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Review
. 2017 Jan 25;4226(1):zootaxa.4226.1.5.
doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4226.1.5.

Taxonomic review of the katydid genus Alloteratura (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae; Meconematinae) with the description of one new species from Thailand

Ming Kai Tan  1 , Taksin Artchawakom
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Taxonomic review of the katydid genus Alloteratura (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae; Meconematinae) with the description of one new species from Thailand

Ming Kai Tan et al. Zootaxa. .

Abstract

Alloteratura Hebard, 1922 is a genus of katydid from the speciose Meconematinae, most easily characterised by maxillary palpi with extremely short apical segment. Currently, two subgenera exists: subgenus Alloteratura Hebard, 1922 (33 species) and Meconemopsis Karny, 1922 (11 species). In this taxonomic review, one new species of the subgenus Meconemopsis from Thailand is described: A. (M.) dawwruengi sp. nov. Illustrated keys to species for both subgenera are also presented here.

Keywords: Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Meconematini, Meconemopsis, key to species, Southeast Asia.

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