A new genus of Rhaphidophorinae (Orthoptera, Rhaphidophoridae) from China

Yanyan Qin; Huiting Jiang; Xianwei Liu; Kai Li

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4500.2.2

A new genus of Rhaphidophorinae (Orthoptera, Rhaphidophoridae) from China

Zootaxa. 2018 Oct 16;4500(2):179-194. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4500.2.2.

Authors

Yanyan Qin¹, Huiting Jiang, Xianwei Liu, Kai Li

Affiliation

¹ School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China.. kaili@admin.ecnu.edu.cn.

PMID: 30486056
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4500.2.2

Abstract

In this article, a new genus Sinorhaphidophora gen. nov., three new combinations: Sinorhaphidophora hainanensis (Bian Shi, 2016) comb. nov., Neorhaphidophora brevispinula (Bian, Zhu Shi, 2017) comb. nov., Neorhaphidophora longispinula (Bian, Zhu Shi, 2017) comb. nov. and three new species of Rhaphidophora Audinet-Serville, 1838: Rhaphidophora quadridentata sp. nov., Rhaphidophora setiformis sp. nov., Rhaphidophora wuzhishanensis sp. nov. are proposed. Keys to all genera of Rhaphidophorinae and all species of Rhaphidophora from China are given. And the female of Rhaphidophora sichuanensis Liu Zhang, 2002 is also added.

Keywords: Orthoptera, Rhaphidophorinae, new genus, new species, review, China.

MeSH terms

Animal Distribution*
Animals
Araceae
China
Female
Orthoptera*