than on leaves in proximity to the lights in the morning. We have no idea of its host preferences.	en	Rentz, Dcf, Su, You Ning, Ueshima, Norhiro (2008): Studies in Australian Tettigoniidae: new Phaneropterine Katydids from Queensland Rainforests (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae; Phaneropterinae). Zootaxa 1964 (1): 1-39, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1964.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1964.1.1
0387D06CBF1CFF90CDA9C4EFFBDC5567.taxon	description	Ochrida Walker, F. 1869. Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. 2: 244.	en	Rentz, Dcf, Su, You Ning, Ueshima, Norhiro (2008): Studies in Australian Tettigoniidae: new Phaneropterine Katydids from Queensland Rainforests (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae; Phaneropterinae). Zootaxa 1964 (1): 1-39, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1964.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1964.1.1
0387D06CBF1CFF90CDA9C4EFFBDC5567.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Phaneroptera trigintiduoguttata Serville 1838 by original designation. Eades et al. (2007) list five species in Ephippithyta several of which are obvious synonyms of the type species. Rentz and Balderson (1979: 14) present notes on the types and type localities of most of these. Ochrida Walker was originally described as a mecopodine but is based on a nymph of E. trigintiduoguttata. The type species and its synonyms are species of the dry country of central Australia. These katydids commonly come to lights and because of their large size and striking appearance, they attract public attention. It was of some considerable interest to discover a new distinctive species living in the Kuranda rainforest. It is quite different from the type species but easily recognizable as a species of Ephippithyta on the basis of the shape of the pronotum and head, colour and pattern of body, tegmina and legs and the structure of the genitalia and ovipositor. See Figs. 10, 11. Ephippithyta kuranda * 6 Rentz, Su, Ueshima sp. nov. Figs. 10 B, D, 11 A – C, 12, 17 E, 21; Table 3 Holotype male. Label “ 16 ° 48 ’ S. 145 ° 38 ’ E. (GPS) Kuranda, (Top of the Range), 19 Butler Dr, 335 m, 15 – 31 MAY 2007 DCF Rentz. ” 6. * Named with reference to the type locality.	en	Rentz, Dcf, Su, You Ning, Ueshima, Norhiro (2008): Studies in Australian Tettigoniidae: new Phaneropterine Katydids from Queensland Rainforests (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae; Phaneropterinae). Zootaxa 1964 (1): 1-39, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1964.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1964.1.1
0387D06CBF1CFF90CDA9C4EFFBDC5567.taxon	materials_examined	Type locality. The type locality is a simple to complex mesophyll to notophyll vine forest on moderately to poorly drained metamorphics (Regional Ecosystem 7.11.1 EPA, 2007). The type was attracted to lights at night. Male. (Description in comparison with E. trigintiduoguttata) General. Size moderate for genus, form robust (Fig. 12) (Table 3). Head. Head with fastigium of vertex narrow, elongate, sides undulating. Thorax. Pronotum relatively broad (Fig. 10 B) with V-shaped median incision; surface of disk uniformly smooth, not rugose; lateral lobe broad (Fig. 12). Wings. Tegmen short and broad (Fig. 17 E), surface reticulate, veins not appreciably raised; radial area with the veins of the MA mostly perpendicular on each side and not divided in the inner part of the tegmen; stridulatory area with stridulatory vein thickened proximally. Legs. Fore legs with flanges on anterior ventral margin of fore femora Fig. 10 B); middle femur with a much smaller flange; hind femur with a moderate flange near apex. Abdomen. Abdomen with tenth tergite (Fig. 11 C) smooth, apex truncate; cercus (Fig. 11 C) short, stout, tip blunt with 2 teeth, the outer of which is longer than the inner; supra-anal plate about half again as long as broad, apex evenly rounded; subgenital plate broadly scoop-shaped, apex with 2 elongate styles without a medial incision. Female. Abdomen with tenth tergite not modified; supra-anal plate similar to that of male; subgenital plate very elongate, shallow, with a shallow median sulcus. Ovipositor distinctive, protruding slightly from tip of abdomen (Fig. 11 B), without any trace of armature. Colour. Colour is species distinctive as follows: head mottled brown, occiput olive green; antenna with scape and pedicel light green, flagellum brown, without annulations; tegmen with a