Paraxantia tibetensis, Liu & Kang, 2009

Wu, Chao & Liu, Chun-Xiang, 2023, The genus Paraxantia Liu & Kang (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae Vosiini) in Himalaya-Hengduan Mountains, revealing high diversity of species, Zootaxa 5306 (3), pp. 367-376 : 368

Tibetensis species group

Body green ( Fig. 6A, C ). Basal half of hind tibia normal. Male cerci without dorsal furca ( Fig. 4A, B ). Phallic induration of male external genitalia large, sclerotized.

Species included: P. tibetensis Liu & Kang, 2009 , P. angustipennis sp. nov..

Distribution: China: ES-Tibet, WN-Yunnan.

Figures

FIGURE 4. Male right side of the cerci and external genitalia of Paraxantia spp.. A–C: cercus; D–F: male external genitalia; G– J: titillator. A, D, G: P. tibetensis; B, E, H: P. angustipennis sp. nov.; C, F, I: P. nujiangensis sp. nov.; J: P. daweishanensis.

FIGURE 6. Paraxantia spp. in natural habitat and ecological habitat. A: P. tibetensis, male; B: P. rubripes, male; C: P. angustipennis sp. nov., male; D: P. nujiangensis sp. nov., male; E: P. angustipennis, Dulongjiang River, Xiong'dang, Yunnan; F: P. nujiangensis, Nujiang River, Gongshan, Yunnan; G: P. tibetensis, P. rubripes and P. angustipennis, Medog, Tibet; H: P. nujiangensis, Baihualing, Baoshan, Yunnan. (A, B: photograph © Yue- Zheng Tu, published with permission)