Abstract
Two new genera and two new species of meconematine tettigoniids are described from China, i.e. Sinodecma Shi, Bian & Chang gen. nov., Shoveliteratura Shi, Bian & Chang gen. nov., Sinodecma acuta Shi, Bian & Chang sp. nov. and Shoveliteratura triangula Shi, Bian & Chang sp. nov.. The type specimens are kept in the Museum of Hebei University.References
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