Mecopoda marmorata He, 2019

Liu, Chun-Xiang, Heller, Klaus-Gerhard, Wang, Xue-Song, Yang, Zhen, Wu, Chao, Liu, Fei & Zhang, Tao, 2020, Taxonomy of a katydid genus Mecopoda Serville (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae, Mecopodinae) from East Asia, Zootaxa 4758 (2), pp. 296-310 : 304

Mecopoda marmorata He, 2019

( Figs 1 s–u; 5f; 6f)

Mecopoda marmorata He, 2019 . In Liu et al., Zootaxa 4585(3):571 (Holotype, female, origin. Descript.; type locality: China, China South-central, Yunnan, Menglun; type depository: ECNU, Shanghai)

Examined material. Topotype. 1 male (No. JF511), China: Yunnan Province: Mengla County: Menglun: Wangtianshu Scenic Spot, 21.5998N 101.5869E, 2014.X., T ZHANG.

First description of male. The species M. marmorata is distinctly differentiated from other species in the species group “a” by comparatively few file teeth and comparatively large tooth density (see measurements in Tables 5–6). The calling song consists of continuous syllable-groups. Each syllable-group, with a regular period and duration (67.5ms), consists of 5 syllables with gradually decreasing amplitude ( Fig. 1 s–t). The species is recorded to be distributed in South China (only including Yunnan).

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FIGURE 1. Calling songs of the species group niponensis. a–e: M. niponensis (Haan, 1843), f–j: M. fallax He, 2019, k–o: M. crescendo sp. nov., p–r: M. himalaya sp. nov.; s–u: M. marmorata He. Oscillogram of a song unit (a, f, k), the syllable groups in the beginning of a song unit (b, g, l), at the climax of a song unit (c, h, m), and at the end of a song unit (d, i, n); Oscillogram of unchanged continuous syllable groups (p), and neighboring syllable groups (q). The spectrum of the calling song (e, j, o, r, u).