Published October 30, 2020
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Mirigryllus He 2020, gen. nov.
Creators
- 1. Museum of Biology, School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China. & Yangtze Delta Estuarine Wetland Ecosystem Observation and Research Station, Ministry of Education & Shanghai Science and Technology Committee, Shanghai, China
- 2. Co-first author, School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- 3. Museum of Biology, School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China. & https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 0427 - 782 X
- 4. Museum of Biology, School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China. & https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8553 - 5754
- 5. Museum of Biology, School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China. & https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 5150 - 8459
Description
Genus Mirigryllus He gen. nov.
Diagnosis. Typical appearance of this tribe and very similar to Svercacheta, Modicogryllus or Velarifictorus spp., but a white transverse bar connecting lateral ocelli wider than above species (Fig. 2 I, J; Fig. 3 C, D). Genitalia: epiphallus transverse with posterior epiphallic lobes long and thin, ectoparameron transparent with basal part wide (Fig. 3 H, I, J).
Type species: Mirigryllus nigrus sp. nov.
Including species: type only
Etymology. The genus name Miri- is for English word miraculous. It is used to emphasize the amazing discovery of this genus/species in such a high altitude from Zhejiang, where are covered by snow from December to March the next year.
Notes
Published as part of He, Zhu-Qing, Shen, Chu-Ze, Wu, Xue, Chen, Lin & Li, Kai, 2020, Report of a new genus Mirigryllus belonging to tribe Modicogryllini, with a new species M. nigrus from Zhejiang, China (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Gryllinae Modicogryllini), pp. 112-120 in Zootaxa 4869 (1) on page 113, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4869.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/4443764
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- He
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Orthoptera
- Family
- Gryllidae
- Genus
- Mirigryllus
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic status
- gen. nov.
- Taxonomic concept label
- Mirigryllus He, 2020