Taxonomic review of the genus Assamacris (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Catantopinae) with a new species and a newly discovered female

Ben-Yong Mao; Yao Niu; Jian-Hua Huang

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4985.4.7

Taxonomic review of the genus Assamacris (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Catantopinae) with a new species and a newly discovered female

Zootaxa. 2021 Jun 16;4985(4):542556. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4985.4.7.

Authors

Ben-Yong Mao¹, Yao Niu², Jian-Hua Huang³

Affiliations

¹ College of Agriculture and Biology Science, Dali University, Dali, Yunnan 671003, China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Biodiversity and Conservation in the Three Parallel Rivers Region of China, Dali, Yunnan 671003, China. 2401531429@qq.com.
² College of Life Sciences, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, Henan 453002, China. 553793428@qq.com.
³ Key Laboratory of Insect Evolution and Pest Management for Higher Education in Hunan Province, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, Hunan 410004, China. caniscn@aliyun.com.

PMID: 34186787
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4985.4.7

Abstract

Taxonomic review of the genus Assamacris Uvarov, 1942 is given. The genus Traulitonkinacris You Bi, 1983 is synonymized with Assamacris. Traulitonkinacris bifurcatus You Bi, 1983 is transferred to Assamacris as a new combination. Assamacris splendida sp. nov. is described as new species. A newly discovered female of A. curticerca (Huang, 1981) is introduced. A key to the species is updated.

MeSH terms

Animals
Female
Grasshoppers / classification*