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A NEW GENUS OF PYRGOMORPHIDAE (ACRIDOIDEA: ORTHOPTERA) FROM THE ISLAND OF SOCOTRA1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

D. Keith McE. Kevan
D. Keith McE. Kevan
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology and Lyman Entomological Museum and Research Laboratory, Macdonald Campus, McGill University, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec
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Abstract

A new, endemic monotypic genus of Pyrgomorphidae, Xenephias, is described from Socotra. The single known species, X. socotranus n. sp., proves to be a member of the widely distributed tribe Sphenariini. It shows some similarities to eastern Asiatic genera, but is apparently closest to the isolated east African genus Sphenexia Karsch.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 105 , Issue 9 , September 1973 , pp. 1169 - 1173
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1973

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