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Issue: Vol. 5306 No. 1: 19 Jun. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-06-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5306.1.6
Page range: 127-134
Abstract views: 253
PDF downloaded: 15

Descriptions on two new species of the genus Macromotettixoides (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae: Metrodorinae ) from China

College of Agriculture and Biological Science; Dali University; Dali; China
Research Center for Northwest Yunnan Biodiversity; Dali University; Dali; Yunnan 671003; China
Collaborative Innovation Center for Biodiversity and Conservation in the Three Parallel Rivers Region of China; Dali; Yunnan 671003; China
Orthoptera Caelifera pygmy locust taxonomy

Abstract

Two new species Macromotettixoides amplifronta sp. nov. and M. yingjiangensis sp. nov. from Yunnan, are described and illustrated with photographs. An updated key to species of the genus Macromotettixoides is provided.

 

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