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Issue: Vol. 4311 No. 1: 22 Aug. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-08-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4311.1.11
Page range: 145–150
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Description of two new species of the genus Pentacentrus Saussure from China (Orthoptera: Gryllidae)

The Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application, College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, Hebei Province, China
The Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application, College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, Hebei Province, China
The Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application, College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, Hebei Province, China
Orthoptera Grylloidea Pentacentrinae Pentacentrus taxonomy

Abstract

The two new species of Pentacentrus Saussure 1878 are described and illustrated from China, P. medogensis sp. nov. and P. sororius sp. nov. Pentacentrus birmanus Chopard, 1969 is excluded from Chinese fauna.

 

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