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Issue: Vol. 4999 No. 4: 13 Jul. 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-07-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4999.4.5
Page range: 356-362
Abstract views: 542
PDF downloaded: 28

A new species of Dune Cricket from China (Orthoptera: Ensifera: Schizodactylidae)

Museum of Biology, School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China.
School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China.
Schizodactylus China new species allopatric speciation Orthoptera

Abstract

A new species, Schizodactylus jimo He sp. nov., is described from Yunnan, China. The Schizodactylidae is recorded from China for the first time. The new species is similar to S. salweenensis, but different based on the shape of epiproct and other characters. The type specimens are deposited in the Museum of Biology, East China Normal University (ECNU).

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