Taxonomy of a katydid genus Mecopoda Serville (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae, Mecopodinae) from East Asia Author Liu, Chun-Xiang Author Heller, Klaus-Gerhard Author Wang, Xue-Song Author Yang, Zhen Author Wu, Chao Author Liu, Fei Author Zhang, Tao text Zootaxa 2020 2020-03-30 4758 2 296 310 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4758.2.5 c198bacd-03af-4af3-9649-310ea6340000 1175-5326 3734484 57D4762E-D629-4E73-A59F-EE6A34DB8AB6 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.