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Issue: Vol. 3861 No. 4: 16 Sept. 2014
Type: Article
Published: 2014-09-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3861.4.1
Page range: 301–316
Abstract views: 25
PDF downloaded: 21

Revision on genus Xizicus Gorochov (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Meconematinae, Meconematini) with description of three new species form China

School of Life Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200241, China.
School of Life Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200241, China.
Shanghai Entomological Museum, Chinese Academy of Science, Shanghai, 200032, China.
Shanghai Entomological Museum, Chinese Academy of Science, Shanghai, 200032, China.
Orthoptera Tettigoniidae Meconematinae Xizicus Paraxizicus Zangxizicus Haploxizicus new species

Abstract

This work presents a revision of genus Xizicus, two new subgenera are described: Xizicus (Zangxizicus) subgen. nov. and Xizicus (Haploxizicus) subgen. nov. Three new species are described, namely Xizicus (Paraxizicus) fallax sp. nov., Xizicus (Zangxizicus) tibeticus sp. nov. and Xizicus (Zangxizicus) quadrifascipes sp. nov.. Keys to subgenera and species are provided.