Teratura cincta (Bey-Bienko, 1962)

Chen, Po-Wei, Chan, Ming-Shu & Tan, Ming Kai, 2025, New species and notes on Meconematini (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) from southern Taiwan, Zootaxa 5711 (3), pp. 365-380 : 377-378

Teratura cincta (Bey-Bienko, 1962)

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Xiphidiopsis cincta Bey-Bienko, 1962: 127–128 , 133—Beier, 1966: 272; Jin & Xia, 1994.

Teratura cincta (Bey-Bienko, 1962) —Liu, 1993: 50, 55; Liu & Zhang, 2005: 91.

Teratura (Teratura) cincta (Bey-Bienko, 1962) —Liu & Kang, 2005: 68; Qiu & Shi, 2010: 44; Xiao et al., 2016: 19; Wang, 2020: 446.

Material examined. • 1♂; TAIWAN, Nantou County, Ren’ai Township, Marosan ( 親žëạ.ª大); N23.97928 E121.13550, 1044± 5 m a.s.l.; 13 April 2023; attracted to light at station by the road; coll. M.S. Chan; NCHU • 1♂; TAIWAN, Nantou County, Ren’ai Township, Jiantai Forest Road ( 尖台ūñ); N23.951139 E121.122306, 1166± 5 m a.s.l.; 16 January 2023; under foliage of tree; coll. M.S. Chan; NCHU .

Type locality. CHINA (PRC): Sichuan: Mount Emei ( ṁōƜ) .

Distribution. China mainland ( Hunan, Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan); Taiwan ( Nantou County [country new record]).

Life history. The individual collected from Jiantai Forest Road was captured by sweep netting. It was observed resting under a foliage of a Fagaceae tree at the mid-canopy level, approximately 8–9 meters above ground.

Figures

FIGURE 11. Teratura cincta (Bey-Bienko, 1962) male habitus in lateral view (A); abdominal apex in lateral (B), ventral (C) and dorsal (D) views. Scale bars: 5 mm (A); 1 mm (B–D).

FIGURE 12. Teratura cincta (Bey-Bienko, 1962) male in its natural environment at Jiantai Forest Road (尖台ūñ).