A taxonomic study of the genus Longchuanacris Zheng et Fu (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Catantopinae), with descriptions of two new species from Yunnan, China

MATTHEW B. SCOTT ¹ZHE-MIN ZHENG ²BEN-YONG MAO ³YAO NIU ⁴XIAO-HONG OU⁵

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作者信息

1. Institute of Eastern Himalaya Biodiversity Research, Dali University, Dali 671000, China
2. Institute of Zoology, Shaanxi Normal University, XVan 710062, China
3. College of Agriculture and Biology, Dali University, Dali 671000, China
4. College of Life Sciences, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453002, China
5. Faculty of Conservation Biology, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming 650224, China
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Abstract

All types of Longchuanacris Zheng et Fu, 1989 are examined. Longchuanacris guangxiensis Zheng et Ren, 2007 is synonymized with Caryanda neoelegans Otte, D. 1995, and Longchuanacris bilobata Mao, Ren et Ou, 2007 is synonymized withL. macrofurcula ZhengetFu, 1989; seventy three topotypes are designated for L, macrofurcula. Longchuanacris lobata Niu et Ou, sp. nov. and L. microfurcula Niu et Zheng, sp. nov. are described as new species. Six Longchuanacris species are keyed and their distributions are stated. These species are distributed in southwestern Yunnan, China. Type specimens are deposited in the Faculty of Conservation Biology, Southwest Forestry University (SWFU), Yunnan Province, China and in the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China (IZCAS).

Key words

Orthoptera/Acrididae/Longchuanacris/new synonymy/new species

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出版年

2011

Zootaxa

SCI

ISSN：1175-5326

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