variable number of faint, ovoid spots of varying sizes, mostly concentrated along posterior margin; fore femur and tibia mottled brown, middle and hind femora tibiae light green; middle tibia with a broad creamish brown basal spot and a much smaller similar spot apically, these separated by a greenish area; hind tibia (Fig. 10 D) laterally and ventrally green, dorsal surface mottled brown with 3 distinctive creamish brown bands. Thorax uniformly light green; pronotum dorsally dark brown, this brown pattern continuing onto base of tegmina; lateral lobe uniformly light green. Abdomen green with a few brown spot basally on first few segments; base adjoining thorax bright pinkish purple (Fig. 11 E). Eggs. The eggs are ovoid, flat, thin, black, well sclerotised. Measurements (5 eggs average): 4.1 x 2.3 mm. Specimens examined paratypes: Queensland: 16 ° 48 ’ S. 145 ° 38 ’ E. (GPS) Kuranda, (Top of the Range), 19 Butler Dr, 335 m, 30. xi. 2004 (3 males, 2 females); 31. xii. 2004 (1 male; Cytol. prep. 2004 - 16); 31. i. 2005 (2 males, 6 females); 15. ii. 2005 (1 female); 28. ii. 2005 (1 male); 15. iv. 2005 (1 female); 15. iii. 2005 (1 female); 15. xii. 2005; (5 males, 2 females); 15. i. 2006 (3 females); 31. i. 2006 (1 female); 28. ii. 2006 (1 male, 1 female); 15. iii. 2006 (2 female); 31. iii. 2006 (1 female); 15. xii. 2006 (2 males); 31. xi. 2006 (4 males, 3 females); 31. xii. 2006 (1 male); 15. i. 2007 (5 males, 1 female); 28. ii. 2007 (4 females); 15. iii. 2007 (1 female); 31. iii. 2007 (1 female); 30. iv. 2007 (1 female); 31. v. 2007 (1 female); 15. xi. 2007 (1 male; Cytol. prep. 2007 - 4); 15. xii. 2007 (1 male; Cytol. prep. 2007 - 14); 15. i. 2008 (2 females); 31. i. 2008 (3 females); 15. ii. 2008 (3 females); all collected by DCF Rentz. 16 O 49 ’ S 145 O 37 ’ E. (GPS) Kuranda, 2 km NW on Kennedy Hwy, “ Arona ”, 3. i. 2005 (DCF Rentz, J. van Pelt, 1 male).	en	Rentz, Dcf, Su, You Ning, Ueshima, Norhiro (2008): Studies in Australian Tettigoniidae: new Phaneropterine Katydids from Queensland Rainforests (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae; Phaneropterinae). Zootaxa 1964 (1): 1-39, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1964.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1964.1.1
0387D06CBF1CFF90CDA9C4EFFBDC5567.taxon	discussion	Discussion. This species is commonly attracted to light. With continuous monitoring throughout the year it is possible to reveal with some accuracy that this species matures late in the dry season (November) and persists as adults throughout the wet with the last adults seen early in the dry season (May). Yet with all this information and the apparent abundance of the species, we have not seen adults during the daytime and have no idea of host preferences. The shape of the ovipositor and eggs suggests the species oviposits on twigs and stems or in bark cracks. E. trigintiduoguttata deposits series of eggs on twigs and stems. Kurandoptera * 7 Gen. Nov. ANIC Number Gen. Nov. P 10	en	Rentz, Dcf, Su, You Ning, Ueshima, Norhiro (2008): Studies in Australian Tettigoniidae: new Phaneropterine Katydids from Queensland Rainforests (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae; Phaneropterinae). Zootaxa 1964 (1): 1-39, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1964.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1964.1.1
0387D06CBF1CFF90CDA9C4EFFBDC5567.taxon	type_taxon	Type species. Kurandoptera purpura Rentz, Su, Ueshima, here designated. This genus is proposed to accommodate a single distinctive species that occurs in the rainforests of the Kuranda region of far north Queensland. It shows some similarities with Polichne species but is quite different from those in the development of the ovipositor. No Polichne species shows strong development of the ovipositor to the extent that we see here. They usually have short, bud-like ovipositors that are used to glue small, barrel-like eggs to twigs and stems. The single known species described here has a very differently shaped ovipositor obviously developed for a different purpose.	en	Rentz, Dcf, Su, You Ning, Ueshima, Norhiro (2008): Studies in Australian Tettigoniidae: new Phaneropterine Katydids from Queensland Rainforests (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae; Phaneropterinae). Zootaxa 1964 (1): 1-39, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1964.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1964.1.1
