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Issue: Vol. 5661 No. 1: 14 Jul. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-07-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5661.1.8
Page range: 132-136
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One new species of the genus Xiphidiopsis Redtenbacher, 1891 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) from Sichuan, China

Huanglong National Scenic Reserve; Songpan; Sichuan; 623300; P. R. China
College of Agronomy; Sichuan Agricultural University; Chengdu; 611130; P. R. China
The Key Laboratory of Zoological systematics and Application; College of Life Science; Institute of Life Sciences and Green Development; Hebei University; Baoding; 071002; P. R. China
Orthoptera Tettigoniidae Meconematinae new species Sichuan China

Abstract

The paper describes one new species from Sichuan, China, i.e. Xiphidiopsis (Xiphidiopsis) brachysis sp. nov., with a photograph of Xiphidiopsis appendiculata Tinkham, 1944 from China (Sichuan, Guizhou and Hunan). The specimens examined are deposited in the Museum of Hebei University, Baoding, China.

 

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How to Cite

Zhou, T., Wang, H. & Shi, F. (2025) One new species of the genus Xiphidiopsis Redtenbacher, 1891 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) from Sichuan, China. Zootaxa, 5661 (1), 132–136. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5661.1.8