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Issue: Vol. 4105 No. 4: 22 Apr. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-04-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4105.4.4
Page range: 353–367
Abstract views: 60
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Comments on the status of Xiphidiopsis quadrinotata Bey-Bienko, 1971 and related species with one new genus and species (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae)

College of Life Sciences, Hebei University Baoding 071002, P. R. China
College of Life Sciences, Hebei University Baoding 071002, P. R. China
College of Life Sciences, Hebei University Baoding 071002, P. R. China
Meconematinae Xiphidiopsis quadrinotata and related species Alloteratura (Meconemopsis) new genus new species China Orthoptera

Abstract

Based on the collections of the Museum of Hebei University, the paper comments Xiphidiopsis quadrinotata Bey-Bienko, 1971 status and reinstates Xizicus (Axizicus) xizangensis Jiao & Shi, 2013 as a valid species. Meanwhile, Alloteratura (Meconemopsis) Karny, 1924 is redefined and one new genus of Meconematinae, Nigrimacula Shi, Bian & Zhou gen. nov., mainly distributed in South China, is erected. The new genus includes three previously known species: Xiphidiopsis quadrinotata Bey-Bienko, 1971, Xizicus (Axizicus) xizangensis Jiao & Shi, 2013 and Meconemopsis paraquadrinotata Wang, Liu & Li, 2015 and one new species, Nigrimacula binotata Shi, Bian & Zhou sp. nov. The male of Xiphidiopsis quadrinotata Bey-Bienko, 1971 and female of Xizicus (Axizicus) xizangensis Jiao & Shi, 2013 are described for the first time. A key to the species based on the morphology and a distribution map are included.

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