0387D06CBF1CFF90CDA9C4EFFBDC5567.taxon	diagnosis	Differential diagnosis. This new genus seems most closely related to Polichne (Figs. 13 A, B). It bears a suite of characters that distinguishes it from that genus. The highly polished appearance of the entire body including the legs and wings, the usually unforked MA vein of the tegmen and absent, or poorly defined, radial sector vein of the tegmen and the disproportionately large ovipositor are unlike any other characters seen in other Australian Phaneropterinae. General. Body of moderate size; form slender (Table 4). General habitus that of Polichne species. 7. * Named with reference to the type locality; feminine gender. Head. Fastigium of vertex broadly triangular, emarginate in lateral profile to the frontal fastigium. Scape and pedicel unduly large for size of insect; flagellum about 2.5 times length of body. Eyes globular, large, situated high on head (Fig. 12 B). Thorax. Pronotum with surface mostly smooth, shining, pro- and mesozona with feeble V-shaped engraving, metazona feebly rugose; anterior margin not indented, posterior margin broadly obtuse; lateral lobe deeper than long, anterior margin indented dorsally, posterior margin also indented but dorsally and produced in median portion, ventral margin produced. Prosternum unarmed. Legs. Legs very long, slender (Fig. 13 B). For and middle femora unarmed; fore tibia unarmed dorsally except for apical spine on anterior margin, ventral surface armed on anterior and posterior margins except for an apical spine on each side; middle tibia armed dorsally on posterior margin, apex with a large spine, ventral surface armed on both margins, apex with a spine on each side; hind femur armed on both sides of ventral surface with very small spines. Genicular lobes of fore and middle femora armed only on anterior margin with a single blunt tooth; hind femur armed on both sides with 2 sharp spines. Wings. Tegmen long and slender (Fig. 13 A, B) reaching beyond apex of hind femur; hind wings extending well beyond tegmina. Costal field not expanded, costa scarcely discernable from adjacent veins; Sc and R close together and parallel for their entire length; radial sector absent, or, perhaps, only indicated by a very small vein; stridulatory area not well differentiated for other veins, stridulatory vein short, thick. Abdomen. Male tenth tergite not or feebly indented; supra-anal plate unmodified, small and triangulate; sclerotised genitalia absent; subgenital plate small, elongate, lacking styles but with corners produced, appearing as styles, separated by a small gap. Female abdomen with tenth tergite unmodified, supra-anal plate broadly triangulate, subgenital plate broadly triangular, apex sharp (Fig. 14 A). Ovipositor. Ovipositor large (Fig. 14 B) expanded apically, serrate on dorsal and ventral margins. Colour. Colour distinctive. Overall coloration light green; tegmina and wings (unspread in natural habitus) with wings darker than other parts of body, tegmina shining green, area posterior to MA light brown; stridulatory region with membranous portion dark brown; wing light purple except apex of costal region green. Pronotum with a distinctive brown spot on each side of disk (Fig. 13 A, B); legs uniformly light green, tibial auditory tympanum and tarsi light brown. Abdomen with a dorsal reddish brown stripe extending to genitalia; ventral surface of abdomen, including subgenital plate green. Ovipositor dark green, tip brown, including dorsal and ventral margins. Kurandoptera purpura * 8 Rentz, Su, Ueshima sp. nov. Figs. 13, 14, 22; Table 4 Holotype male. Label “ 16 ° 48 ’ S. 145 ° 38 ’ E. (GPS) Kuranda, (Top of the Range), 19 Butler Dr, 335 m, 1 – 15 December 2004 DCF Rentz. ”	en	Rentz, Dcf, Su, You Ning, Ueshima, Norhiro (2008): Studies in Australian Tettigoniidae: new Phaneropterine Katydids from Queensland Rainforests (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae; Phaneropterinae). Zootaxa 1964 (1): 1-39, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1964.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1964.1.1
0387D06CBF1CFF90CDA9C4EFFBDC5567.taxon	materials_examined	Type locality. The type locality is a simple to complex mesophyll to notophyll vine forest on moderately to poorly drained metamorphics (Regional Ecosystem 7.11.1 EPA, 2007). The type was attracted to lights at night.	en	Rentz, Dcf, Su, You Ning, Ueshima, Norhiro (2008): Studies in Australian Tettigoniidae: new Phaneropterine Katydids from Queensland Rainforests (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae; Phaneropterinae). Zootaxa 1964 (1): 1-39, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1964.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1964.1.1
