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.

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