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Issue: Vol. 3599 No. 4: 8 Jan. 2013
Type: Articles
Published: 2013-01-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3599.4.7
Page range: 390–394
Abstract views: 48
PDF downloaded: 1

One new genus and species of the tribe Meconematini (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae) from Sichuan, China with description of the male sex and transfer of Acosmetura carinata Liu, Zhou & Bi, 2008 to the new genus

College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, 071002, Baoding, P. R. China
College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, 071002, Baoding, P. R. China
Orthoptera Meconematinae new genus new species China

Abstract

The paper deals with a new genus, a new species and a new combination, i. e. Sinocyrtaspiodea gen. nov., Sinocyrtaspiodea longicercus sp. nov. and Sinocyrtaspiodea carinata (Liu, Zhou & Bi, 2008) com. nov. All specimens are deposited in the Museum of Hebei University.

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