0387D06CBF1CFF90CDA9C4EFFBDC5567.taxon	diagnosis	Differential diagnosis. This species can be distinguished from Polichne species with which it might be confused, by the characters listed above, the male and female genitalia, the size and shape of the ovipositor (Fig. 14 B) and the markings on the pronotum (Figs. 13 A, B). Legs. Fore tibia with 4 small spines on each margin of ventral surface; middle tibia with 9 spines on anterior margin, posterior margin with 7 spines. Hind femur with 5 small spines on each side of ventral surface. Tegmina and wings. _ Tegmen with proximal veins from radius parallel, remainder diagonal; radial sector absent, or poorly defined. Stridulatory file straight to gently arching, the teeth very broad. Abdomen. Abdomen slender, unmodified. Tenth tergite only feebly indented; cercus robust, gracefully incurved, tip with a single minute tooth (often broken in older specimens); subgenital plate with apex very narrow. No sclerotised portion of phallus. Female. As for male except cerci somewhat thickened basally, the tapering to apex. Ovipositor (Fig. 14 B) large (Table 4), very flat, ventral margin expanded subapically, serrated, colour mostly green except tip and dorsal and ventral margins near tip brownish. Colour. Overall colour pale grey green. Colour in addition to characters listed above. Head uniformly shining lime green; median ocellus creamish yellow; eye dark brown. Antennal scape and uniformly green, pedicel reddish brown; flagellum olive green, not annulate. Pronotum with a single black mark on each side in metazonal area, this infrequently developed into a stripe, the area caudad to these marks brownish and highly translucent. Cercus mottled green and reddish brown, somewhat alternating in this pattern as a continuance of the reddish brown stripe of the dorsal surface of the abdomen. Entire ventral surface of abdomen, including subgenital plate, lime green. Egg. Egg ovoid, flat, black, well sclerotised, probably inserted in cracks in bark, or, perhaps, laid in series on twigs. Specimens examined paratypes: Queensland: 16 ° 48 ’ S. 145 ° 38 ’ E. (GPS) Kuranda, (Top of the Range), 19 Butler Dr, 335 m, 25 – 30. xi. 2004 (2 males); 16 – 31. xii. 2004 1 female); 31. i. 2005 (1 male, 3 females); 15. ii. 2005 (1 male, 1 female); 30. iv. 2005 (1 female); 1 – 15. xii. 2005 (1 male, 2 females); 16 – 31. xii. 2005 (2 males); 1 – 15. i. 2006 (1 male); 16 – 31. xii. 2006 (4 males, 2 females); 1 – 15. i. 2007 (1 males); 16 – 28. ii. 2007 (2 males, 1 female); 1 – 15. iv. 2007 (1 male, 1 female); 16 – 30. iv. 2007 (1 male); 16 – 31. v. 2007 (1 female); 1 – 15. xii. 2007 (5 males; Cytol. preps. 2007 - 5, 13; 1 female); 1 – 15. i. 2008 (1 male, 2 females); 28. ii. 2008 (1 male, 1 female). All collected by DCF Rentz.	en	Rentz, Dcf, Su, You Ning, Ueshima, Norhiro (2008): Studies in Australian Tettigoniidae: new Phaneropterine Katydids from Queensland Rainforests (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae; Phaneropterinae). Zootaxa 1964 (1): 1-39, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1964.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1964.1.1
0387D06CBF1CFF90CDA9C4EFFBDC5567.taxon	discussion	Discussion. This species has been found only at lights at night and not observed in nature. The collecting records indicate that it is mature in the wet season (late November) and continues as adult until the onset of the dry (May). 8. * Named with reference to the colour of the wings of both sexes. This genus was proposed on the basis of the following characters which contrast it with Caedicia: Fastigium of vertex acuminate, tegmen becoming broad in apical third, radial branch forked near the base; fore tibiae sulcate on dorsal surface, unarmed except for apical spine on external margin; disk of pronotum flat. We know now that all known species possess a distinctive spot on the side of the first abdominal tergite and all have the fore and middle tibiae speckled. The shape of the tegmen is also distinctive.	en	Rentz, Dcf, Su, You Ning, Ueshima, Norhiro (2008): Studies in Australian Tettigoniidae: new Phaneropterine Katydids from Queensland Rainforests (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae; Phaneropterinae). Zootaxa 1964 (1): 1-39, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1964.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1964.1.1
