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Issue: Vol. 4990 No. 1: 18 Jun. 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-06-18
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4990.1.12
Page range: 182-191
Abstract views: 398
PDF downloaded: 23

Description of a new species of the genus Pseudepitettix Zheng (Orthoptera: Tetrigoidea: Cladonotinae) from China

Key Laboratory of Ecology of Rare and Endangered Species and Environmental Protection (Guangxi Normal University), Ministry of Education, Guilin, Guangxi 541006, China; 2Guangxi Key Laboratory of Rare and Endangered Animal Ecology, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, Guangxi 541006, China; 3College of Life Science, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, Guangxi 541004, China
1Key Laboratory of Ecology of Rare and Endangered Species and Environmental Protection (Guangxi Normal University), Ministry of Education, Guilin, Guangxi 541006, China; 2Guangxi Key Laboratory of Rare and Endangered Animal Ecology, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, Guangxi 541006, China; 3College of Life Science, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, Guangxi 541004, China
Orthoptera Cladonotinae Pseudepitettix new taxa

Abstract

Pseudepitettix convexa Deng, sp. nov. is described with detailed illustrations of external morphology. Comparison between new species and other species of the genus Pseudepitettix Zheng, 1995 is compiled into a table for identification. An updated key to species of the genus is given.

 

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