Mecopoda crescendo, Liu & Heller & Wang & Yang & Wu & Liu & Zhang, 2020

Liu, Chun-Xiang, Heller, Klaus-Gerhard, Wang, Xue-Song, Yang, Zhen, Wu, Chao, Liu, Fei & Zhang, Tao, 2020, Taxonomy of a katydid genus Mecopoda Serville (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae, Mecopodinae) from East Asia, Zootaxa 4758 (2), pp. 296-310 : 303

Mecopoda crescendo sp. nov. Liu

( Figs 1 k–o; 5c; 6c)

Holotype. male, CHINA: Yunnan, Mengla County, Wangtianshu Scenic Spot , 21.5998N 101.5869E, 2014.X., T ZHANG.

Paratypes. 14 males, 1 female, same data as in holotype; CHINA: Yunnan, Mengla County , 6 males, 2 females, Menglun Botanic Garden, 21.9237N 101.2711E, 2014.X., T ZHANG; Menglun , 5 females, 795m, 2014.X.; 1 female, 2014.IV. 28–30, C WU .

Diagnosis. M. crescendo is distinguished from the species in the species group niponensis by the silent phases between two neighboring song units ( Fig. 1k ). The species is distributed in South China (only in Yunnan Province).

Etymology. The species name indicates that it sings in a crecendo.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Calling songs of the species group niponensis. a–e: M. niponensis (Haan, 1843), f–j: M. fallax He, 2019, k–o: M. crescendo sp. nov., p–r: M. himalaya sp. nov.; s–u: M. marmorata He. Oscillogram of a song unit (a, f, k), the syllable groups in the beginning of a song unit (b, g, l), at the climax of a song unit (c, h, m), and at the end of a song unit (d, i, n); Oscillogram of unchanged continuous syllable groups (p), and neighboring syllable groups (q). The spectrum of the calling song (e, j, o, r, u).