›› 2013, Vol. 56 ›› Issue (10): 1203-1207.doi:

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A taxonomic study of the genus Liaopodisma Zheng, 1990 (Orthoptera, Acridoidea, Catantopidae, Podisminae) with descriptions of two new species from China (In English)

YIN Xiang-Chu1,2,3,*, CHEN Zhen-Zhen2, YIN Zhan1   

  1. (1. College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei 071002, China;
    2. College of Plant Protection, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an, Shandong 271018, China;
    3. Northwest Plateau Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining 810001, China)
  • Online:2013-10-20 Published:2013-10-20

Abstract: Three species of the genus Liaopodisma Zheng, 1990 are described and illustrated from China, including two new species, i. e., Liaopodisma taichungensis sp. nov. and Liaopodisma taiwanensis sp. nov. The new species L. taichungensis sp. nov. is allied to L. qianshanensis Zheng, 1990, but differs from the latter by: black postocular band indistinct, midian keel of pronotum almost invisible, length of tegmen 1.8 times width in male, interspace of mesosternum of male backward broadening gradually and hind tibia with 10 spines on outer side. The new species L. taiwanensis sp. nov. differs from two known species of the genus Liaopodisma Zheng by the hind femur red on lower side and tegmen not widened in the middle, anterior and posterior margin almost parallel. A key to species of the genus Liaopodisma is also given.

Key words:  Orthoptera, Acridoidea, Catantopidae, Podisminae, Liaopodisma, new species, China