The genus Paraxantia Liu & Kang (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae Vosiini) in Himalaya-Hengduan Mountains, revealing high diversity of species Author Wu, Chao 0000-0002-5545-0151 Key Laboratory of the Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beichen West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, China & tjolo 1985 @ aliyun. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 5545 - 0151 tjolo1985@aliyun.com Author Liu, Chun-Xiang Key Laboratory of the Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beichen West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, China text Zootaxa 2023 2023-06-21 5306 3 367 376 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5306.3.4 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5306.3.4 1175-5326 8063069 5F5131E8-91D7-4275-B032-4548FB399FED Paraxantia tibetensis Liu & Kang, 2009 OEAṂAEǴÃ Figs. 1C ; 3A, D ; 4A, D, G ; 5C ; 6A, G ; 7 . Paraxantia tibetensis Liu & Kang, 2009: 38–40 ; Kang, Liu & Liu, 2014: 463 . Type locality: China : Tibet , Linzhi , Pailong . Examined specimens: China : 1♁ ( Holotype ) , Tibet , Linzhi County , Pailong ; 2100m ; 02.IX.2005 ; Xiao-Lin Chen leg. ( IZCAS ). 1♁ ( Paratype ) , Tibet , Bomi County , Tongmai ; 2100m ; 30.VIII.2005 ; Xiao-Lin Chen leg. ( IZCAS ). 2♁ ( Paratypes ) , Tibet , Motuo County (= Medog ), Hanmi ; N 29.3664ºN 95.1277ºE , 2120m ; VII.2006 ; Chun-Xiang Liu leg. ( IZCAS ). 2 ♁, Tibet , Linzhi , Medog ; 23–26. VI .2022 ; Yue-Zheng Tu leg. ( IZCAS ) . Redescription. Large-sized Paraxantia . Body green ( Fig.6A ). Cerci long, hairy, with one long sharp spine in middle, horizontally extending inwards; apex round and flat, spoon-shaped; dorsal furca missing ( Fig. 4A ). Phallic induration of male external genitalia hardened, pleated, densely covered with tiny spines; phallic lobes large, blade-shaped; lateral keel on robust triangular branches of titillator prickly ( Fig. 4D, G ). Distribution. China : SE-Tibet.