A remarkable new species and one newly recorded species of genus Oxyartes Stål, 1875 (Phasmida, Lonchodidae, Necrosciinae) from China Author Gao, Hao-Ran 0000-0001-5093-0474 College of Plant Protection, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China gaohaoran909@qq.com Author Wang, Chen 0000-0002-2711-2358 College of Plant Protection, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China 2284482002@qq.com Author Zhang, Hong-Rui 0000-0002-0089-1099 College of Plant Protection, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China text Zootaxa 2024 2024-03-07 5419 3 419 429 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5419.3.6 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5419.3.6 1175-5326 10791878 C0AE7092-4387-41B9-BE6D-9C1FF19E5DCD Oxyartes cresphontes (Westwood, 1859) ( Figs. 3–4 ) Anophelepis cresphontes Westwood, 1859: 68 , pl. 3 [regarded as O. despecta ]. Oxyartes cresphontes Redtenbacher, 1908: 475 [as a valid species]; Otte & Brock, 2005: 242 [Catalogue]; Mandal & Yadav, 2010: 12 [male]; Brock et al ., 2016: 166 [ type data]; Singh et al ., 2021: 229 [Checklist]; Brock & Büscher, 2022: 540 [Catalogue]. Diagnosis. Westwood (1859) first described O. cresphontes as a variety of small O. despectus ( Westwood, 1848 ) and stated that the major differences are tubercles, spines and the scale-like wings pale yellow with a black margin on each side. Fortunately, this color pattern on the wings of O. cresphontes was shown in a drwing (Westwood 1859). In all the pictures of O. despectus (including two subspecies), it will be seen that O. despectus does not have such a wing coloration pattern. This is especially clear in the colorful plates by Westwood (1848) and photos on Phasmida Species File (PSF) ( Brock et al. 2023 ). Combining previous descriptions of spines or tubercles on the mesonotum of O. cresphontes , there are 2 tubercles on the anterior and posterior of mesonotum, but such a feature can also be found in O. despectus ( Brock et al. 2023 , Mandal & Yadav 2010 , Redtenbacher 1908 , Westwood 1848 , 1859). Our specimen has only one pair of strong spines near the anterior margin, and posterior of mesonotum with a pair of indistinct and tiny tubercles, This is different from what is known in both species ( Fig3 A–C, G ). By checking the photos of the holotype of O. despectus despectus ( Westwood, 1848 ) on the PSF ( Brock et al. 2023 ), and plates drawn by Retdenbacher (1908), our specimen can be separated by the fifth abdominal tergite of O. despectus despectus with a relatively large hump as well. Both O. cresphontes and O. despectus despectus are distributed over a wide area in the southern foothills of the Himalayas ( Fig. 2 ), but O. cresphontes is closer to Mêdog County (specimen locality). Combining geographic distribution, wing color patterns (Fig, 3A, C), we hereby consider the specimen we found to be O. cresphontes . Materials. 1♀ , China , XizangAutonomous Region , Nyingchi City , Mêdog County , Mêdog Town , 29°19′36.79″N , 95°19′16.99″E , 1008m , 6-VII-2023 , leg. Zhi-Sheng Zhang , Lu-Yu Wang , Qian-Le Lu & Xu-Long Chen ( YNAU ) . Remarks. First record this species from China . Distribution. China ( Xizang : Mêdog); India ( Assam , Meghalaya , Sikkim ). Suggested common name (Chinese). 克氏ṉ异DZ.