Taxonomic Studies of the genus Decticus Serville, 1831 from China (Orthoptera Tettigoniidae: Tettigoniinae), based on Morphology and Songs Author Liu, Fei College of Agriculture / Key Laboratory of Oasis Agricultural Pest Management and Plant Protection Resources Utilization, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Shihezi University, Shihezi, Xinjiang 832003, China. Author Chen, Liusheng Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Silviculture, Protection and Utilization, Guangdong Academy of Forestry, Guangzhou, 510520, China. liucx@ioz.ac.cn Author Liu, Chunxiang Key Laboratory of the Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beichen West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, China. liucx@ioz.ac.cn text Zootaxa 2020 2020-10-14 4860 4 563 576 journal article 8210 10.11646/zootaxa.4860.4.6 dc14c45b-38bb-45b5-b8bc-706866f7fb41 1175-5326 4414355 92E2564C-60AB-4759-AB06-F177CC6841DE Decticus verrucivorus ( Linnaeus, 1758 ) The citation information see D. v. verrucivorus ( Linnaeus, 1758 ) . Diagnosis. Disc of pronotum with straight anterior margin, rounded posterior margin, approximately V- shaped second transverse sulcus. Tegmen developed ( Fig. 5 a–d). Mirror irregularly pentagonal ( Fig. 6 a–d). Stridulatory file transversely “S”-shaped; pegs evenly arranged, and those pegs in distal part smaller than those in base ( Fig. 6 f–i). Male tenth abdominal tergum with two down-curved broad lateral lobes. Epiproct tongue-shaped, bent down from near base. Male cercus with an enlarged basal tooth near middle. Male subgenital plate slightly thick, smooth without depression. Redescription. Tegmen usually with dark spots; hind wing shorter than tegmen, transparent, spotless. Male ninth abdominal tergum with a small concavity in middle of posterior margin. Notes. Tegmen and hind wing of Italian specimens are approximately equal in length (Karabað 1961).