Abstract
The paper reports three new species of the genus Xizicus Gorochov, 1993 (Orthoptera: Meconematini) from Taiwan, i.e. Xizicus (Eoxizicus) hsiehi sp. nov., Xizicus (Eoxizicus) dentatus sp. nov., and Xizicus (Eoxizicus) bimaculus sp. nov.
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