Abstract
Previously 47 genera of the subfamily Phaneropterinae were recorded from China, not including the genus Himertula Uvarov, 1940. Here, Himertula Uvarov, 1940 is reported in China for the first time, adding a new species H. gyirongensis sp. nov., specimens of which were collected in Tibet, China. Illustrations and habitat images are provided. The distribution of Himertula species is also discussed and mapped. The types are deposited in Insect Collection of Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China (IZCAS).
References
Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. (1878) Monographie der Phaneropteropteriden. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 28, 1–401, pls. 1–8.
Cigliano, M.M., Braun, H., Eades, D.C. & Otte, D. (2023) Orthoptera Species File. Version 5.0/5.0. Available from: http://Orthoptera.SpeciesFile.org (accessed 18 February 2023)
Ingrisch, S. & Muralirangan, M.C. (2004[2003]) A new species of Himertula (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae) and additional records of Tettigoniidae from Tamil Nadu (India). Bonner Zoologische Beiträge, 51 (4), 305–312.
Ingrisch, S. & Shishodia, M.S. (1998) New species and new records of Tettigoniidae from India (Ensifera). Mitteilungen der schweizerischen entomologischen Gesellschaft, 71 (3–4), 355–371.
Jin, X.B. & Xia, K.L. (1994) An Index-Catalogue of Chinese Tettigoniodea (Orthopteroidea: Grylloptera). Journal of Orthoptera Research, 3, 15–41.https://doi.org/10.2307/3503405
Kang, L., Liu, C.X. & Liu, X.W. (2014) Fauna Sinica Insecta 57. Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae. Science Press, Beijing, 574 pp.
Uvarov, B.P. (1940) Twenty-eight new generic names in Orthoptera. Annals and Magazine of natural History, 11 (5), 173–176.https://doi.org/10.1080/00222934008527035
Wu, C. & Liu, C.X. (2019) New record of a Poecilimon species (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae; Barbitistini) from China. Zootaxa, 4612 (2), 296–300.https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4612.2.13
Wu, C., Yang, Z., Liu, C.X. & Zong, C. (2017) Molpa: A newly recorded genus (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae) from China. Zootaxa, 4365 (5), 585–589.https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4365.5.5