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Published: 2021-08-11
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Rediscovery of Liara (Unalianus) heteracanthus (Redtenbacher, 1891) (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae: Agraeciini) from India with notes on its distribution

Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, Block M, New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal 700053, India
Orthoptera distribution Ensifera Mizoram redescription taxonomy

Abstract

More than one hundred years after its description, a male specimen of Liara (Unalianusheteracanthus (Redtenbacher, 1891) was collected at a new locality in the Mizoram State, India. Opportunity is taken to redescribe and illustrate this specimen.

 

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