A new species of Svistella Gorochov, 1987 from Xizang, China (Orthoptera, Trigonidiidae, Trigonidiinae)

Jing-Wen Hou; Yue Xu; Tian-Hao Hu; Zi-Heng Zhang; Shi-Yang Wu; Pu Gong; Zhu-Qing He

doi:10.3897/zookeys.1193.117612

A new species of Svistella Gorochov, 1987 from Xizang, China (Orthoptera, Trigonidiidae, Trigonidiinae)

Zookeys. 2024 Mar 6:1193:145-160. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1193.117612. eCollection 2024.

Authors

Jing-Wen Hou¹, Yue Xu¹, Tian-Hao Hu¹, Zi-Heng Zhang¹, Shi-Yang Wu², Pu Gong³, Zhu-Qing He¹

Affiliations

¹ School of Life Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China East China Normal University Shanghai China.
² Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA University of California Berkeley United States of America.
³ Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310051, China Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention Hangzhou China.

Abstract

The genus Svistella Gorochov, 1987 includes 10 species from Asia, with nine documented in China. In this study, a new species, Svistellayayun He, sp. nov., is described from Xizang, China. Morphologically, it resembles S.rufonotata (Chopard, 1932) but can be distinguished by a smaller inner tympanum, dark-brown setae on the 5^th segment of the maxillary palp, and a rounded apex on the ectoparamere. To validate our morphological inferences and support the description of S.yayunsp. nov. as a new species, we performed a PCA based on bioacoustics parameters and molecular analysis. All Svistella species documented in China are distinguished by integrating their songs and DNA barcoding.

Keywords: COI; DNA barcoding; PCA; Zayu; songs; taxonomy.

Jing-Wen Hou, Yue Xu, Tian-Hao Hu, Zi-Heng Zhang, Shi-Yang Wu, Pu Gong, Zhu-Qing He.