Pediodectes

Body length 21.4–24.3 mm. Pronotum length 6.7–8.0 mm. Head with uniform coloration varying to darkened with tan, sienna, brown on dorsum and below each eye. Eye with base almost circular, inner border straight, overall convex, protruding. Antenna length 45.2–59.0 mm. Pronotum with surface smooth, dorsum convexly curving uniformly to lateral lobes; uniformly pale with dark dorsal rear margin varying to darker (tan, sienna, brown) on dorsum with or without some darkening on dorsal area of lateral lobes. Tegmina tiny, extending to posterior margin of metanotum, circular outline. Foreleg with coxa a short ring with dorsal, anterior elongate spine; tarsus with four segments, basal three similar in length, fourth slightly longer than first, two simple claws. Hind femur elongate, reaching well past end of abdomen, swollen in basal half, slender in apical half, with two ventral lateral carinae; inner carina with seven to nine small spines, lacks apical spines; with or without a narrow lateral dorsal brown line on basal half, tan or green below. Hind tibia slender, with three dorsal spurs, six pairs of ventral spurs; rectangular in cross section with two dorsal longitudinal carinae; dorsal outer carina with 31–32 short spines, dorsal inner carina with 28–30 short spines, ventral inner carina with eight short spines, ventral outer carina with eight to nine short spines; apex with two enlarged dorsal spurs and two enlarged calcars plus two central shorter calcars. Ovipositor slender, elongate, with slight upward overall curve, about same length as rest of body (20.7 mm in one female). Cerci cylindrical, curving slightly inward with conical apex, inner cylindrical lobe located at about three-fourths cercus length, with a small apical spine. Abdomen with ten tergites, smooth with straight posterior borders; last tergite with two elongate triangular apical lobes separated by a narrow U-shaped spacing.

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