( Figs 1 f–j; 5b; 6b)
Mecopoda fallax He, 2019. In Liu et al., Zootaxa 4585(3):571 ( Holotype, male, origin. Descript.; type locality: China, China South-central, Yunnan, Mangshi; type depository: ECNU)
Examined material. China: Guangxi Province: 8 males, Nanning City, Daming Mountain, 2013.IX.28; 1 male, 1 female, Longzhou County, Nonggang, 2012.VII.; 12 males, 3 females, China: Hainan Province: Shuiman Township, Wuzhishan Mountain, 2014.X.16; 9 males, 3 females, Yunnan Province: Wenshan Prefecture, Malipo, 2014.XI.14.
Diagnosis. The species is distinguished from M. niponensis by the comparatively long wide tegmen (see measurements in Tables 5–6).
Bioacoustics. The species differs from M. niponensis by the much shorter period of a single song unit, and that three phases are made up of repeated simple syllables (see song parameters in Table 2). The species is widely distributed in South and southwestern China (only including Guangxi, Guangdong, Hainan and Yunnan).