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Issue: Vol. 5419 No. 3: 7 Mar. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-03-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5419.3.4
Page range: 394-400
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The only species of Calvisia (Phasmatodea, Necrosciinae) from China, with a new synonymy and additional descriptions

Department of Entomology; College of Plant Protection; Yunnan Agricultural University; Kunming 650201; China
Department of Entomology; College of Plant Protection; Yunnan Agricultural University; Kunming 650201; China
College of Life Sciences and Oceanography; Shenzhen University; Shenzhen 518000; China
College of Biological Science; China Agricultural University; Beijing 100193; China
College of Materials Science and Technology; Beijing Forestry University; Beijing 100083; China
Department of Entomology; College of Plant Protection; Yunnan Agricultural University; Kunming 650201; China
Phasmatodea Calvisia Necrosciini synonym China

Abstract

Calvisia is a colorful winged stick insect genus consisting of 6 subgenera and 44 species widely distributed in temperate and tropical Asia. C. medogensis syn. nov. was discovered in Mêdog, Xizang (Tibet), China and is so far the only species recorded from China. We here propose that C. medogensis syn. nov. is a synonym of C. fuscoalata after checking type specimens of both species. New materials studied are deposited in Yunnan Agricultural University, China (YNAU).

 

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