Studies in Chinese Tettigoniidae: Recent discoveries of Meconematinae katydids from Xizang, China (Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae)
Author
Wang, Hanqiang
Author
Liu, Xianwei
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-06-27
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4441.2.2
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Nefateratura bifurcata
(
Liu & Bi, 1994
)
comb nov.
Wang & Liu
(
Figs. 66–77
)
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Xiphidiopsis bifurcata
:
Liu & Bi, 1994
,
Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica
, 19(3): 329.
Discussion
:
Nefateratura
was proposed for a species bearing unpaired terminal projections on the male 10th abdominal tergite as a subgenus of
Alloteratura
.
Alloteratura mesembrina
Kevan & Jin, 1993
was also included.
Gorochov (2008)
elevated the subgenus to generic rank together with
Indoteratura
and questioned the status of
Nefateratura mesembrina
because its male genitalia were very similar to those of the genus
Decma
.
Xiphidiopsis bifurcata
is allied to the
type
species owing to: the unpaired projection of male 10th abdominal tergite, the elongate male cerci (
Figs. 69–74
); paired bands of the vertex and pronotum (
Figs. 66, 67
); the strongly projecting and sclerotized male genitalia (
Figs. 69–74
); and they all from southern
Xizang
.
Type
locality and preservation
:
Medog County
,
Xizang
province
; type specimens are kept in SEMCAS.
Material examined
.
3♂♂
2♀♀
(
Holotype
and
Paratype
),
Medog County
,
Xizang
province, 1979.
IX.8
, leg. JIN
Gen-Tao
& WU Jian-Yi.
Distirbution
.
China
(
Xizang
).