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Issue: Vol. 5418 No. 1: 27 Feb. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-02-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5418.1.5
Page range: 83-88
Abstract views: 57
PDF downloaded: 4

Description of a new species of the genus Woznessenskia from Xizang, China (Orthoptera: Gryllacrididae)

School of Life Sciences; East China Normal University; Shanghai 200241; China
School of Life Sciences; East China Normal University; Shanghai 200241; China
School of Life Sciences; Nanjing University; Nanjing 210023; China
College of Fisheries; Ocean University of China; Five Yushan Road; Qingdao 266003; China
School of Life Sciences; East China Normal University; Shanghai 200241; China
School of Life Sciences; East China Normal University; Shanghai 200241; China; Yangtze Delta Estuarine Wetland Ecosystem Observation and Research Station; Ministry of Education & Shanghai Science and Technology Committee; Shanghai; China
Orthoptera Woznessenskia new species Medog Xizang China taxonomy

Abstract

The gryllacridid genus Woznessenskia Gorochov, 2002 comprises 13 extant species from Asia, with 8 species reported from China and 5 species reported from Vietnam. A new species from Xizang, China, Woznessenskia lianhua sp. nov., is reported in this paper.

 

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