Paraxantia kaquewa Wu & Liu, 2021 DḢṂAEǴÃ

Wu, Chao & Liu, Chun-Xiang, 2023, The genus Paraxantia Liu & Kang (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae Vosiini) in Himalaya-Hengduan Mountains, revealing high diversity of species, Zootaxa 5306 (3), pp. 367-376 : 375

Paraxantia kaquewa Wu & Liu, 2021 DḢṂAEǴÃ

Figs. 2B ; 5B ; 7 .

Paraxantia kaquewa Wu & Liu, 2021a: 121–125 .

Type locality: China: Yunnan, Dulongjiang .

Examined specimens: China: 3♁ 1♀ (Holotype & Paratypes), Yunnan Province, Nujiang of the Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, Gongshan , Dulongjiang , Qinlangdang ; 27.6887°N 98.2775°E, 1248m; 25. VI.2015; Chao Wu leg. ( IZCAS) .

Notes.

Wu & Liu (2021) did not provide entire illustrations of the full body of the type specimen of this species, and a supplement is made here. Paraxantia kaquewa is similar to P. rubripes in appearance, but differs by the obviously short and broad male tegmina, and the significantly different male external genitalia ( Fig. 2B ).

Distribution. China: NW-Yunnan, Dulongjiang.

Figures

FIGURE 2. Holotypes of Paraxantia spp. A: P. rubripes; B: P. kaquewa.

FIGURE 5. Male fore tibiae and female ovipositor of Paraxantia spp.. A–E: fore tibia; F, G: ovipositor; A: P. rubripes; B: P. kaquewa; C: P. tibetensis; D, F, G: P. angustipennis sp. nov.; E: P. nujiangensis sp. nov..

FIGURE 7. Distribution map of the Paraxantia spp. in Himalaya-Hengduan Mountains. ■: P. tibetensis; ●: P. angustipennis sp. nov.; ◆: P. nujiangensis sp. nov.; ▲: P. rubripes; ★: P. kaquewa.