taxonID	type	description	language	source
512EE66C054DFF96FF0EFB5EFD049FB0.taxon	materials_examined	Type species: Sinocyrtaspis lushanensis Liu, 2000.	en	Xiong, Zijian, Han, Tianshuo, Shi, Fuming (2026): One new species of the genus Sinocyrtaspis Liu, 2000 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) from Hubei, China. Zootaxa 5787 (2): 391-393, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5787.2.11
512EE66C054DFF96FF0EFB5EFD049FB0.taxon	diagnosis	Generic diagnosis. Body small, robust. Male pronotum strongly prolonged posteriorly, metazona markedly raised, expanded laterally; posterior area of lateral lobe expanded ventrally. Female pronotum short, not prolonged, posterior margin of lateral lobe gradually narrowing. Fore tibial tympana open on both sides; hind tibia with 1 pair of dorsal apical spurs and 2 pairs of ventral apical spurs. Male tegmina short, completely covered by pronotum; female tegmina reduced; hind wings absent. Male 10 th abdominal tergite markedly prolonged posteriorly, medially split or emarginate; genitalia sclerotized, robust and extending posteriorly, reaching or surpassing posterior margin of subgenital plate. Female 9 th abdominal tergite arcuately concave at posterior margin, lateral areas extending posteriorly. Ovipositor moderately upcurved, both dorsal and ventral margins smooth.	en	Xiong, Zijian, Han, Tianshuo, Shi, Fuming (2026): One new species of the genus Sinocyrtaspis Liu, 2000 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) from Hubei, China. Zootaxa 5787 (2): 391-393, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5787.2.11
512EE66C054DFF94FF0EF8AAFB87988E.taxon	description	(Fig. 1) Description. Male. Body small, robust. Head. Fastigium verticis conical, apex rounded, with a thin median sulcus. Eyes globular, distinctly protruding forwards (Fig. 1 A – B). Apical segment of maxillary palpus slightly longer than subapical one, apex swollen. Thorax. Pronotum markedly prolonged posteriorly, reaching middle area of 7 th abdominal tergite; anterior margin straight, posterior margin obtusely rounded; metazona distinctly raised and expanded outward; lateral lobe longer than high, markedly expanded, humeral sinus absent (Fig. 1 A – B). Tegmina and wings. Tegmina short, completely covered by pronotum, invisible in lateral view; hind wings absent (Fig. 1 B). Legs. All femora without spines on ventral surfaces; apices of genicular lobes obtusely rounded. Fore coxa with one short spine; fore tibial tympana open on both sides; fore tibia with 4 long spines on inner ventral margin and 4 long spines on outer ventral margin. Middle tibia with 3 long spines on inner ventral margin and 5 long spines on outer ventral margin. Hind tibia with 18 – 21 short spines on inner and outer margins of dorsal surface, bearing 2 pairs of ventral apical spurs and 1 pair of dorsal apical spurs. Abdomen. Lateral surfaces of 9 th abdominal tergite protruding backward (Fig. 1 G). Posterior area of 10 th abdominal tergite with a pair of broad and depressed lateral lobes, widely separated by a deep V-shaped notch; apices rounded (Fig. 1 D – E). Cercus moderately elongate; base stout, then laterally compressed, with a shallow longitudinal sulcus along inner surface; dorsal margin near mid-part bearing a narrow lamellate projection; distal half distinctly incurved, gradually Tapering, apex rounded (Fig. 1 D – E). Genitalia sclerotized, slightly surpassing posterior margin of subgenital plate; base broad, middle area slightly constricted inward; subapical area bent dorsad; near apex with a pair of conical processes on lateral areas, apices bluntly rounded; apex bluntly rounded (Fig. 1 F – G). Subgenital plate rectangular, with a median carina; basal margin straight, basal area slightly broadened; posterior margin with a shallow triangular concavity; styli short, inserted on lateral margins of apical area (Fig. 1 C). Coloration. Body green when alive. Eyes light brown. Prozona of pronotum bears a pair of longitudinal blackishbrown stripes, each with a longitudinal yellow stripe along its outer margin; stripes becoming paler on metazona (Fig. 1 A – B). Apices of spines on hind tibiae blackish brown. Apices of all third tarsomeres and claws brown. Genitalia blackish brown near the middle area of proximal part (Fig. 1 F). Female. Unknown.	en	Xiong, Zijian, Han, Tianshuo, Shi, Fuming (2026): One new species of the genus Sinocyrtaspis Liu, 2000 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) from Hubei, China. Zootaxa 5787 (2): 391-393, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5787.2.11
512EE66C054DFF94FF0EF8AAFB87988E.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Holotype: ♂, Houhe, Wufeng, Hubei, 18 July, 2023, coll. Yueting Duan. Paratypes: 1 ♂, Houhe, Wufeng, Hubei, 17 July, 2023, coll. Mengjia Zheng; 1 ♂, Houhe, Wufeng, Hubei, 18 July, 2023, coll. Mengjia Zheng. Other specimens: 3 ♂, Houhe, Wufeng, Hubei, 18 July, 2023, coll. Yueting Duan.	en	Xiong, Zijian, Han, Tianshuo, Shi, Fuming (2026): One new species of the genus Sinocyrtaspis Liu, 2000 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) from Hubei, China. Zootaxa 5787 (2): 391-393, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5787.2.11
512EE66C054DFF94FF0EF8AAFB87988E.taxon	description	Measurements (mm). Body: ♂ 10.2 – 10.6; pronotum: ♂ 7.1 – 7.4; hind femur: ♂ 8.4 – 8.8.	en	Xiong, Zijian, Han, Tianshuo, Shi, Fuming (2026): One new species of the genus Sinocyrtaspis Liu, 2000 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) from Hubei, China. Zootaxa 5787 (2): 391-393, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5787.2.11
512EE66C054DFF94FF0EF8AAFB87988E.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China (Hubei).	en	Xiong, Zijian, Han, Tianshuo, Shi, Fuming (2026): One new species of the genus Sinocyrtaspis Liu, 2000 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) from Hubei, China. Zootaxa 5787 (2): 391-393, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5787.2.11
512EE66C054DFF94FF0EF8AAFB87988E.taxon	discussion	Discussion. This new species resembles Sinocyrtaspis megalobia Wang, Xin & Shi, 2020, but differs from the latter mainly in: male 10 th abdominal tergite prolonged posteriorly, forming a pair of broad and depressed lateral lobes, widely separated by a deep V-shaped incision, apices obtusely rounded (Fig. 1 E); cerci compressed, surpassing posterior margins of subgenital plate and genitalia, with narrow lamellate processes near middle area on dorsal surface (Fig. 1 D – E).	en	Xiong, Zijian, Han, Tianshuo, Shi, Fuming (2026): One new species of the genus Sinocyrtaspis Liu, 2000 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) from Hubei, China. Zootaxa 5787 (2): 391-393, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5787.2.11
512EE66C054DFF94FF0EF8AAFB87988E.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The name of the new species refers to Hubei, China, the type locality.	en	Xiong, Zijian, Han, Tianshuo, Shi, Fuming (2026): One new species of the genus Sinocyrtaspis Liu, 2000 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) from Hubei, China. Zootaxa 5787 (2): 391-393, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5787.2.11
