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Issue: Vol. 5711 No. 1: 16 Oct. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-10-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5711.1.5
Page range: 114-124
Abstract views: 72
PDF downloaded: 5

A new species of the genus Pseudochorthippus Defaut, 2012 (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Gomphocerinae) from southeastern Kazakhstan, closely related to Pseudochorthippus turanicus (Tarbinsky, 1925), comb. nov.

Department of Entomology; Faculty of Biology; M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University; Vorobyevy Gory; Moscow; 119234 Russia
Institute for Information Transmission Problems; Russian Academy of Sciences; Bolshoy Karetny per. 19; Moscow; 127051 Russia
Orthoptera Grasshoppers songs taxonomy Central Asia Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan

Abstract

Pseudochorthippus turanicus (Tarbinsky, 1925) comb. nov. is redescribed and illustrated based on specimens from southeastern Kazakhstan and northern Kyrgyzstan and the type series deposited in the collection of the Zoological Museum of Moscow State University; lectotype of this species is designated. P. iliensis sp. nov. from the Ili River basin, Southwestern Balkhash region, Kazakhstan, closely related to P. turanicus in morphological characters, but distinctly differing from it in the calling song pattern, is described. Oscillograms of songs of four species of the genus Pseudochorthippus occurring in southern Kazakhstan are presented.

 

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How to Cite

Tishechkin, D.Y. & Vedenina, V. (2025) A new species of the genus Pseudochorthippus Defaut, 2012 (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Gomphocerinae) from southeastern Kazakhstan, closely related to Pseudochorthippus turanicus (Tarbinsky, 1925), comb. nov. Zootaxa, 5711 (1), 114–124. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5711.1.5