Ruppeliana Young 1977

Genus Ruppeliana Young, 1977 Type species Tettigonia signiceps Stål, 1862. Diagnosis (1) Head moderately produced, with anterior margin broadly rounded; (2) interocular width greater than pronotum; (3) clypeus, in lateral view, inflated medially; (4) pronotum without sculpting; (5) male pygofer strongly produced posteriorly; (6) subgenital plate triangular and attaining to pygofer apical third, frequently with a row of microsetae along dorsal margin; (7) connective bearing a median keel; (8) aedeagus curved ventrally with a sheath-like atrium, with at least a pair of basidorsal processes; (9) paraphysis absent; (10) second valvulae of female bearing irregular shaped teeth in basal curvature. Included species (Distribution based on Young 1977; McKamey 2007; Carvalho et al. 2014; Cavichioli et al. 2017, Taxonomic Catalogue of Brazilian Fauna and material deposited at DZUP). 1 R. barbarensis Cavichioli, Carvalho & Mejdalani, 2017. Distribution: Brazil (Minas Gerais State). 2. R. caelimaculata Carvalho, Cavichioli, Rodrigues & Gonçalves, 2014. Distribution: Brazil (Espírito Santo State). 3. R. coronata (Signoret, 1853). Distribution: Brazil. 4. R. delicata sp. nov. Distribution: Brazil (Paraná State). 5. R. episcopalis (Signoret, 1853). Distribution: Brazil (Rio de Janeiro State). 6. R. flavivirescens Carvalho, Cavichioli, Rodrigues & Gonçalves, 2014. Distribution: Brazil (Minas Gerais State). 7. R. fulva (Taschenberg, 1884). Distribution: Brazil (Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná, and Santa Catarina states). 8. R. glaucomaculata (Germar, 1821). Distribution: Brazil (Bahia and Minas Gerais states). 9. R. grossii Cavichioli, Carvalho & Mejdalani, 2017. Distribution: Brazil (Rio de Janeiro State). 10. R. longiphallus Cavichioli, Carvalho & Mejdalani, 2017. Distribution: Brazil (Rio de Janeiro State). 11. R. nigripes (Signoret, 1853). Distribution: Brazil (Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, and São Paulo states). 12. R. robusta sp. nov. Distribution: Brazil (Paraná and Santa Catarina states). 13. R. serrana Cavichioli, Carvalho & Mejdalani, 2017. Distribution: Brazil (Rio de Janeiro State). 14. R. signiceps (Stål, 1862). Distribution: Brazil (Bahia [new record], Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, and Paraná states). 15. R. tatia Young, 1977. Distribution: Brazil (Rio de Janeiro State). 16. R. tridentata sp. nov. Distribution: Brazil (Rio de Janeiro State).