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 morphologi...

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Autores principales: Zha, Ling-Sheng, Sheng, Maoyin, Wen, Ting-Chi, Hyde, Kevin D.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4978027/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27551231
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.607.9056
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description 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.
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spelling pubmed-49780272016-08-22 A new species and a revised key of the genus Thoradonta (Orthoptera, Tetrigidae) Zha, Ling-Sheng Sheng, Maoyin Wen, Ting-Chi Hyde, Kevin D. Zookeys Research Article 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. Pensoft Publishers 2016-07-27 /pmc/articles/PMC4978027/ /pubmed/27551231 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.607.9056 Text en Ling-Sheng Zha, Maoyin Sheng, Ting-Chi Wen, Kevin D. Hyde http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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A new species and a revised key of the genus Thoradonta (Orthoptera, Tetrigidae)
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title_full A new species and a revised key of the genus Thoradonta (Orthoptera, Tetrigidae)
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title_full_unstemmed A new species and a revised key of the genus Thoradonta (Orthoptera, Tetrigidae)
title_short A new species and a revised key of the genus Thoradonta (Orthoptera, Tetrigidae)
title_sort new species and a revised key of the genus thoradonta (orthoptera, tetrigidae)
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4978027/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27551231
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.607.9056
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