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A new subfamily of the grasshopper (Orthoptera: Acridoidea: Gomphoceridae) from the Tibetan Plateau of China
Author(s) -
Zhang DaoChuan,
Zhang YuLong,
Yin XiangChu
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
insect science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.991
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1744-7917
pISSN - 1672-9609
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-7917.2011.01456.x
Subject(s) - tympanum (architecture) , biology , subfamily , acridoidea , orthoptera , grasshopper , genus , china , zoology , plateau (mathematics) , botany , ecology , anatomy , acrididae , middle ear , archaeology , geography , myringotomy , biochemistry , mathematics , gene , tympan , mathematical analysis
This paper reports a new subfamily, a new genus and a new species, that is, Pacrinae subfam. nov., Pacris gen. nov and Pacris xizangensis sp. nov in Gomphoceridae. The new subfamily is allied to Orinhippinae of Gomphoceridae and it differs from the latter by wings and tympanum absent. The new genus is similar to Orinhippus Uvarov, 1921 but differs from the latter in: (i) foveolae absent; (ii) tegmina absent; (iii) tympanum absent; (iv) hind margin of pronotum with incised in the middle. Type specimens are deposited in the Museum of Hebei University, Baoding, China.