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Issue: Vol. 1583 No. 1: 12 Sep. 2007
Type: Article
Published: 2007-09-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1583.1.4
Page range: 37–42
Abstract views: 40
PDF downloaded: 1

A review of the genus Leptoteratura Yamasaki, 1982 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) from China

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

Abstract

Keys to the subgenera of Leptoteratura, to the species of subgenus Leptoteratura from China and to all species of subgenus Rhinoteratura are presented. One new species Leptoteratura (Rhinoteratura) lamellatus Mao et Shi, sp. nov. and generic diagnosis are presented. Type specimens are deposited in Museum of Hebei University, Baoding.

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