taxonID	type	description	language	source
03BDFB79FFAEFFC27FCBA8F9FC2DFDD4.taxon	description	(Fig. 1) Description. Male. Body small. Head. Fastigium verticis conical, dorsal surface with a median longitudinal sulcus, apex rounded. Eyes globular, protruding forward. Apical segment of maxillary palpus almost as long as subapical one, apical area inflated. Thorax. Pronotum with anterior margin straight, posterior margin rounded. Lateral lobe longer than high, posterior margin with humeral sinus. Thoracic auditory spiracle exposed, reniform. Tegmina and wings. Tegmina narrow, surpassing apices of hind femora, apices rounded; hind wings slightly longer than tegmina. Legs. All femora unarmed on ventral surfaces. Fore coxa with 1 spine, fore tibia with 5 external and 4 internal long spines on ventral surface, bearing 1 pair of short ventral apical spurs; tibial tympana open on both sides. Ventral surface of middle tibia with 4 inner and 5 outer long spines, bearing 1 pair of short ventral apical spurs. Genicular lobes of hind femur with apices rounded on both sides. Internal and external margins of hind tibia with 18 – 20 short spines on dorsal surface respectively, bearing 1 pair of dorsal apical spurs and 2 pairs of ventral apical spurs. Abdomen. Tenth abdominal tergite with posterior margin concave, bearing 1 pair of relatively short posterior processes (Fig. 1 C). Cercus long and moderately incurved, base stout, with a small lamellate projection proximally on inner margin of dorsal surface, possessing a lamellar extension on internal margin of ventral surface near middle area, apical half finger-like, moderately curved inwards and upwards, apex rounded (Fig. 1 C – F). Basal margin of subgenital plate acutely concave, posterior margin with a concavity and 1 pair of slender and long lateral lobes (Fig. 1 E). Styli comparatively short, conical and apices slightly acute, inserted on apices of lateral lobes of subgenital plate. Coloration. Body light green. Pronotal disc with a pair of longitudinal blackish brown stripes. Apices of genicular lobes of hind femora black. All spines and spurs of hind tibiae brown. Female. Unknown.	en	Wen, Mingye, Shi, Fuming, Chang, Yanlin (2025): Notes on the genus Xizicus Gorochov, 1993 (Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) with one new species from Hunan, China. Zootaxa 5665 (3): 435-440, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5665.3.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5665.3.8
03BDFB79FFAEFFC27FCBA8F9FC2DFDD4.taxon	materials_examined	Specimens examined. Holotype: ♂, Mangshan, Yizhang, Hunan, 30 July, 2017. coll. Tao Wang. Paratypes: 1 ♂, Mangshan, Yizhang, Hunan, 30 July, 2017. coll. Tao Wang; 1 ♂, Mangshan, Yizhang, Hunan, 23 July, 2023. coll. Chun Chen.	en	Wen, Mingye, Shi, Fuming, Chang, Yanlin (2025): Notes on the genus Xizicus Gorochov, 1993 (Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) with one new species from Hunan, China. Zootaxa 5665 (3): 435-440, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5665.3.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5665.3.8
03BDFB79FFAEFFC27FCBA8F9FC2DFDD4.taxon	description	Measurements (mm). Body: ♂, 9 – 9.5; pronotum: ♂, 3.25 – 3.5; tegmen: ♂, 12.9 – 15.1; hind femur: ♂, 7.6 – 8.2.	en	Wen, Mingye, Shi, Fuming, Chang, Yanlin (2025): Notes on the genus Xizicus Gorochov, 1993 (Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) with one new species from Hunan, China. Zootaxa 5665 (3): 435-440, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5665.3.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5665.3.8
03BDFB79FFAEFFC27FCBA8F9FC2DFDD4.taxon	discussion	Discussion. This new species is similar to Xizicus (Eoxizicus) choui (Liu & Zhang, 2000), but it differs from the latter in the following: male cercus with a small subtrapezoidal projection on inner margin of dorsal surface near base, possessing a lamellar extension on internal margin of ventral surface near middle area; posterior margin of subgenital plate with a concavity and 1 pair of slender lateral lobes. This new species also resembles Xizicus (Eoxizicus) taiwanensis Chang, Du & Shi, 2013, the difference is: the latter cercus is without a lamellar extension on internal margin of ventral surface near the middle area.	en	Wen, Mingye, Shi, Fuming, Chang, Yanlin (2025): Notes on the genus Xizicus Gorochov, 1993 (Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) with one new species from Hunan, China. Zootaxa 5665 (3): 435-440, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5665.3.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5665.3.8
03BDFB79FFAEFFC27FCBA8F9FC2DFDD4.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The name of the new species is named for the type locality.	en	Wen, Mingye, Shi, Fuming, Chang, Yanlin (2025): Notes on the genus Xizicus Gorochov, 1993 (Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) with one new species from Hunan, China. Zootaxa 5665 (3): 435-440, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5665.3.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5665.3.8
03BDFB79FFACFFC37FCBABA3FB3EF852.taxon	description	(Fig. 3)	en	Wen, Mingye, Shi, Fuming, Chang, Yanlin (2025): Notes on the genus Xizicus Gorochov, 1993 (Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) with one new species from Hunan, China. Zootaxa 5665 (3): 435-440, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5665.3.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5665.3.8
03BDFB79FFACFFC37FCBABA3FB3EF852.taxon	description	Female. Cercus short and conical. Basal margin of subgenital plate nearly straight, middle area slightly broad; posterior margin feebly concave. Ovipositor long and straight, basal area stout, slightly constricted near the middle, dorsal valvulae with apices acute and ventral ones with apices hook-shaped.	en	Wen, Mingye, Shi, Fuming, Chang, Yanlin (2025): Notes on the genus Xizicus Gorochov, 1993 (Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) with one new species from Hunan, China. Zootaxa 5665 (3): 435-440, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5665.3.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5665.3.8
