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Issue: Vol. 5711 No. 3: 20 Oct. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-10-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5711.3.3
Page range: 365-380
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New species and notes on Meconematini (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) from southern Taiwan

Formosa Natural History Ltd.; New Taipei City; Taiwan
Back to the Wild Insect Ecosurvey CO. Taichung City; Taiwan
Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum; Faculty of Science; National University of Singapore; 2 Conservatory Drive; Singapore 117377; Republic of Singapore
Orthoptera endemic quiet-calling katydid Pingtung County Taiyalia

Abstract

Recent orthopteran sampling was conducted by the authors in Pingtung County in the southern part of Taiwan. A new species of Taiyalia Yamasaki, 1992 is described: Taiyalia meridionalis sp. nov. We also report new locality records for: Leptoteratura taiwana Yamasaki, 1987, Neocyrtopsis (Neocyrtopsis) longicauda Chen & Wu, 2025, and Xizicus (Eoxizicus) taiwanensis Chang, Du & Shi, 2013; as well as Teratura (Teratura) cincta (Bey-Bienko, 1962) and Xiphidiopsis (Euxiphidiopsis) autumnalis (Gorochov, 1998) in Nantou County at the central part of Taiwan.

 

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How to Cite

Chen, P.-W., Chan, M.-S. & Tan, M.K. (2025) New species and notes on Meconematini (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) from southern Taiwan. Zootaxa, 5711 (3), 365–380. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5711.3.3