One new genus and two new species of the tribe Meconematini (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) from Yunnan, China

Xun Bian; Guang-Lin Xie; Yan-Lin Chang; Fu-Ming Shi

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3793.2.9

One new genus and two new species of the tribe Meconematini (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) from Yunnan, China

Zootaxa. 2014 Apr 29:3793:286-90. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3793.2.9.

Authors

Xun Bian¹, Guang-Lin Xie², Yan-Lin Chang¹, Fu-Ming Shi³

Affiliations

¹ College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding, 071002, P. R. China; Email: unknown.
² College of Agriculture, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, Hubei, 434025, P. R. China; Email: unknown.
³ College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding, 071002, P. R. China; Email: shif_m@126.com.

PMID: 24870169
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3793.2.9

Abstract

One new genus, Paraphlugiolopsis Bian & Shi gen. nov., and two new species, Paraphlugiolopsis jiangi Bian & Shi sp. nov. and Paraphlugiolopsis lobocera Bian & Shi sp. nov., are described in the tribe Meconematini. The two new species have similar habitat in Yunnan, China, but live in different altitudes. All material examined is deposited in the Museum of Hebei University.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

Animals
China
Demography
Female
Male
Orthoptera / anatomy & histology*
Orthoptera / classification*
Orthoptera / physiology
Species Specificity