0387D06CBF15FF97CDA9C14BFD1B56D7.taxon	materials_examined	Eades et al. (2007) list three species in Diastella. D. flexosocercata Brunner and D. maculata occur in New Guinea and have not been found in Australia. The type species, D. latifolia Brunner, was described from “ Moreton Bay ” which is now the greater Brisbane area. The type is in the Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna, and has been examined by DCFR. It represents a species larger in size than the one described below and has different markings on the fore and middle tibiae. It lacks any trace of markings on the tegmina but has a distinctive “ Y ” - shaped mark on the pronotum as is present on other species of the genus. We describe a species reminiscent of Hebard’s D. latifolia from two mountainous localities. This species, and one other, are from the rainforests of Kuranda and are described below. We know of at least one other from southeastern Queensland which we choose not to describe here due to lack of comparative material. Diastella kuranda * 9 Rentz, Su, Ueshima sp. nov. Figs. 15, 17 G, 23; Table 5 Holotype male. Label “ 16 ° 48 ’ S. 145 ° 38 ’ E. (GPS) Kuranda, (Top of the Range), 19 Butler Dr, 335 m, 15 November 2007 DCF Rentz. ” 9. * Named with reference to the type locality. Type locality. The type locality is a simple to complex mesophyll to notophyll vine forest on moderately to poorly drained metamorphics (Regional Ecosystem 7.11.1 EPA, 2007). The type was attracted to lights at night.	en	Rentz, Dcf, Su, You Ning, Ueshima, Norhiro (2008): Studies in Australian Tettigoniidae: new Phaneropterine Katydids from Queensland Rainforests (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae; Phaneropterinae). Zootaxa 1964 (1): 1-39, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1964.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1964.1.1
0387D06CBF15FF97CDA9C14BFD1B56D7.taxon	diagnosis	Differential diagnosis. This species can be distinguished from others in the genus by its smaller size, the salt-and-pepper coloration of the fore and middle tibiae (Fig. 15 C), the large spot on the side of the first abdominal tergite (Fig. 15 A – C) and the absence of spots on the tegmina. General. Size small for genus (Table 5). Stance in nature distinctive (Fig. 15 C). Legs. Fore femur with 2 – 4 tooth-like spines on the anterior margin of the ventral surface, posterior margin unarmed; fore tibia hairy on dorsal surface, unarmed except for a minute apical spine on posterior margin, ventral surface with 5 – 7 spines on both margins; middle tibia quadrate, dorsal surface sulcate, unarmed, ventral surface with up to 5 smaller spines on both margins, ventral surface with 7 small spines on each margin, including an apical spine on each side; hind femur with 9 – 10 spines on ventral margin of outer surface; middle tibia subcylindrical, armed dorsally with a single minute apical spine on posterior margin, similar to anterior tibia, ventral surface with 6 spines on anterior margin, posterior margin with 1 – 3 spines; hind tibia armed dorsally at apex with 2 spines, ventral surface with 4 apical spines. Tegmina and wings. Tegmen (Fig. 17 G) with costal region reticulate, costa scarcely visible; MA sort, apically bent posteriorly; Rs with very short stem before fork. stridulatory file feeble, with many narrowly lamellar closely spaced teeth. Abdomen. Typically slender and unmodified; tenth tergite feebly excavate, the corners not well produced; cercus elongate, slender, gracefully incurved, apex feebly but distinctly inflated and bearing 2 minute teeth; subgenital plate lacking distinct styles but with peg-like projections, each separated by a narrow gap. No sclerotised portion of phallus. Colour. Overall coloration typical “ phaneropterine green ” except fore and middle tibiae greyish brown, speckled, this often extending onto adjacent femur; hind tibia greenish yellow surface of pronotum often with a few yellow stripes, often in the shape of a horseshoe. Tegmen uniformly dark green; wing translucent green, apex somewhat darkened. Abdomen with side of first tergite with a large spot (Fig. 15 A – C), this yellow or dark purple, reasons for this variation unknown, remainder of abdomen with a few minute purple spots on each tergite and a narrow mid-dorsal brownish stripe; ventral surface of abdomen greenish yellow, with a series of small purple spots; supra-anal plate brown, a continuation of the brown dorsal stripe; cercus green proximally, bulbous apex brown. Ovipositor greenish yellow. Female. As for male except supra-anal plate much longer than broad, tongue-like; cercus elongate, feebly directed dorsad; subgenital plate minute, about as long as broad, apex feebly indented. Ovipositor short, protruding only slightly beyond apex of abdomen, not serrate. Egg. The egg is translucent yellow, quadrate in shape and very poorly sclerotised when laid. Specimens examined paratypes: Queensland: 16 ° 48 ’ S. 145 ° 38 ’ E. (GPS) Kuranda, (Top of the Range), 19 Butler Dr, 335 m, 25 – 30. xi. 2004 (3 males); 1 – 15. xi. 2005 (1 female); 1 – 15. xii. 2005 (1 female); 1 – 15. iii. 2006 (2 males, 1 female); 1 – 15. vi. 2006 (2 males, Cytol. prep. 2006 - 3); 15 – 30. ix. 2006 (2 males, Cytol. preps. 