taxonID	type	description	language	source
03BE879EFFFBFFF0E5836574FBB5FD8D.taxon	description	Description: Body cylindrical. Frons extremely oblique in profile. Median carina and lateral carinae distinct or absent. Prosternal process varied: beak-shaped, cylindrical, or with an enlarged, flat or concave apex. Mesosternal lobes overlap. Tegmina and wings well depended. Tympanal organ distinct. Upper basal lobe of hind femur on outer side distinctly longer than lower one. External apical spine distinct in hind tibia.	en	Chen, Jian-Yu, Wang, Shao-Shan, Yang, Jin-Chen, Wan, Xin, Li, Xin-Jiang (2025): First record of Tropidopolinae (Orthopetra: Acrididae) in China. Zootaxa 5693 (3): 441-446, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5693.3.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5693.3.9
03BE879EFFF8FFF3E583648CFF5EFED5.taxon	description	Description: Body cylindrical. Head nearly equal than pronotum. Frons extremely oblique in profile, smoothly. Antennae filiform, not reached the posterior margin of pronotum. Pronotum cylindrical, bluntly round in posterior margin. Tegmina and wings well depended. Prosternal process tuberculiform, truncate at apex. Mesosternal lobes overlap.	en	Chen, Jian-Yu, Wang, Shao-Shan, Yang, Jin-Chen, Wan, Xin, Li, Xin-Jiang (2025): First record of Tropidopolinae (Orthopetra: Acrididae) in China. Zootaxa 5693 (3): 441-446, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5693.3.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5693.3.9
03BE879EFFF8FFF2E58365E4FC57FC79.taxon	distribution	Distribution China, Xinjiang, huocheng; Kazakhstan, Ili River.	en	Chen, Jian-Yu, Wang, Shao-Shan, Yang, Jin-Chen, Wan, Xin, Li, Xin-Jiang (2025): First record of Tropidopolinae (Orthopetra: Acrididae) in China. Zootaxa 5693 (3): 441-446, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5693.3.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5693.3.9
03BE879EFFF8FFF2E58365E4FC57FC79.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. 1 ♀ 7 nymph (HBU), Huocheng, Ili, Xinjian, CHINA. 20 - VI- 2023. Coll. Xin Wan. 1 ♂ 1 ♀ (HBU), Huocheng, Ili, Xinjian, CHINA. 30 - VI- 2025. Coll. Shao-Shan Wang.	en	Chen, Jian-Yu, Wang, Shao-Shan, Yang, Jin-Chen, Wan, Xin, Li, Xin-Jiang (2025): First record of Tropidopolinae (Orthopetra: Acrididae) in China. Zootaxa 5693 (3): 441-446, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5693.3.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5693.3.9
03BE879EFFF8FFF2E58365E4FC57FC79.taxon	description	Description: Male: Body median size, cylindrical (Figure 1 A B). Head nearly equal pronotum. Frons extremely oblique in profile. Fastigium sharp apex. Fastigial foveolae distinct, triangle. Frontal costa distinct totally, long, slightly shrunken in fastigium (Figure 1 C). Eyes oval, vertical diameter 1.7 – 1.8 times transverse, and 2.6 – 2.7 subocular furrows. Antennae filiform, short, 24 segments, reached the anterior margin of pronotum. Pronotum cylindrical, nearly straight on anterior margin and with a distinct depressed on median posterior margin. Median carina cut by 3 transverse sulci, indistinct before 3 rd transverse sulci; lateral carinae absent. Prosternal process tuberculiform, truncate at apex. Mesosternal and metasternal lobes overlap (Figure 1 D). Tegmina and wings well depended, nearly reached the end of abdominal. Tympanal organ distinct, semicircular, tympanal lobe indistinct. Length of hind femur 6.0 – 6.4 times the width, upper basal lobe on outer side extremely longer than lower one; lower genicular lobe angular. Hind tibia with 12 spines on inner side and 11 spines on outer side, external apical spine distinct. Cerci long, strongly incurved, apically rounded (Figure 1 E). Subgenital plate long, conical, bluntly rounded at apex (Figure 1 F). Female: Body large than male (Figure 1 G H). Ovipositor short, dorsal and ventral valvulae both with black denticulations on disto-lateral apex. Coloration. Body green. Antennae yellow. Pronotum pale brown dorsum. Basal part of hind wings pale blue. Inner side of hind femur yellow in male but red in female. Hind tibia pale blue in basal and other blue, with black spines. Measurement (in mm). Body length: ♂ 39.42, ♀ 51.02 – 55.61. Pronotum length: ♂ 6.19, ♀ 8.03 – 8.05. Tegmina length: ♂ 26.37, ♀ 32.75 – 35.32. Hind femur length: ♂ 15.30, ♀ 21.16 – 24.43.	en	Chen, Jian-Yu, Wang, Shao-Shan, Yang, Jin-Chen, Wan, Xin, Li, Xin-Jiang (2025): First record of Tropidopolinae (Orthopetra: Acrididae) in China. Zootaxa 5693 (3): 441-446, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5693.3.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5693.3.9
