Macromotettixoides angustivertex Zha & Peng sp. nov. and M. hainanensis (Liang) (= Hyboella hainanensis Liang), collected from Hainan Island, PR China, are described, photographed and compared with their allies. Based on the morphological characters of the two species, generic characteristics of the genus Macromotettixoides are updated. Pseudomacromotettix taiwanensis Zheng, Li & Lin, syn. nov. is synonymized with M. taiwanensis (Liang) (= Hyboella taiwanensis Liang), and the monotypic Pseudomacromotettix Zheng, Li & Lin, syn. gen. is synonymized with Macromotettixoides Zheng, Wei & Jiang. We also give ecological information for the two described species.
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9 December 2021
Two Macromotettixoides Species from Hainan Island, PR China, with Taxonomic Notes for the Genus (Metrodorinae, Tetrigidae)
Tao Peng,
Tian-Zhu Shi,
Jian-Hua Ding,
Ling-Sheng Zha
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Entomological News
Vol. 130 • No. 1
December 2021
Vol. 130 • No. 1
December 2021
ecology
Orthoptera
Pseudomacromotettix
pygmy grasshopper
revision
synonym