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Published: 2021-05-06
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First record of the genus Yalvaciana (Tettigoniidae; Tettigoniinae; Platycleidini) with the description of a new species from India

Section of Entomology, Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India -202002.
Section of Entomology, Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India -202002.
Orthoptera Yalvaciana new species India Kashmir

Abstract

The genus Yalvaciana Ciplak et.al (2002) is reported for the first time from India represented by a new species. Previously the genus comprised a single species, Yalvaciana yalvaci Demirsoy, (1974). Brief information about morphology, distribution and key to species are given. The Holotype has been deposited in the Museum of Zoology Department, AMU (ZDAMU).

 

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