Ling-Sheng Zha

Taxonomy of Paragavialidium (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae: Scelimeninae) with Description of One New Species and Notes on Ecology and Habits

ABSTRACT: Ecology and habits of the genus Paragavialidium are discussed. Paragavialidium islandium Zha and Wen sp. nov. is described and illustrated with photographs and compared with similar taxa. A taxonomic review of the genus Paragavialidium is provided and a key to total 12 species of Paragavialidium is given.

Taxonomy of Macromotettixoides with the description of a new species (Tetrigidae, Metrodorinae)

Abstract Descriptions of the flying organs and generic characteristics of the genus Macromotettixoides Zheng, Wei & Jiang are currently imprecise. Macromotettixoides is reviewed and compared with allied genera. A re-description is undertaken and a determination key is provided to Macromotettixoides. Macromotettixoides parvula Zha & Wen, sp. n. from the Guizhou Karst Region, China, is described and illustrated with photographs. Observations on the ecology and habits of the new species are recorded. Four current species of Hyboella Hancock are transferred to Macromotettixoides. Variations of the flying organs and tegminal sinus in the Tetrigidae are discussed, which will help to describe them accurately.

Species diversity of Tetrigidae (Orthoptera) in Guizhou, China with description of two new species

ABSTRACT Guizhou Province, located in southwest China, is famous for its wholly karst landforms, in which many pygmy locusts with poor dispersal ability have been isolated and preserved. Species diversity of Tetrigidae from Guizhou is introduced, which deals with six sub-families, 28 genera and 69 species, among them, 33 species are endemic to Guizhou. Two new species, Paragavialidum prominemarginatus Zha & Ding sp. nov. and Teredorus jinshaensis Zha & Ding sp. nov. are described and illustrated with photographs. Flatocerus chishuiensis, Flatocerus nigritibialis and Flatocerus nigrifemura are considered as synonyms of Flatocerus wuyishanensis. Flatocerus wuyishanensis is redescribed and photographed based on our collections. www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:334D6268-E3C1-450E-A3A2-31F9839B4EE6

Records of Hedotettix and Teredorus in Thailand with the description of three new species (Orthoptera, Tetrigidae)

Abstract We are studying the fungi associated with insects in northern Thailand and as a result several rarely collected insect species have been uncovered. The genera Hedotettix with one new species and Teredorus with two new species are reported from Thailand. Hedotettix triangularis Zha & Hyde, sp. n., Teredorus chiangraiensis Zha & Hyde, sp. n. and Teredorus combfemorus Zha & Hyde, sp. n. are introduced, described and photographed and compared with other species. Keys to species of Hedotettix and Teredorus from Thailand are provided.

A new species and a revised key of the genus Thoradonta (Orthoptera, Tetrigidae)

Abstract A new species of the genus Thoradonta (Orthoptera, Tetrigidae), Thoradonta varispina Zha & Sheng, sp. n., was found in Lengshuihe Nature Preserve, Jinsha, Guizhou, China. It is introduced with a description and photographs and compared with similar taxa. Ecology, habits, and morphological variation of the new species are discussed and illustrated. Generic characteristics of Thoradonta are updated and an updated key to all known species of Thoradonta is given.

The genus Thoradonta in Thailand (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae: Scelimeninae) with description of two new species

ABSTRACT The genus Thoradonta Hancock (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae: Scelimeninae) is newly reported from Thailand. Two new species of the genus, Thoradonta lativertexoides sp. nov. and Thoradonta spiculobaoides sp. nov., are described and illustrated with photographs and compared with similar species. A taxonomic review of the genus Thoradonta is provided and a key to all known species of the genus is given.

A taxonomic review of the genus Gibbotettix with description of one new species (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae)

ABSTRACT During an investigation of species diversity in the Lengshuihe Nature Preserve, Jinsha County, Guizhou Province, China, in August of 2015, a new species of the rare genus Gibbotettix was discovered. Gibbotettix vallis Zha and Wen sp. nov. is introduced, described and photographed, and compared with other species. A taxonomic review of the genus Gibbotettix is provided and a key to all known species of the genus is given. http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:74D8DCB9-A31E-4E4D-A2E8-692A54A81317

The Genus Bolivaritettix in Thailand (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae: Metrodorinae), with Three New Species and One New Record

ABSTRACT: Three species of Bolivaritettix (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae: Metrodorinae) are reported for Thailand. Bolivaritettix lativertexoides sp. nov., B. maculatus sp. nov. and B. chiangraiensis sp. nov. are described and illustrated with photographs and compared with similar species. A taxonomic review of the genus Bolivaritettix is provided and a key to species of Bolivaritettix known from Thailand is provided.

Notes on Gibbotettix and Austrohancockia (Tetrigidae: Cladonotinae) with Description of Two New Species

ABSTRACT Gibbotettix longivalva Zha & Li sp. nov. and Austrohancockia spinafemora Zha & Li sp. nov. from Guizhou Karst Regions, China are described and photographed. Based on typical morpho-characters of the two new species, main differences among Gibbotettix, Austrohancockia and their allied genera are summarized. Austrohancockia is newly recorded for Guizhou Province. A Gibbotettix nymph is recorded.

The subfamily Cladonotinae (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) from China with description of a new monotypic genus

ABSTRACT The genus Tetradinodula Zha gen. nov. (type species: T. bambusae Zha sp. nov.) is described from the Baiqing Nature Preserve, Tongzi County, Guizhou Province, China. Ecology and habits of the new species are discussed. Genera of Cladonotinae from China are reviewed and a revised key for identifying the genera of Chinese Cladonotinae is presented. www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:EDEEECE8-9828-4C8E-829E-98089F58469E