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Two New Species of the Genus Caryanda Stål, 1878 (Orthoptera: Acrididae) from Yunnan, China Identified Based on Morphological and Molecular Data

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: Caryanda is a group of morphologically diverse, non-flying locusts. In November 2024, we first discovered two unknown species of the genus in Nangonghe Nature Reserve, Yunnan Province. In this study, the effectiveness of these two new species was verified by integrating morphological, morphometric, and mitochondrial genomic methods. Finally, two new species, Caryanda gengmaensis Mao et Li sp. nov. and Caryanda analbomaculata Mao et Li sp. nov., were proposed and described in detail, and two similar species color plates were attached: C. cyanonota Mao & Li, 2015 and C. albomaculata Mao, Ren & Ou, 2007.

Source: Insects

DOI: 10.3390/insects17020164