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Published: 2020-02-13
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A new species of Loxoblemmus Saussure, 1877 and a new distribution record of the genus Stephoblemmus Saussure, 1877 from China (Orthoptera: Gryllidae; Gryllinae)

College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, China, 710119
College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, China, 710119
Yinggeling Nature Reserve, Baisha, China, 572800
College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, China, 710119
Orthoptera field crickets Grylloidea Gryllinae taxonomy morphology

Abstract

A new species, Loxoblemmus rectilineus sp. n., collected from Yunnan, China was described and illustrated. Stephoblemmus with a species Stephoblemmus humbertiellus Saussure, 1877 was first reported from China (Yunnan and Xizang Prov.). Loxoblemmus nigriceps Chopard, 1933 is junior synonym of Stephoblemmus humbertiellus Saussure, 1877. All specimens are housed in Museum of Flora and Fauna, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, China.

 

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