Published November 17, 2021 | Version v1
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Gomphomastacinae

  • 1. gejunjie @ snnu. edu. cn; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4693 - 7520
  • 2. Zoology Unit, Laboratory of Biology and Physiology of Animal Organisms, Graduate School of Fundamental and Applied Sciences, University of Douala, Cameroon. & jayetchomfondjo @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2192 - 6366

Description

Revised identification key of Gomphomastacinae genera of China.

1. Antennae longer, with 25 segments, its length longer than hind femur....... Gomphomastax Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1898.

1’ Antennae shorter, with 11~22 segments, its length not longer than hind femur..................................... 2

2. Apex of hind femur without spine........................................................................ 3

2’ Apex of the hind femur with 1~5 spines................................................................... 6

3. Antennae shorter, with 11 segments, its length almost as long as width; head not exceeding compound eyes............................................................................................ Myrmeleomastax Yin, 1984.

3’ Antennae shorter, with 12~19 segments, its length longer than width; head exceeding compound eyes.................. 4

4. Antennae shorter, with 19 segments, reaching the basal part of hind femur in male; face with promontory, parallel on both sides................................................................................................................................................................................... Sinomastax Yin, 1984.

4’ Antennae shorter, with 12~15 segments, not reaching the basal part of hind femur in male; promontory of face wider between antennae............................................................................................. 5

5. Antennae 13~15 segments......................................................... Ptygomastax Bienko, 1959.

5’ Antennae 12 segments............................................................ Angulomastax Zheng, 1985.

6. Antennae with 21~24 segments.................................................... Phytomastax Bienko, 1949.

6’ Antennae with 15 segments........................................................... Pentaspinula Yin, 1979.

Notes

Published as part of Ge, Jun-Jie, Agrippine, Yetchom Fondjo Jeanne, Xu, Sheng-Quan & Huang, Huateng, 2021, Description of three new species of Gomphomastacinae (Orthoptera Eumastacoidea) from the east of Qinghai-Tibet plateau, China, pp. 419-427 in Zootaxa 5068 (3) on page 420, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5068.3.6, http://zenodo.org/record/5707029

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Biodiversity

Family
Malvaceae
Kingdom
Plantae
Order
Malvales
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Taxon rank
subFamily

References

  • Yin, X. C. (1984) s. n. In: Grasshoppers and locusts from Qinghai-Xizang Plateau of China. Science Press, Beijing, pp. 19 - 24.
  • Zheng, Z. (1985) A new genus and a new species of Eumastacidae from Qinghai Province. Journal of Shaanxi Normal University Natural Science, 1985 (1), 70 - 73. [in Chinese with English summary]