Zur Orthopterenfauna Nepals. (Orthoptera)

A review of the Acrididae (Orthoptera, Caelifera) recorded in Nepal

“…Additionally, Ingrisch and Garai (2001) published Orthopteran species from Kathmandu and around the Ganesh Himalaya. Furthermore, Annapurna Himalaya and western regions were investigated by Balderson and Xiangchu (1987) and Lamjung Himalaya and other western parts by Ingrisch (1987). Ingrisch (2002) reviewed some Orthoptera species collected in the Natural History Museum Basel.…”

Two new species of the genus Xya Latreille, 1809 (Orthoptera, Tridactyloidea, Tridactylidae) from Yunnan with a key to all Xya species in China

“…The genus Xya Latreille, 1809 contains 59 described species worldwide, of which about 19 species are known to occur in Asia. According to the online Orthoptera Species File (http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/HomePage/Orthoptera/HomePage.aspx, accessed 6 April 2018) the nine species that have been reported in China are: Xya japonica (Haan, 1844); Xya nitobei (Shiraki, 1911); Xya manchurei Shiraki, 1936; Xya apicicornis (Chopard, 1928); Xya riparia (Saussure, 1877); Xya leshanensis Cao, Shi & Hu, 2017; Xya shandongensis Zhang, Yin & Yin, 2018; Xya sichuanensis Cao, Shi & Yin, 2018 and Xya fujianensis Cao, Chen & Yin, 2020 (Latreille 1809;Haan 1844;Walker 1871;Saussure 1877Saussure , 1896Brunner von Wattenwyl 1893;Bolívar 1900Bolívar (1899; Shiraki 1911;Chopard 1928Chopard , 1936Chopard , 1968Bey-Bienko 1967;Günther 1974Günther , 1980Günther , 1995Ingrisch 1987;Yin et al 1996;Murai 2005;Yin et al 2013;Heads and Hollier 2016;Kuravova and Kocarek 2016;Cao et al 2017;Zhang et al 2017;Cigliano et al 2018;Cao et al 2018 andCao et al 2020) During an ongoing study of pygmy mole crickets, we collected a series of specimens belonging to the genus Xya, described two new species, namely Xya xishangbanna sp. nov. and Xya yunnanensis sp.…”