2006 - 8, 9); 1 – 15. x. 2006 (1 male); 1 – 15. xii. 2006 (1 male, 1 female); 16 – 31. xii. 2006 (1 male); 16 – 28. ii. 2007 (1 male); 1 – 15. iii. 2007 (1 male); 16 – 31. iii. 2007 (1 male); 1 – 15. iv. 2007 (2 males, 1 female); 16 – 30. iv. 2007 (1 male); 1 – 15. vi. 2007 (1 male, 1 female); 16 – 30. ix. 2007 (1 male); 16 – 30. xi. 2007 (1 male); 1 – 15. x. 2007 (1 male); 1 – 15. xii. 2007 (1 male, Cytol. prep. 2007 - 6, 1 female); 1 – 15. i. 2008 (1 male); 1 – 15. ii. 2008 (3 males, 1 female) all collected by DCF Rentz. 17 ° 17 ’ S. 145 ° 27 ’ E. (GPS) 4 km SW of Atherton, Carrington Rd., Block 160, 770 m, 26. xii. 2005 (DCF Rentz, AM McKinnon, stop 15, 1 male). Cardstone, Tully Falls, 23. i. 1965 (J. G. Brooks, 1 male, ANIC).	en	Rentz, Dcf, Su, You Ning, Ueshima, Norhiro (2008): Studies in Australian Tettigoniidae: new Phaneropterine Katydids from Queensland Rainforests (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae; Phaneropterinae). Zootaxa 1964 (1): 1-39, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1964.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1964.1.1
0387D06CBF15FF97CDA9C14BFD1B56D7.taxon	discussion	Discussion. This species is very common at lights in Kuranda and can be found on adjacent vegetation during the day in its peculiar stance that appears to be a shadow-reducing technique. It differs from D. latifoilia from the Brisbane area in its smaller size and the colour pattern of the fore and middle tibiae. The type species has the markings extending onto the fore femur and the Y-shaped yellow mark of the pronotum is wider than seen on the new species. MAP 3. Known distribution of two species of Diastella. [The type species Diastella latifolia Brunner was described from Moreton Bay (Brisbane)]., D. kuranda Rentz, Su & Ueshima, new species., D. hilleri Rentz, Su & Ueshima, new species. Diastella hilleri * 10 Rentz, Su, Ueshima sp. nov. Figs. 16, 23 (Bottom); Table 5 10. * Named in honour of Mr Tony Hiller who collected the paratypes. Holotype male. Label 1. “ 23.46 S 149.06 E 2 km S. of Horseshoe Lookout, Blackdown Tableland SW. of Dingo, Qld., 1 – 2. ii. 1981 D. C. F. Rentz, D. T. Gwynne Stop 7 ”. 2. “ Cytol. prep. 81 - 25 ”.	en	Rentz, Dcf, Su, You Ning, Ueshima, Norhiro (2008): Studies in Australian Tettigoniidae: new Phaneropterine Katydids from Queensland Rainforests (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae; Phaneropterinae). Zootaxa 1964 (1): 1-39, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1964.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1964.1.1
0387D06CBF15FF97CDA9C14BFD1B56D7.taxon	materials_examined	Type locality. The type locality is the site where the “ Dingo Monster ” (Cooloolidae) was collected, see Rentz (1986). The type locality is on deep sandy loam soil with mixed low to tall eucalypts and Forest-oak (Casuarina torulosa Aitken) along streamside. Exposed slopes were vegetated by Kangaroo Grass (Themeda australis (R. Brown) Stapf.) and Blady Grass (Imperata cylindrica (L.) Beauvois var. major (Nees) C. E. Hubb) with stands of Bracken Pteridium esculetum (Forst. f.) Cockayne). The type was found on low vegetation after dark. The area is regularly burned and this may contribute to the species’ rarity at this locality.	en	Rentz, Dcf, Su, You Ning, Ueshima, Norhiro (2008): Studies in Australian Tettigoniidae: new Phaneropterine Katydids from Queensland Rainforests (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae; Phaneropterinae). Zootaxa 1964 (1): 1-39, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1964.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1964.1.1
