›› 2002, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (2): 28-30.

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Comparative observations on female stridulatory spines of the genera Ducetia and Kuwayamaea (Orthoptera: Phaneropteridae)

SHI Fu-Ming,JIANG Shu-Nan   

  • Online:2006-06-09 Published:2006-06-09

Abstract: This paper reports the results of observations on the female stridulatory spines of Ducetia attenuata Xia et Liu, D.japonica (Thu nberg), D.strelkovi Gorochov et Storozhenko, Kuwayamaea chinensis (Brunner), K. longipennis Shi et Zheng and K.sapporensis Mats.et Shir. The six species differ obvious ly in the number and morphology of their stridulatory spines.

Key words: stridulatory spine, female, Ducetia, Kuwayamaea, stridulatory spine, female, Ducetia, Kuwayamaea