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Issue: Vol. 5249 No. 3: 2 Mar. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-03-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5249.3.2
Page range: 335-356
Abstract views: 386
PDF downloaded: 36

Description of three new species of predatory Genus Hexacentrus (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from India, with bioacoustic and morphological characterizations

Department of Biology, Ashoka University, Sonipat, Haryana, 131029, India.
Department of Zoology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 160014, India.
Department of Zoology, Panjab University, Chandigarh, 160014, India.
School of Biological Science, NISER, Orissa, 752050, India.
Department of Psychology, Ashoka University, Sonipat, Haryana, 131029, India.
Department of Biology, Ashoka University, Sonipat, Haryana, 131029, India.
Department of Biology, Ashoka University, Sonipat, Haryana, 131029, India. Department of Psychology, Ashoka University, Sonipat, Haryana, 131029, India.
Katydid bush cricket morphometry North-East India North India Meghalaya Haryana Sub-tropical forest Orthoptera

Abstract

Hexacentrus is a genus of predatory katydids. In India, the genus Hexacentrus is represented by 7 species of which 6 are morphologically characterized while one is only acoustically characterized. In this study, we describe three new species under the genus from India based on detailed morphological, stridulatory, and acoustic features.

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