Orphulella

Body length to end of hind femur in males 11 mm, in females 16.6 mm (15–18 mm). General body colour light brown on top, brown-gray on sides and brown ventrally; one female with sides of body and abdomen somewhat dark mottled and with two black stripes on top of head. Head with lateral foveolae of the fastigium barely visible from above. Antennae short and slightly ensiform, light brown proximally and dark brown distally. Pronotum with mid-longitudinal carina prominent and cream colour; lateral carinae distinct throughout their length, nearly parallel on the prozona, constricted in center, diverging on the metazona and cut by one transverse sulcus; posterior margin slightly angulate; a black band on lateral lobes just beneath the lateral carinae. Wings barely reaching end of abdomen. Hind femora in males with stridulatory pegs.

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