First record of the genus Medaura Stål (Phasmatodea, Phasmatidae, Clitumninae) from China, with description of a new species

BACKGROUND: The stick insect tribe, Medaurini in subfamily Clitumniae, contains 11 genera and 75 known species, with species diversity of this tribe being rich in southeast Asia and China, as is reflected in the Phasmida Species File Online [PSF]. The genus Medaura includes four named species and th...

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Autores principales: Qian, YuHan, Xie, ChongXin, Li, Cui
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9836424/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36761572
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.10.e96341
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description BACKGROUND: The stick insect tribe, Medaurini in subfamily Clitumniae, contains 11 genera and 75 known species, with species diversity of this tribe being rich in southeast Asia and China, as is reflected in the Phasmida Species File Online [PSF]. The genus Medaura includes four named species and they are distributed over Bangladesh, Indonesia and India. The discovery of this new species in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture marks the first identification of the genus Medaura in China. NEW INFORMATION: The genus Medaura Stål is reported for the first time from China, based on a new species M.aculeiformis Xie & Qian sp. n. and the identification characteristics of species are described and illustrated in this paper.
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spelling pubmed-98364242023-02-08 First record of the genus Medaura Stål (Phasmatodea, Phasmatidae, Clitumninae) from China, with description of a new species Qian, YuHan Xie, ChongXin Li, Cui Biodivers Data J Taxonomy & Inventories BACKGROUND: The stick insect tribe, Medaurini in subfamily Clitumniae, contains 11 genera and 75 known species, with species diversity of this tribe being rich in southeast Asia and China, as is reflected in the Phasmida Species File Online [PSF]. The genus Medaura includes four named species and they are distributed over Bangladesh, Indonesia and India. The discovery of this new species in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture marks the first identification of the genus Medaura in China. NEW INFORMATION: The genus Medaura Stål is reported for the first time from China, based on a new species M.aculeiformis Xie & Qian sp. n. and the identification characteristics of species are described and illustrated in this paper. Pensoft Publishers 2022-12-09 /pmc/articles/PMC9836424/ /pubmed/36761572 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.10.e96341 Text en YuHan Qian, ChongXin Xie, Cui Li https://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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Qian, YuHan
Xie, ChongXin
Li, Cui
First record of the genus Medaura Stål (Phasmatodea, Phasmatidae, Clitumninae) from China, with description of a new species
title First record of the genus Medaura Stål (Phasmatodea, Phasmatidae, Clitumninae) from China, with description of a new species
title_full First record of the genus Medaura Stål (Phasmatodea, Phasmatidae, Clitumninae) from China, with description of a new species
title_fullStr First record of the genus Medaura Stål (Phasmatodea, Phasmatidae, Clitumninae) from China, with description of a new species
title_full_unstemmed First record of the genus Medaura Stål (Phasmatodea, Phasmatidae, Clitumninae) from China, with description of a new species
title_short First record of the genus Medaura Stål (Phasmatodea, Phasmatidae, Clitumninae) from China, with description of a new species
title_sort first record of the genus medaura stål (phasmatodea, phasmatidae, clitumninae) from china, with description of a new species
topic Taxonomy & Inventories
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9836424/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36761572
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.10.e96341
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