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 niponensis (Haan, 1843) ( Figs 1 a–e; 4a; 5a; 6a) Locusta ( Mecopoda ) niponensis Haan, 1843 . Temminck [Ed.] Verhandelingen over de Natuurlijke Geschiedenis der Nederlansche Overzeesche Bezittingen 19/20:188 (unspecified primary type , origin. Descript.; type locality: Japan ; type depository: unknown) Mecopoda elongata Karny, 1921 . Philippine Journ. Science 18(5):612 Mecopoda niponensis Karny, 1924 . Treubia 5(1–3):159; Jin & Xia, 1994. Jour. Orth. Res. 3:28; Otte, 1997. Orthoptera Species File 7:101; Ichikawa. 2001. Tettigonia 3:79; Kim, T.-W. & J.I. Kim. 2001. Korean J. Entomol. 31(3):159; Shi, F.-M., L.H. Zhao & Xin Wang. 2013. Acta Zootaxonomica Sin. 38(4):739; Zhou, Z.-J., M. Yang, Y.-L. Chang & F.-M. Shi. 2014. Acta Entomol. Sin. 56(4):408–418; Han, L., H.-Y. Liu & F.-M. Shi. 2015. International Journal of Fauna and Biological Studies 2(1):19; Storozhenko, T.-W. Kim & Jeon. 2015. Monograph of Korean Orthoptera 33. Mecopoda elongata variety niponensis Beier, 1966 . Orthopterorum Catalogus 9:299 FIGURE 4. Habitus photos. (a–c) male; (d) female. a: M. niponensis (Haan, 1843) from Darongshan Mountain, Guangxi Province (photo by Tao Zhang); b: M. confracta sp. nov. from Ruili, Yunan Province (photo by Cao Wu); c: M. minor minor subsp. nov. from Jingmen, Hubei Province (photo by Guoqing Mai); d: female from Menglun, Yunnan Province (photo by Cao Wu). Examined specimens. China : Anhui Province : 3 males , 2 females , Chuzhou City , Huangfu Mountain , 1965. VI .; 16 males , 1 females , Fuyang City , Yingdong District , 2014.IX.20 ; 2 males , Jixi County , 2012.IX., 2 males , Lushan County , Luling Town , 2012.IX.; 1 male , Tongling City , 2012.IX.; 1 male , Tongling City , Fenghuang Mountain , 2014.X.16. China : 1 male , 2 females , Chongqing City , Jinfo Mountain , 2014.IX.. China : Fujian Province : 2 males , 2008.X.; 1 male , Shaowu City , 1946. VIII .6–15; 3 males , 2 females , Shaowu City , Jiangshi Reserve , 2015. VII .3; 9 males , 1 female , Shaowu City , Longhu Station , 2014.X.9. China : Gansu Province : 2 females , Longnan City , Bikou Town , 2014. VIII .15. China : Guangdong Province : 7 males , Guangzhou City , Tangxia , 1958.IX.20. China : Guangxi Province : 1 male , Guilin City , Longsheng County , Jiangdi Village , 2012. VI .17; 5 males , 3 females , Leye County , Huaping Town ; 1 male , Lingui County , 1952.IX.–XI.; 1 male , Maoershan , Huajiang Township , Gaoan Village , 2012. VI .; 2 males , 1 female , Maoershan , Tongren Station , 2014.X.27. China : Guizhou Province : 1 male , 3 females , Daozhen County , Dashahe Xiannudong Protection Station , 2013. VIII .3; 1 female , Daozhen County , Luohe town, 2013. VIII .; 1male , 1 female , Meitan County , 2013. VII .; 2 males , Xishui County , Chengzhai Township , 2009.X.17. China : Hebei Province : 25 males , 2 females , Xinyang City , Liankang Mountain , 2014.IX.23. China : Hubei Province : 12 males , 1 female , Huanggang City , Qichun County , 2014.IX.26. China : Hunan Province : 10 males , 1 female , Changde City , Shimen County , Hupingshan Town , Wangyuehu , 2015.7.20 ; 10 males , 3 females , Hupingshan Nature Reserve , Daling , Xiangbizigou , 2014.X.18 ; 10 males , 19 females , Hupingshan Nature Reserve , Sangzhi , Maozhuhe , 2014.X.14–17 ; 6 males , 11 females , Hupingshan Nature Reserve , Sangzhi , Nanmuping , 2014.X.23 ; 6 males , 4 females , Sangzhi County , Bamaoxi Township , 2014.X.24–27. China : Jiangsu Province : 3 males , Nanjing City , Niushou Mountain , 2013.IX.18. China : 8 males , 1931. VII .; 1 male , Ji’an City , Qingyuan Mountain , 2014.X.23 ; 2 males , Jiujiang County , 2012.IX.; 1 male , Longnan County , Jiulianshan Mountain , 2000. VII .24–30; 13 males , Nanchang County , Liantang Town , 1957. VII .19–VIII.10; 1 male , Shangrao Forest Park , 2011. VII .; 1 male , Wuning County , 1980. VIII .20; 1 male , Yongfeng County , 1979.IX.6. China : Sichuan Province : 1 female , Wenchuan County , Yingxiu Town , 1983.IX.15 ; 5 males , 2 females , Emeishan City , Fuhu Mountain , 1957.IX.; 1 female , Huagaoxi Nature Reserve , 2013. VIII .14; 1 male , 1 female , Shuangliu County , 1980.IX.7 ; China : Yunnan Province : 1 male , Jinping County , Ma’andi Township , 2013. VIII .20. China : Zhejiang Province : 2 males , Jinhua City , Pujiang County , 2014.X.12. Diagnosis . The species is distinguished from congeners by the short wide tegmen (see measurements in Tables 5–6). Bioacoustics. Within a song unit, low-amplitude beginning and ending phases consists of repeated simple syllables, high-amplitude climax is complex and composed of several repeated subunits. One subunit consists of 3 variable-amplitude syllables ( Fig. 1 a–e). M. niponensis is is widely distributed in the subtropics of China (extending west-southward to Yunnan , northward to Henan ), eastward to Korea and Japan .