taxonID	type	description	language	source
9E63E664FFA3D46EFF27F8A8FAB1FD34.taxon	description	Figure 1 Description. Male. Body large. Head. Fastigium verticis conical, projecting forward, dorsal surface with median furrow (Fig. 1 A). Eyes nearly globular, protruding outward. Apical segment of maxillary palp longer than subapical one, apex inflated (Fig. 1 B). Thorax. Pronotum short, anterior margin faintly projecting, posterior margin narrowly rounded, with posterior transverse sulcus (Fig. 1 A); lateral lobes longer than high, narrowing to backward, anterior angle arched, posterior angle obtusely rounded, posterior margin with indistinct humeral sinus (Fig. 1 B). Tegmina and wings. Tegmina far surpassing the apex of postfemur; hind wings longer than tegmina. Legs. Procoxae with 1 small spine. All femora unarmed on ventral surfaces; apices of genicular lobes of postfemora obtuse. Protibiae ventrally with 4 – 5 internal and 4 external spines; tympana open on both sides, oblong. Mesotibiae with 5 internal and 4 external spines on ventral surface. Posttibiae with 22 – 24 internal and 25 – 27 external spines on dorsal surface, ventrally with 3 – 5 internal and 4 – 6 external spines, apices with 1 pair of dorsal spurs and 2 pairs of ventral spurs. Abdomen. Posterior margin of tenth abdominal tergite prolonged backwards, apical margin widely rounded (Fig. 1 C). Cercus gradually tapering, apical half faintly depressed, slightly curved inwards and upwards, tip obtuse (Fig. 1 D, H); middle area with 1 internal spine on ventral margin, its tip acute (Fig. 1 C), following with 1 indistinct process on internal margin (Fig. 1 C). Epiproct with 1 ovoid median process directed downwards, both margins of the median process tapering with indistinct teeth (Fig. 1 G); with 1 pair of large lateral lobes, which bifurcated (Fig. 1 F): the upper lobe prolonged backwards with converging and strongly incurved apical area, tip acute (Fig. 1 D), the lower lobe wide and directing downward with obtuse tip (Fig. 1 F). Subgenital plate longer than wide, with lateral margins in about basal half convex, afterwards narrowing, faintly concave; apical area bilobate with a small median excision (Fig. 1 K); ventral surface with triangular membranous area from base (Fig. 1 K). Styli slender, apices obtuse, located on both sides of apical area of subgenital plate (Fig. 1 K). Female. Unknown. Coloration. Body yellowish green when alive. Eyes black. Internal margins of scape and pedicel, and flagellum brownish. Fastigium verticis black. Dorsal surface of head with longitudinal yellowish-brown stripe, extending to the posterior margin of pronotum. Posttibae yellowish brown.	en	Cui, Zhenzhen, Bian, Xun (2025): A new species of Tamdaora Gorochov, 1998 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) from Yunnan, China. Zootaxa 5569 (1): 175-178, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5569.1.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5569.1.8
9E63E664FFA3D46EFF27F8A8FAB1FD34.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Holotype: male, Dulongjiang, Gongshan, Yunnan, August 22, 2024, coll. by Ting Luo and Yanting Qin.	en	Cui, Zhenzhen, Bian, Xun (2025): A new species of Tamdaora Gorochov, 1998 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) from Yunnan, China. Zootaxa 5569 (1): 175-178, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5569.1.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5569.1.8
9E63E664FFA3D46EFF27F8A8FAB1FD34.taxon	description	Measurements (mm). Body: ♂ 14.5; pronotum: ♂ 5.2; tegmen: ♂ 23.7; postfemur: ♂ 13.3.	en	Cui, Zhenzhen, Bian, Xun (2025): A new species of Tamdaora Gorochov, 1998 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) from Yunnan, China. Zootaxa 5569 (1): 175-178, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5569.1.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5569.1.8
9E63E664FFA3D46EFF27F8A8FAB1FD34.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Yunnan (Gongshan).	en	Cui, Zhenzhen, Bian, Xun (2025): A new species of Tamdaora Gorochov, 1998 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) from Yunnan, China. Zootaxa 5569 (1): 175-178, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5569.1.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5569.1.8
9E63E664FFA3D46EFF27F8A8FAB1FD34.taxon	discussion	Discussion. This species differs from Tamdaora magnifica Gorochov, 1998 (Fig. 2) by: male cercus with 1 large internal spine before middle area (Fig. 1 D); male epiproct with 1 ovoid median process, which tips tapering and directing downward (Fig. 1 G), and with 1 pair of large lateral lobes which bifurcated (Fig. 1 F), the upper lobe projecting backward with acute tip (Fig. 1 D) and the lower lobe directing downward with obtuse tip (Fig. 1 F); posterior margin of male subgenital plate excavated in middle (Fig. 1 K).	en	Cui, Zhenzhen, Bian, Xun (2025): A new species of Tamdaora Gorochov, 1998 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) from Yunnan, China. Zootaxa 5569 (1): 175-178, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5569.1.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5569.1.8
9E63E664FFA3D46EFF27F8A8FAB1FD34.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The new species name refers to male cerci with one internal spine before middle area.	en	Cui, Zhenzhen, Bian, Xun (2025): A new species of Tamdaora Gorochov, 1998 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) from Yunnan, China. Zootaxa 5569 (1): 175-178, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5569.1.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5569.1.8
9E63E664FFA0D46EFF27FD56FAF3FC30.taxon	description	Figure 2	en	Cui, Zhenzhen, Bian, Xun (2025): A new species of Tamdaora Gorochov, 1998 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) from Yunnan, China. Zootaxa 5569 (1): 175-178, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5569.1.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5569.1.8
9E63E664FFA0D46EFF27FD56FAF3FC30.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. 1 male, Diding, Jingxi, Guangxi, August 19, 2023, coll. by Shan Li and Yangyang Pan.	en	Cui, Zhenzhen, Bian, Xun (2025): A new species of Tamdaora Gorochov, 1998 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) from Yunnan, China. Zootaxa 5569 (1): 175-178, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5569.1.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5569.1.8
