Rhaphidophora taiwana Shiraki, 1930

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4500.2.2
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scientific name	Rhaphidophora taiwana Shiraki, 1930
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Rhaphidophora taiwana Shiraki, 1930 . Trans. N. H, S. F., Vol. 20 (111): 350–352; Karny, 1937. Orthoptera Fam. View in CoL Gryllacrididae, Subfamiliae Omnes. View in CoL Genera Insectorum, 206:238–249; Jin & Xia, 1994. Jour. Orth. Res., 3: 18; Sugimoto & Ichikawa, 2003. Tettigonia View in CoL 5: 2; Bian, Zhu & Shi, 2017. Zootaxa, 4317 (2): 275–276.

Specimen not studied.

Distribution. China (Taiwan) *; Japan (Southern Ryukyu Islands).

Discussion. In Shiraki’s (1930) view, this species belongs to Stonychophora fulva ( Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888) . Rhaphidophora chopardi Karny, 1924 , according to Karny’s (1924) key to species of Rhaphidophora , may be near to R. deusta Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888 . This species is distinguished from R. fulva by the simple abdominal tergites of male, from R. chopardi by cylindrical styli and serrated ventral valves of the ovipositor, and from R. deusta by the pointed apex of the female subgenital plate.