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Conocephalus (Anisoptera) melaenus

Description

6. Conocephalus (Anisoptera) melaenus (Haan, 1843)

Locusta (Xiphidium) melaena Haan, 1843. Temminck [Ed.] Ƒerhandelingen over de Natuurlijke Geschiedenis der Nederlansche Overzeesche Bezittingen, 19/20: 188, 189.

Xiphidium melaenum: Walker, 1869. Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum, 2: 275.

Anisoptera melaenum: Kirby, 1906. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera, 2: 278.

Conocephalus (Xiphidion) melan: Karny, 1912. Genera Insectorum, 135: 11.

Conocephalus melaenus: Ingrisch, 1990 [1989]. Senckenbergiana Biologica, 70(1–3): 112.

Conocephalus melas: Jin & Xia, 1994. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 3: 32.

Conocephalus (Xiphidion) melas: Otte, 1997. Orthoptera Species File, 7: 46.

Conocephalus (Anisoptera) melanus: Zhou, Bi & Liu, 2010. Zootaxa, 2527: 58.

Material examined. 3♂ 1♀, Luofushan, Boluo, Guangdong, 26–28 July, 2018, coll. Yanqing Li and Yarui Xin; 11♂, Shimentai, Yingde, Guangdong, 5– 7 August, 2018, coll. Yanqing Li and Yarui Xin; 5♂ 3♀, Danxiashan, Renhua, Guangdong, 9–11 August, 2018, coll. Yanqing Li and Yarui Xin.

Distribution. China (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shanghai, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan, Zhejiang); India, Indonesia, Japan, Nepal, Singapore, Thailand.

Notes

Published as part of Li, Yan-Qing, Zhang, Tao, Xin, Ya-Rui & Shi, Fu-Ming, 2019, The genus Conocephalus (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae) from Guangdong and Nanling region, China with description of two new species, pp. 590-600 in Zootaxa 4565 (4) on pages 593-594, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4565.4.12, http://zenodo.org/record/2591291

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Event date
1926-07-28 , 2011-08-09
Verbatim event date
1926-07-28 , 2011-08-09
Scientific name authorship
Haan
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Dryophthoridae
Genus
Conocephalus
Species
melaenus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Conocephalus (Anisoptera) melaenus (Haan, 1843) sec. Li, Zhang, Xin & Shi, 2019

References

  • Zhou, M., Bi, W. X. & Liu, X. W. (2010) The genus Conocephalus (Orthoptera, Tettigonioidea) in China. Zootaxa, 2527, 49 - 60. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 2527.1.3