Paramekongiella Huang, 1990

Genus Paramekongiella Huang, 1990 View in CoL

Paramekongiella Huang, 1990: 230 View in CoL , 233; Yin, Shi & Yin, 1996: 507; Mao & Yang, 2003: 486; Mao, Ren & Ou, 2011: 26; Mariño-Pérez & Song, 2023: 111, 162.

Type species: Paramekongiella zhongdianensis Huang, 1990 View in CoL .

Diagnosis: Body medium to large sized. Head short. Fastigium short and broad, with middle longitudinal sulcus. In lateral view face tilted backward. Eyes oval. Antennae filiform, inserted before lateral ocelli, exceeding (male) or not reaching (female) posterior margin of pronotum. Pronotum with rough puncture, anterior margin nearly straight or finely incised medially, posterior margins broad arcuate and slightly concave in middle, median carina low and obvious; lateral carina faint, anterior transverse sulcus indistinct, posterior transverse sulcus behind the middle. Prosternum roundly protuberant. Mesosternal interspace nearly square; metasternum lobes wide and separated each other. Tegmina and alae absent. Tympanal opening small and clear; tympanum membranous. Hind femora symmetric and upper median carina smooth, with irregular carinae on outside. Hind tibiae with inner and outer apical spines. Male epiproct triangular, cerci conical, subgenital plate short conical.