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Issue: Vol. 5239 No. 2: 9 Feb. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-02-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5239.2.5
Page range: 265-279
Abstract views: 210
PDF downloaded: 34

Taxonomy on three allied genera within Arcypterini (Orthoptera: Acrididae) from Qinghai-Xizang Plateau, China

College of Agriculture and Biological Science, Dali University, Dali, Yunnan 671003, China. Collaborative Innovation Center for Biodiversity and Conservation in the Three Parallel Rivers Region of China, Dali, Yunnan 671003, China.
Collaborative Innovation Center for Biodiversity and Conservation in the Three Parallel Rivers Region of China, Dali, Yunnan 671003, China. Institute of Eastern-Himalaya Biodiversity Research, Dali University, Yunnan 671003, China. Yunling black-and-white snub-nosed monkey observation and research station of Yunnan province, Dali, Yunnan 671003, China.
Acridoidea Gomphocerinae Arcypterini taxonomy new species new combination Orthoptera

Abstract

The generic diagnosis of three allied genera, Leuconemacris Zheng, 1988, Asulconotoides Liu, 1984 and Asulconotus Ying, 1974, are compared and redescribed. Four new species, Leuconemacris acuminata, sp. nov., L. xinlongensis, sp. nov., L. muliensis, sp. nov. and Asulconotus acarinatus, sp. nov. are described and illustrated. Two new combinations are established: Asulconotoides asulcata (Zheng, 1988) comb. nov. = Leuconemacris asulcata Zheng, 1988 and Asulconotoides microptera (Zheng, 1988), comb. nov. = Leuconemacris microptera Zheng, 1988. All updated keys to genera and species are given.

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