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Issue: Vol. 1055 No. 1: 30 Sep. 2005
Type: Articles
Published: 2005-09-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1055.1.3
Page range: 41–48
Abstract views: 50
PDF downloaded: 3

Description of two new species of Stenocatantops (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Catantopinae) from Taiwan with a key to known species of genus

College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding , 071002, China
College of Plant Protection, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian 271018, China
Orthoptera Acrididae Catantopinae Stenocatantops new species

Abstract

Two new species [i.e. Stenocatantops nigrovittatus, sp. nov. and Stenocatantops unicolor, sp. nov. ] of the genus Stenocatantops Dirsh (Orthoptera, Acrididae, Catantopinae) from Taiwan, China are described in this paper. A key to known species of the genus is given. The type specimens are deposited in the Department of Entomology, National Taiwan University (NTU), Taiwan.

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