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Issue: Vol. 5501 No. 3: 2 Sept. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-09-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5501.3.7
Page range: 483-487
Abstract views: 217
PDF downloaded: 19

Gryllotalpa chrysea sp. nov., a new species of Mole Cricket (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae: Gryllotalpinae) from China

College of Life Sciences; Shaanxi Normal University; Xi’an 710119; Shaanxi; China
College of Life Sciences; Shaanxi Normal University; Xi’an 710119; Shaanxi; China
College of Life Sciences; Shaanxi Normal University; Xi’an 710119; Shaanxi; China
College of Agronomy; Sichuan Agricultural University; Chengdu 611130; China
College of Life Sciences; Shaanxi Normal University; Xi’an 710119; Shaanxi; China
Orthoptera Taxonomy gryllidea crickets Gryllotalpa Sichuan guangdong

Abstract

A new species, Gryllotalpa chrysea sp. nov., distributed in Sichuan and Guangdong provinces of China is described. The body of the new species is small and easily distinguished from other species in the genus by its coloration of black body and golden forewings. Here, we describe and illustrate this new taxon, and provide description and illustration of the genitalia features of Gryllotalpa orientalis Burmeister, 1838 and Gryllotalpa cycloptera Ma & Zhang, 2011.

 

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