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Remarks on the genus Woznessenskia (Orthoptera, Gryllacrididae) with three new species from China

  • 1. Hebei University, Baoding, China

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In the paper, three new species of the genus Woznessenskia Gorochov, 2002 are reported from China, i.e. W. truncatoprocera sp. nov., W. dentata sp. nov. and W. dulongjianga sp. nov., while the females of W. brevisa Guo & Shi, 2011 and W. bimacula Guo & Shi, 2011 are described for the first time. In addition, we provide diagnostic morphological images of all aforementioned specimens with photographs of W. arcoida Guo & Shi, 2011, W. incurva Shi, Zhu & Wang, 2022 and W. lianhua Zhang, Hu & He, 2024.

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