Paraxantia rubripes Wu & Liu, 2021 ḀḾṂAEǴÃ

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 : 374-375

Paraxantia rubripes Wu & Liu, 2021 ḀḾṂAEǴÃ

Figs. 2A ; 5A ; 6B, G ; 7 .

Paraxantia rubripes Wu & Liu, 2021a: 120–121 .

Type locality: China: Tibet, Medog , Bo’nong’gong.

Examined specimens: China: 2♁ (Holotype & Paratype), Tibet, Linzhi, Medog , Bo’nong’gong; 29.6547°N 95.4861°E, 2149m; 17.VII.2012; Chao Wu leg. ( IZCAS) ( Fig. 2A ). 5♁ (Paratypes), Tibet, Linzhi, Medog, Hanmi ; 29.3647°N 95.1284°E, 2130m; 13–20.VII.2013; Chao Wu leg. ( IZCAS). 2♁, Tibet, Linzhi, Medog ; 23–26.VI.2022; Yue-Zheng Tu leg. ( IZCAS) .

Distribution. China: SE-Tibet.

Figures

FIGURE 2. Holotypes of Paraxantia spp. A: P. rubripes; B: P. kaquewa.

FIGURE 5. Male fore tibiae and female ovipositor of Paraxantia spp.. A–E: fore tibia; F, G: ovipositor; A: P. rubripes; B: P. kaquewa; C: P. tibetensis; D, F, G: P. angustipennis sp. nov.; E: P. nujiangensis sp. nov..

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)

FIGURE 7. Distribution map of the Paraxantia spp. in Himalaya-Hengduan Mountains. ■: P. tibetensis; ●: P. angustipennis sp. nov.; ◆: P. nujiangensis sp. nov.; ▲: P. rubripes; ★: P. kaquewa.