Notes on a collection of the tribe Meconematini (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from Hainan, China

Jiao Jiao; Yan-Lin Chang; Fu-Ming Shi

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3869.5.4

Notes on a collection of the tribe Meconematini (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from Hainan, China

Zootaxa. 2014 Oct 3;3869(5):548-56. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3869.5.4.

Authors

Jiao Jiao¹, Yan-Lin Chang², Fu-Ming Shi³

Affiliations

¹ College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding, 071002, P. R. China; Email: unknown.
² College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding, 071002, P. R. China; Email: changylin@126.com.
³ College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding, 071002, P. R. China; Email: shif_m@126.com.

PMID: 25283937
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3869.5.4

Abstract

This paper deals with 7 genera and 12 species of the tribe Meconematini from Hainan, China, three of which are new species, i.e. Xizicus (Axizicus) bispinus sp. nov., Xizicus (Eoxizicus) furcutus sp. nov. and Xizicus (Eoxizicus) streptocercus sp. nov., and the first record of Xizicus (Axizicus) szechwanensis (Tinkham, 1944), Xiphidiopsis (Xiphidiopsis) autumnalis Gorochov, 1998 and the female of Teratura (Teratura) flexispatha Qiu & Shi, 2010. The specimens examined are deposited in the Museum of Hebei University.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animal Distribution
Animal Structures / anatomy & histology
Animal Structures / growth & development
Animals
Body Size
China
Female
Male
Museums
Organ Size
Orthoptera / anatomy & histology
Orthoptera / classification*
Orthoptera / growth & development