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 fallax He, 2019 ( Figs 1 f–j; 5b; 6b) Mecopoda fallax He, 2019 . In Liu et al ., Zootaxa 4585(3):571 ( Holotype , male, origin. Descript.; type locality: China , China South-central, Yunnan , Mangshi; type depository: ECNU) Examined material. China : Guangxi Province : 8 males , Nanning City , Daming Mountain , 2013.IX.28 ; 1 male , 1 female , Longzhou County , Nonggang, 2012.VII.; 12 males , 3 females , China : Hainan Province : Shuiman Township , Wuzhishan Mountain , 2014.X.16 ; 9 males , 3 females , Yunnan Province : Wenshan Prefecture, Malipo, 2014.XI.14. Diagnosis. The species is distinguished from M. niponensis by the comparatively long wide tegmen (see measurements in Tables 5–6). Bioacoustics. The species differs from M. niponensis by the much shorter period of a single song unit, and that three phases are made up of repeated simple syllables (see song parameters in Table 2). The species is widely distributed in South and southwestern China (only including Guangxi , Guangdong , Hainan and Yunnan ).