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Three new species of the genus Alloteratura Hebard, 1922 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae: Meconematini) from China

Key Laboratory of Invertebrate Systematics and Application of Hebei Province, College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, Hebei, China
Key Laboratory of Invertebrate Systematics and Application of Hebei Province, College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, Hebei, China
Orthoptera Tettigoniidae Meconematinae Alloteratura new species China

Abstract

This paper describes three new species of the genus Alloteratura Hebard, 1922 from China, i.e. Alloteratura (Alloteratura) sagittala sp. nov., Alloteratura (Alloteratura) flabellata sp. nov., Alloteratura (Meconemopsis) pentadactyla sp. nov., and provides characteristic photographs.

 

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