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Issue: Vol. 3526 No. 1: 25 Oct. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-10-25
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3526.1.1
Page range: 1–16
Abstract views: 38
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Remarks on the genus Sinochlora Tinkham (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae, Phaneropterinae)

College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, P. R. China
College of Life Sciences, Shanxi Normal University, Linfen, 041000, P. R. China
College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, P. R. China
Orthoptera Tettigoniidae Phaneropterinae Sinochlora China

Abstract

Three new species are described, namely Sinochlora apicalis sp. nov., S. longipenis sp. nov. and S. cucullata sp. nov. A key to all known species of Sinochlora is presented and characters are illustrated, distribution maps of all Sinochlora species are provided. All specimens examined in this study are deposited in the Museum of Hebei University.

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