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Issue: Vol. 5642 No. 2: 28 May 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-05-28
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5642.2.6
Page range: 191-200
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Revision of the Pygmy Cricket genus Homonemobius Chopard, 1935, with description of a new species using integrative taxonomy (Orthoptera: Trigonidiidae; Nemobiinae)

College of Life Sciences; Shaanxi Normal University; Xi’an 710119; China
State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops; Institute of Applied Ecology; Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University; Fuzhou 350002; China
College of Life Sciences; Shaanxi Normal University; Xi’an 710119; China; Zoological and Botanical Museum; Shaanxi Normal University; Xian; 710119; China"
Orthoptera Taxonomy Homonemobius revision new species COI

Abstract

In this study, a systematic revision of the species of the genus Homonemobius in China was carried out using an integrative taxonomic approach, including the accounts of four known species and one new species, H. brevititilana sp. nov. The genus can be characterized by small body, similar vein structures between sexes, absence of stridulatory veins and lack of tympanum on the anterior tibiae. The new species, H. brevititilana sp. nov., can be distinguished from its congeners by four yellow stripes on the occiput, yellow spots on the pronotum and abdomen, and five regular longitudinal veins in the forewings. A key to Chinese species was established based on morphological characteristics. Phylogenetic reconstruction using COI sequences resolved the evolutionary relationships among Homonemobius species, with the new species forming a well-supported clade with H. curifolis.

 

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How to Cite

Tao, L.-L., Dai, J.-H. & Ma, L.-B. (2025) Revision of the Pygmy Cricket genus Homonemobius Chopard, 1935, with description of a new species using integrative taxonomy (Orthoptera: Trigonidiidae; Nemobiinae). Zootaxa, 5642 (2), 191–200. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5642.2.6