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Review of the subgenus Xizicus (Xizicus) Gorochov, 1993 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) from China

JIYUAN FENG, FUMING SHI, SHAOLI MAO

Abstract


Gorochov (1993) erected the subgenus Xizicus (Xizicus), with the type species Xizicus (Xizicus) fascipes (Bey-Bienko, 1955). This subgenus is distinguished from the other subgenera of Xizicus by the following characters: male tenth abdominal tergite with a pair of contiguous posterior processes in the middle; subgenital plate simple, styli slender, located on the apices or subapices of lateral margins; posterior margin of female subgenital plate rounded.

 


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Orthoptera

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4247.1.9

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