0387D06CBF15FF97CDA9C14BFD1B56D7.taxon	diagnosis	Differential diagnosis. This large species is distinguished from all others by the patterns on the tegmina, the pattern of spots on the fore and middle femora, the small patch of spots on the base of the hind femur, the rosy pink abdomen (Fig. 16 A) and the robust male cercus with the bulbous tip. Females are not known. General. Size large for genus (Table 5), fore and middle legs dark, speckled. Legs. Fore femur with 6 robust spines on anterior margin of ventral surface (Fig. 16 B), posterior margin unarmed; fore tibia quadrate, expanded slightly apically, ventral surface with 7 spines one apical on posterior margin; fore tibia greatly expanded in region of auditory tympanum, surface sparsely hirsute, armed dorsally with a single small spine in the middle and an apical spine on posterior margin; middle tibia quadrate, with 7 small spines on posterior margin of dorsal surface one apical in position, anterior margin unarmed; ventral surface with 8 spines on each margin, only the anterior margin with a spine apical in position; hind femur with 12 spines on ventral margin of outer surface; hind tibia with 2 apical spines dorsally, 4 apical spines ventrally. Tegmina and wings. Tegmina (Fig. 16 A) with costal region feebly reticulate, the costa absent; MA feeble, extending about one-third of the length of the tegmen, RM with very shot stem before the fork; stridulatory file elongate, with many closely spaced teeth, narrowly lamellar. Abdomen. Robust, unmodified; tenth tergite with a broadly U-shaped median incision; cercus elongate, apically feebly curving inward, with 3 apical teeth arranged in linear sequence; subgenital plate with peg-like projections, each separated by a narrow gap. No sclerotised portion of phallus. Colour. General colour pale to lime green. Pronotal disk with broad Y-shaped central mark; fore tibiae with dense speckles, the dorsal surface with a black stripe emphasising the sulcus; fore femur more densely speckled, the apical speckles forming a vague band (Fig. 16 A); middle tibiae similarly speckled, the speckles forming 2 vague bands; speckles extending onto adjacent femur for a short distance, base of middle femur with a small patch of speckles. Hind tibia with 2 broad, brown bands; femur with a single, small brown preapical patch. Tegmen light green, with characteristic brown pattern (Fig. 16 A), posterior margin of costal region with a narrow brown stripe; wing faintly green, highly translucent, apex darker green. Abdomen with dorsal surface rosy pink; side of first tergite with a broadly oval faintly darkened area; cercus basically green, apex reddish pink. Female. Unknown. Specimens examined paratype: Queensland: Mt Glorious, 635 m, 22 km NW. of Brisbane, rainforest, 27. i. 1979 (A. J. Hiller, 1 male, at light, ANIC).	en	Rentz, Dcf, Su, You Ning, Ueshima, Norhiro (2008): Studies in Australian Tettigoniidae: new Phaneropterine Katydids from Queensland Rainforests (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae; Phaneropterinae). Zootaxa 1964 (1): 1-39, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1964.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1964.1.1
0387D06CBF2CFFAACDA9C021FC78551F.taxon	description	Specimens examined: R 86 - 85, - 102, - 109, 88 - 214, 2004 - 26, - 27, - 31, - 43, - 2005 - 3, 2006 - 6, - 7 The karyotype of this species consists of one pair of large and 9 pairs of medium to small telocentrics and the largest X telocentric (Fig. 18 a). Thus, 2 n = 21 in the male. At first metaphase there are 10 bivalents and the X (Fig. 18 b). At first anaphase, the X moves to one pole with 10 autosomal entities and the other with 10 autosomes (Fig. 18 c). As a result of the first division, two types of second metaphases are formed. One has 10 autosomes with X (Fig. 18 d); the other is with 10 autosomes (Fig. 18 e).	en	Rentz, Dcf, Su, You Ning, Ueshima, Norhiro (2008): Studies in Australian Tettigoniidae: new Phaneropterine Katydids from Queensland Rainforests (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae; Phaneropterinae). Zootaxa 1964 (1): 1-39, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1964.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1964.1.1
0387D06CBF2FFFAACDA9C699FEBB56D7.taxon	description	Specimens examined: R 88 - 18, - 21, - 60, - 65, - 94, - 98, - 120, - 129, - 170, 2006 - 5, - 2007 - 10 The karyotype (Fig. 19 a) and spermatogonial metaphase (Fig. 19 b) present one pair of small metacentric, 6 pairs of telocentrics and the large telocentric X (Fig. 19 c). The chromosome system of this species is 2 n = 15 (2 m + 12 t + Xt) in the male. There are 7 autosomal bivalents and the X at first metaphase (Fig. 19 c). At first anaphase, the X moves to one pole with 7 autosomes and the other without X (Fig. 19 d). As the result of the first division, two types of second metaphases, such as 6 autosomes with X (Fig. 19 e) and 6 autosomes (Fig. 19 f) are formed.	en	Rentz, Dcf, Su, You Ning, Ueshima, Norhiro (2008): Studies in Australian Tettigoniidae: new Phaneropterine Katydids from Queensland Rainforests (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae; Phaneropterinae). Zootaxa 1964 (1): 1-39, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1964.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1964.1.1
