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Issue: Vol. 2733 No. 1: 6 Jan. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-01-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2733.1.3
Page range: 31–40
Abstract views: 42
PDF downloaded: 1

The cricket genus Gymnogryllus (Grylloidea: Gryllidae: Gryllinae: Gryllini) from China with description of six new species

Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi Province, 712100, China
Key Laboratory of Plant Protection Resources and Pest Management of Ministry of Education, Entomological Museum, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi Province, 712100, China
Orthoptera Gryllini morphology taxonomy identification

Abstract

The article reports six new species in the genus Gymnogryllus from China. Photographs and illustrations of all species are provided as well as a key to the Chinese species in this genus.

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