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Issue: Vol. 4433 No. 2: 12 Jun. 2018
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2018-06-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4433.2.13
Page range: 397–400
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Brachyxenia subtruncata sp. nov. (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Calliptaminae), a new short-horned grasshopper species from India

Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, 'M' Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700053, West Bengal, India.
Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, 'M' Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700053, West Bengal, India.
College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei 071002, China.
Orthoptera Acrididae Calliptaminae

Abstract

Brachyxenia subtruncata sp. nov. is described from Durg district, Chhattisgarh, India. The description is based on morphological characters of male.

 

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