0387D06CBF2EFFABCDA9C789FE9F55FF.taxon	description	Specimens examined: R 81 - 127, 88 - 54, - 72, 2007 - 2 The karyotype of this species shows one pair of large, 8 pairs of medium to small telocentric autosomes and the largest telocentric X chromosomes (Fig. 20 a). The spermatogonial metaphase also presents 2 n = 19 (18 autosomes and X) (Fig. 20 b). There are 9 autosomal bivalents and the X at first metaphase (Fig. 20 c). As a result of the first division, there are two types of second metaphases: 9 autosomes with X and 9 autosomes (Figs. 20 d, e).	en	Rentz, Dcf, Su, You Ning, Ueshima, Norhiro (2008): Studies in Australian Tettigoniidae: new Phaneropterine Katydids from Queensland Rainforests (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae; Phaneropterinae). Zootaxa 1964 (1): 1-39, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1964.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1964.1.1
0387D06CBF2EFFABCDA9C252FC9E5263.taxon	description	Specimens examined: 2004 - 16, 2007 - 4, and - 12 The dipoloid chromosome number of the species presents one pair of large, 9 pairs of medium to small telocentrics and the largest X telocentric (Fig. 21 a, b). Thus, the chromosome system of the species is 2 n = 21 (20 t + Xt). At first metaphase there are 10 autosomes with the X (Fig. 21 c). At second metaphase, 10 autosomes with the X (Fig. 21 d) and 10 autosomes (Fig. 21 e).	en	Rentz, Dcf, Su, You Ning, Ueshima, Norhiro (2008): Studies in Australian Tettigoniidae: new Phaneropterine Katydids from Queensland Rainforests (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae; Phaneropterinae). Zootaxa 1964 (1): 1-39, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1964.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1964.1.1
0387D06CBF2EFFABCDA9C1B7FC4753B9.taxon	description	Specimens examined: 2007 - 5, - 13 The karyotype of this species comprises one pair of large, 11 pairs of small and the largest X with all telocentrics (Fig. 22 a). Thus, the spermatogonial metaphase shows 25 (24 autosomes and the X (Fig. 22 b). There are 12 autosomal bivalents and the sole X) at first metaphase (Fig. 22 c).	en	Rentz, Dcf, Su, You Ning, Ueshima, Norhiro (2008): Studies in Australian Tettigoniidae: new Phaneropterine Katydids from Queensland Rainforests (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae; Phaneropterinae). Zootaxa 1964 (1): 1-39, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1964.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1964.1.1
0387D06CBF28FFADCDA9C789FF715597.taxon	description	Specimens examined: 2006 - 3, - 4, - 8, - 9, 2007 - 6 The karyotype of this species consists of one pair of large, 9 pairs of medium to small, and the largest X (Fig. 23 a). They are all telocentrics. At first metaphase 9 autosomal bivalents and the sole X are seen (Fig. 23 b). As a result of the first division, there are 10 autosomes with the X (Fig. 23 c) and 10 autosomes (Fig. 23 d).	en	Rentz, Dcf, Su, You Ning, Ueshima, Norhiro (2008): Studies in Australian Tettigoniidae: new Phaneropterine Katydids from Queensland Rainforests (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae; Phaneropterinae). Zootaxa 1964 (1): 1-39, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1964.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1964.1.1
0387D06CBF2BFFAECDA9C789FC37554F.taxon	description	Specimens examined: R 81 - 25, - 26 The karyotype of the species comprises one pair of large, 9 pairs of medium and small telocentrics, and the largest telocentric X (Fig. 24 a). There are 10 autosomal bivalents and the sole X at first metaphase (Fig. 24 b). The X moves to one pole with autosomal halves (Fig. 23 c).	en	Rentz, Dcf, Su, You Ning, Ueshima, Norhiro (2008): Studies in Australian Tettigoniidae: new Phaneropterine Katydids from Queensland Rainforests (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae; Phaneropterinae). Zootaxa 1964 (1): 1-39, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1964.1.1, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1964.1.1
