Review of the genus Formosatettix&nbsp;Tinkham (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) with description of new taxa, new synonymy and an updated key to species

Wei-An Deng; Jie-Ling Luo; Chao-Mei Huang; Li-Liang Lin

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5228.3.1

Review of the genus Formosatettix Tinkham (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) with description of new taxa, new synonymy and an updated key to species

Zootaxa. 2023 Jan 13;5228(3):201-243. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5228.3.1.

Authors

Wei-An Deng¹, Jie-Ling Luo², Chao-Mei Huang³, Li-Liang Lin⁴

Affiliations

¹ 1Key Laboratory of Ecology of Rare and Endangered Species and Environmental Protection (Guangxi Normal University), Ministry of Education, Guilin, Guangxi 541006, China 2Guangxi Key Laboratory of Rare and Endangered Animal Ecology, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, Guangxi 541006, China 3College of Life Science, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, Guangxi 541004, China. dengweian5899@163.com.
² Key Laboratory of Ecology of Rare and Endangered Species and Environmental Protection (Guangxi Normal University), Ministry of Education, Guilin, Guangxi 541006, China 2Guangxi Key Laboratory of Rare and Endangered Animal Ecology, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, Guangxi 541006, China 3College of Life Science, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, Guangxi 541004, China. luojl0121@163.com.
³ Key Laboratory of Ecology of Rare and Endangered Species and Environmental Protection (Guangxi Normal University), Ministry of Education, Guilin, Guangxi 541006, China 2Guangxi Key Laboratory of Rare and Endangered Animal Ecology, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, Guangxi 541006, China 3College of Life Science, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, Guangxi 541004, China. hcm2337244016@163.com.
⁴ 5College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710062, China.. ll_lin@163.com.

PMID: 37044653
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5228.3.1

Abstract

The genus Formosatettix Tinkham is reviewed. Seven new species from China, Formosatettix cliva Deng, sp. nov., Formosatettix guangyuanensis Deng, sp. nov., Formosatettix shuimogouensis Deng, sp. nov., Formosatettix strictivertex Deng, sp. nov., Formosatettix tangjiaheensis Deng, sp. nov., Formosatettix yueqingensis Deng, sp. nov., Formosatettix zheminzhengi Deng, sp. nov. are described and illustrated. One new name is proposed: Formosatettix latifemurus Deng, nom. nov. One new combination is established: Formosatettix nyalamensis (Zheng & Lin, 2015), comb. nov. The following new synonyms are established: Bolivaritettix circocephalus Zheng, 1992 = Formosatettix torulosinota Zheng & Mao, 2002, syn. nov., Criotettix bispinosus (Dalman, 1818) = Formosatettix hainanensis Zheng, 2012, syn. nov., Epitettix guangxiensis (Zheng & Jiang, 1994) = Formosatettix guangxiensis Zheng & Jiang, 1998, syn. nov., Formosatettix longwangshanensis Zheng, 1998 = Formosatettix tianmushanensis Zheng & Li, 2001, syn. nov., Formosatettix serrifemora Deng, 2019 = Formosatettix wulongensis Zha & Ding, 2020, syn. nov., Formosatettix huapingensis Zheng & Jiang, 1997 = Formosatettix nanlingensis Zheng & Cao, 2011, syn. nov. = Formosatettix undulatifemura, Zheng, 2012, syn. nov. = Formosatettix guposhanensis Deng, 2019, syn. nov. In addition, Formosatettix leigongshanensis Zha & Ding, 2020 is briefly commented.

MeSH terms

Animals
Orthoptera*