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Issue: Vol. 2506 No. 1: 15 Jun. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-06-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2506.1.3
Page range: 43–50
Abstract views: 27
PDF downloaded: 13

A taxonomic study of the genus Metiochodes Chopard from China (Orthoptera, Gryllidae, Trigonidiinae)

School of Life Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200062, China
School of Life Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200062, China
Shanghai Entomological Museum, Chinese Academy of Science, Shanghai, 200032, China
Orthoptera Gryllidae Trigonidiinae Metiochodes taxonomy new species

Abstract

A taxonomic study of the genus Metiochodes Chopard, 1893 from China is presented. Five species are described, including four new species. A key to species from China is given.

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