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Issue: Vol. 5862 No. 2: 5 Aug. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-08-05
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5862.2.8
Page range: 347-358
Abstract views: 165
PDF downloaded: 123

Two new species of the genus Hexacentrus Serville, 1831 (Tettigoniidae: Hexacentrinae) from China

Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application of Hebei Province; College of Life Science; Hebei University; 071002; Baoding; P. R. China
Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application of Hebei Province; College of Life Science; Hebei University; 071002; Baoding; P. R. China
Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application of Hebei Province; College of Life Science; Hebei University; 071002; Baoding; P. R. China
Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application of Hebei Province; College of Life Science; Hebei University; 071002; Baoding; P. R. China
Orthoptera Hexacentrus new species bioacoustics Guangxi Guangdong China

Abstract

This paper reports two new species of the genus Hexacentrus Serville, 1831 from Guangxi and Guangdong, China, i.e. Hexacentrus bidentatus sp. nov. and Hexacentrus nanlingensis sp. nov. In addition, morphological characters and ecological photographs are provided. The male calling songs are also presented for both new species and Hexacentrus expansus Wang & Shi, 2005 for the first time.

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How to Cite

Ren, B., Xiong, Z., Zhang, T. & Shi, F. (2026) Two new species of the genus Hexacentrus Serville, 1831 (Tettigoniidae: Hexacentrinae) from China. Zootaxa, 5862 (2), 347–358. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5862.2.8