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Issue: Vol. 1453 No. 1: 23 Apr. 2007
Type: Articles
Published: 2007-04-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1453.1.5
Page range: 63–68
Abstract views: 37
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A new species and a key to known species of the genus Atractomorpha  (Orthoptera, Acridoidea, Pyrgomorphidae) from China

College of Life Science, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, China Northwest Plateau Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining 810008, China College of Plant Protection, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian 271018, China
Northwest Plateau Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining 810008, China
Orthoptera Acridoidea Pyrgomorphidae Species China.

Abstract

A new species, Atractomorpha taiwanensis sp. n. from Taiwan, China, is described in this paper. The new species is similar to A. micropenna Zheng, 1992, but it differs from the latter by the following: lateral lobe of pronotum without membranous area near posterior margin; the tegmina strongly shortened, not reaching (in male) the midpoint of hind femur; and wings very small, not reaching the midpoint of tegmina. A key to all known species of the genus Atractomorpha from China is given. The type specimens are deposited in the Museum of Hebei University, China.

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