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Issue: Vol. 5679 No. 3: 14 Aug. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-08-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5679.3.9
Page range: 447-450
Abstract views: 61
PDF downloaded: 22

Two new species of the genus Nigrimacula Shi, Bian & Zhou, 2016 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) from China

Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application of Hebei Province; College of Life Science; Hebei University; Baoding 071002; P. R. China
Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application of Hebei Province; College of Life Science; Hebei University; Baoding 071002; P. R. China
College of Agronomy; Jiangxi Agricultural University; Nanchang 330045; P. R. China
Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application of Hebei Province; College of Life Science; Hebei University; Baoding 071002; P. R. China
Orthoptera Meconematini Nigrimacula new species China

Abstract

This paper reports two new species of the genus Nigrimacula Shi, Bian & Zhou, 2016 from China, i.e. Nigrimacula laminoprotubera sp. nov. and Nigrimacula dentiprotubera sp. nov. In addition, we provide the morphological photographs. All type specimens are preserved in the Museum of Hebei University.

 

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How to Cite

Ren, B., Xu, H., Zhu, Q. & Chang, Y. (2025) Two new species of the genus Nigrimacula Shi, Bian & Zhou, 2016 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) from China. Zootaxa, 5679 (3), 447–450. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5679.3.9