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Issue: Vol. 2137 No. 1: 22 Jun. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-06-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2137.1.4
Page range: 35–42
Abstract views: 31
PDF downloaded: 1

Review of the genus Kuzicus Gorochov, 1993 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) from China

College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, 710062, P. R. China
College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, 710062, P. R. China
College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding, 071002, P. R. China
Orthoptera Kuzicus Meconematinae new species review China

Abstract

A key to species of Kuzicus Gorochov, 1993 from China is presented. The generic diagnosis is redefined. One species is described as new: Kuzicus (Kuzicus) multifidous Mao & Shi sp. nov. The type specimens are deposited in Museum of Hebei University, Baoding.

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