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Issue: Vol. 5814 No. 3: 22 May 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-05-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5814.3.9
Page range: 443-447
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A new species of Xya Latreille, 1809 from Xinjiang, China (Orthoptera, Tridactyloidea, Tridactylidae)

Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application; College of Life Sciences; Hebei Basic Science Center for Biotic Interactions; Hebei University; Baoding 071002; China
Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application; College of Life Sciences; Hebei Basic Science Center for Biotic Interactions; Hebei University; Baoding 071002; China
Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application; College of Life Sciences; Hebei Basic Science Center for Biotic Interactions; Hebei University; Baoding 071002; China
Orthoptera Tridactylidae Xya new species China

Abstract

A new species, Xya bortalaensis sp. nov., from Xinjiang, China, is described. The new species is similar to Xya huidongensis Cao, Chen & Yin, 2025, but differs from the latter in having the following characteristics: a Y-shaped yellowish-white stripe along the inner margin of the eye, a yellowish-white band on the posterolateral margin of the eye, a symmetrical, subtriangular yellowish-white pattern on the pronotum, and yellowish-white stripes on the tegmina and metafemur. Type specimens are deposited in the College of Life Sciences, Hebei University (HBU), Baoding, China.

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How to Cite

Wang, R.-D., Yin, H.-X. & Li, X.-J. (2026) A new species of Xya Latreille, 1809 from Xinjiang, China (Orthoptera, Tridactyloidea, Tridactylidae). Zootaxa, 5814 (3), 443–447. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5814.3.9