03BDFB79FFACFFC37FCBABA3FB3EF852.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. 2 ♂, Chawanggu, Mangshan, Yizhang, Hunan, 20 August, 2018. coll. Yanqing Li; 1 ♂, Chawanggu, Mangshan, Yizhang, Hunan, 21 August, 2018. coll. Yanqing Li; 1 ♂, Chawanggu, Mangshan, Yizhang, Hunan, 23 August, 2018. coll. Yanqing Li; 1 ♀, Chawanggu, Mangshan, Yizhang, Hunan, 20 August, 2018. coll. Yanqing Li.	en	Wen, Mingye, Shi, Fuming, Chang, Yanlin (2025): Notes on the genus Xizicus Gorochov, 1993 (Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) with one new species from Hunan, China. Zootaxa 5665 (3): 435-440, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5665.3.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5665.3.8
03BDFB79FFACFFC37FCBABA3FB3EF852.taxon	description	Measurements (mm). Body: ♂ 7.8 – 8.5, ♀ 8.5; pronotum: ♂ 2.5 – 3.5, ♀ 3.3; tegmen: ♂ 10.1 – 10.5, ♀ 12.5; hind femur: ♂ 8.3 – 8.8; ovipositor: 9.1.	en	Wen, Mingye, Shi, Fuming, Chang, Yanlin (2025): Notes on the genus Xizicus Gorochov, 1993 (Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) with one new species from Hunan, China. Zootaxa 5665 (3): 435-440, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5665.3.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5665.3.8
03BDFB79FFACFFC37FCBABA3FB3EF852.taxon	discussion	Discussion. Liu & Zhang (2000) described this species based on a single male specimen (holotype: male; type locality: Qiongzhong, Hainan). Wang (2020) examined the type specimen and concluded that the holotype has a broken distal portion of subgenital plate, proposing Xizicus furcutu s Jiao & Shi, 2014 as a synonym of Xiphidiopsis (Euxiphidiopsis) quadridentata (Liu & Zhang, 2000). Our team collected several specimens of this species from Mangshan, Hunan Province in 2018. This study describes the female of the species for the first time.	en	Wen, Mingye, Shi, Fuming, Chang, Yanlin (2025): Notes on the genus Xizicus Gorochov, 1993 (Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) with one new species from Hunan, China. Zootaxa 5665 (3): 435-440, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5665.3.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5665.3.8
03BDFB79FFACFFC37FCBA8F9FB50FCB0.taxon	description	(Fig. 2)	en	Wen, Mingye, Shi, Fuming, Chang, Yanlin (2025): Notes on the genus Xizicus Gorochov, 1993 (Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) with one new species from Hunan, China. Zootaxa 5665 (3): 435-440, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5665.3.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5665.3.8
03BDFB79FFACFFC37FCBA8F9FB50FCB0.taxon	description	Supplementary description. Male. Posterior margin of tenth abdominal tergite with a pair of subparallel, elongate posterior processes. Cercus long, basal half cylindrical; inner margin near middle area with a rectangular, depressed lobe; subapical area compressed, apical area distinctly incurved, apex bluntly rounded. Subgenital plate with basal half slightly broad, basal margin with a triangular concavity; posterior margin shallowly concave. Styli conical and apices rounded, inserted on apices of lateral margins of subgenital plate. Female. Cercus short and conical. Subgenital plate rectangular, longer than broad; lateral margins concave near base; center area of subgenital plate bulging; posterior margin shallowly concave. Ovipositor long and straight, basal area stout, dorsal valvulae with apices acute and ventral ones with apices hook-shaped.	en	Wen, Mingye, Shi, Fuming, Chang, Yanlin (2025): Notes on the genus Xizicus Gorochov, 1993 (Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) with one new species from Hunan, China. Zootaxa 5665 (3): 435-440, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5665.3.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5665.3.8
03BDFB79FFACFFC37FCBA8F9FB50FCB0.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. 1 ♂ 1 ♀, Jiuyishan, Ningyuan, Hunan, 7 August, 2019. coll. Tao Wang.	en	Wen, Mingye, Shi, Fuming, Chang, Yanlin (2025): Notes on the genus Xizicus Gorochov, 1993 (Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) with one new species from Hunan, China. Zootaxa 5665 (3): 435-440, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5665.3.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5665.3.8
03BDFB79FFACFFC37FCBA8F9FB50FCB0.taxon	description	Measurements (mm). Body: ♂ 10.1, ♀ 11.8; pronotum: ♂ 3.4, ♀ 3.5; tegmen: ♂ 16.6, ♀ 17.05; hind femur: ♂ 9.1, ♀ 9.2; ovipositor: 10.4.	en	Wen, Mingye, Shi, Fuming, Chang, Yanlin (2025): Notes on the genus Xizicus Gorochov, 1993 (Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) with one new species from Hunan, China. Zootaxa 5665 (3): 435-440, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5665.3.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5665.3.8
03BDFB79FFACFFC37FCBA8F9FB50FCB0.taxon	discussion	Discussion. Liu & Zhang (2000) described female subgenital plate with posterior margin truncate and without lateral carinae. Our team collected several specimens of this species in 2019, but the female differs markedly from the original description in: subgenital plate rectangular, longer than broad; the center area of subgenital plate bulging; posterior margin faintly concave. The original description of female may be error.	en	Wen, Mingye, Shi, Fuming, Chang, Yanlin (2025): Notes on the genus Xizicus Gorochov, 1993 (Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) with one new species from Hunan, China. Zootaxa 5665 (3): 435-440, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5665.3.8, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5665.3.8
