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Issue: Vol. 5768 No. 2: 10 Mar. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-03-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5768.2.7
Page range: 273-284
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Morphological and molecular evidence reveals a new species of Sipyloidea (Phasmatodea: Lonchodidae: Necrosciinae: Necrosciini) from Yunnan Province, China

Department of Entomology; College of Plant Protection; South China Agricultural University; Guangzhou 510640; China; Engineering Research Center of Biological Control; Ministry of Education; Guangzhou 510640; China
Department of Entomology; College of Plant Protection; South China Agricultural University; Guangzhou 510640; China; Engineering Research Center of Biological Control; Ministry of Education; Guangzhou 510640; China
Department of Entomology; College of Plant Protection; South China Agricultural University; Guangzhou 510640; China; Engineering Research Center of Biological Control; Ministry of Education; Guangzhou 510640; China
Phasmatodea Sipyloidea new species DNA barcoding key China

Abstract

This paper describes a new species of the genus Sipyloidea Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 from Yunnan Province, China based on morphological and molecular evidence: Sipyloidea brachyptera sp. nov.. A taxonomic identification key for females of this genus in China is also provided.

 

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How to Cite

Wang, Z.-Z., Zhu, Z.-H. & Wang, X.-M. (2026) Morphological and molecular evidence reveals a new species of Sipyloidea (Phasmatodea: Lonchodidae: Necrosciinae: Necrosciini) from Yunnan Province, China. Zootaxa, 5768 (2), 273–284. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5768.2.7