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Issue: Vol. 4317 No. 1: 1 Sept. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-09-01
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4317.1.8
Page range: 165–173
Abstract views: 134
PDF downloaded: 3

New genus to science of Meconematinae (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from China with description of two new species and proposal of one new combination

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
Orthoptera Meconematini Doicholobosa new genus new species new combination China

Abstract

In this paper, the Chinese endemic new genus Doicholobosa gen. nov. is presented. Two new species, Doicholobosa rotundata sp. nov. and Doicholobosa complanatis sp. nov., and one new combination are described. Furthermore, the high-quality multifocused montage images and distribution map are provided for all treated species. Types of all the new species in this paper are preserved in the Museum of Hebei University.

 

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