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Issue: Vol. 4472 No. 1: 7 Sept. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-09-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4472.1.2
Page range: 60–70
Abstract views: 85
PDF downloaded: 1

First record of the family Schizodactylidae (Orthoptera: Ensifera) from Thailand, with the description of a new species

Siamensis Biodiversity Conservation Group, 408/144 Phaholyothin Place Bldg 34FL, Phaholyothin Rd., Phayathai, Bangkok 10400, Thailand. Natural History Museum, National Science Museum, Technopolis, Klong 5, Klong Luang, Pathum Thani, 12120, Thailand.
Siamensis Biodiversity Conservation Group, 408/144 Phaholyothin Place Bldg 34FL, Phaholyothin Rd., Phayathai, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.
165/3 moo 6, Pai Kwang, Mueang, Suphanburi, 72000, Thailand.
1 moo 1, Mae Samlaep, Sob Moei, Mae Hong Son, 58110, Thailand.
Natural History Museum, National Science Museum, Technopolis, Klong 5, Klong Luang, Pathum Thani, 12120, Thailand.
Orthoptera Schizodactylus Salween River Thailand new species

Abstract

A new species of dune cricket in the family Schizodactylidae, Schizodactylus salweenensis sp. nov. is described from Salween River, Mae Hong Son Province, northwestern Thailand based on both males and females. The Schizodactylidae is recorded for the first time in Thailand. The new species is most similar to Schizodactylus tuberculatus Ander, 1938 and Schizodactylus burmanus Uvarov, 1935 in the morphology of male subgenital plate, but mainly differs in the shape of subgenital plate apex, and the spurs of hind tibiae. The type series was collected from sand dunes along the river. This cricket reaches adulthood during the rainy season.

 

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