Taxonomy of a katydid genus Mecopoda Serville (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae, Mecopodinae) from East Asia Author Liu, Chun-Xiang Author Heller, Klaus-Gerhard Author Wang, Xue-Song Author Yang, Zhen Author Wu, Chao Author Liu, Fei Author Zhang, Tao text Zootaxa 2020 2020-03-30 4758 2 296 310 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4758.2.5 c198bacd-03af-4af3-9649-310ea6340000 1175-5326 3734484 57D4762E-D629-4E73-A59F-EE6A34DB8AB6 Mecopoda synconfracta sp. n. Liu ( Figs 2 f–j; 5h; 6h) Holotype . male, CHINA : Guangxi , Baise City , Tiandong City , Suburban District , 23.6311N , 107.1258E , 2014.XI., XS WANG . Paratypes . 12 males , same data as in holotype ; CHINA : 31 males , 3 females , Guangdong , Shenzhen City , Suburban District , 22.6722N 113.9738E , 2014.XI.28 , T ZHANG ; Hainan Island , Jianfengling Nature Reserve , 18.74N , 108.74E , 2 males , 4 females , 2014.X.22–26 , C WU ; 3 males [IOZ(E)1918083, 1918084, 1918078], 2007.X.15–16 , RR WANG & XY ZHU; 2 females [IOZ(E)1918106, 1918114], 4–6.v.2007 , CX LIU; 1 male [IOZ(E)1918125], 19.v.2009 , LH DANG ; 18 males , 13 females [IOZ(E)1918058-066, 1918072-076, 1918078, 1918080-082, 1918101, 1918137-139, 1918141-145, 1918147-148, 1918154], 2009.IX.23–XII.17 , M LIN , T HU, Z ZHAO , J YAO & J LI; 3 males , Bawangling Nature Reserve , 2012.VIII.29 , CX LIU ; 2 males , Guangxi , Shaoping , 2013.VIII., YY WANG ; 1 female , Yunnan , Hekou City , Nanxi , 2014. V .10, C WU . Diagnosis. The new species is distinguished from M . confracta sp. nov. by the spacing of the teeth of the stridulatory file, of which the basal teeth are gradually becoming smaller proximad ( Fig. 5h ). Bioacoustics (see song parameters in Table 3). For its song type , a song unit is made up of several different-amplitude subunits. One subunit consists of 2 simple syllables. The neighboring subunits are broken ( Figs 2 f–i). This new species is widely distributed in southern China (including Yunnan , Guangxi , Guangdong , and Hainan ). Etymology. The species name indicates its song unit consists of a series of chirps.