Two New Species of the Genus Caryanda Stål, 1878 (Orthoptera: Acrididae) from Yunnan, China Identified Based on Morphological and Molecular Data
<i>Caryanda</i> 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, <i>Caryanda gengmaensis</i> Mao et Li sp. nov. and <i>Caryanda analbomaculata</i> Mao et Li sp. nov., were proposed and described in detail, and two similar species color plates were attached: <i>C. cyanonota</i> Mao & Li, 2015 and <i>C. albomaculata</i> Mao, Ren & Ou, 2007.
Authors
- Fangting Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1483-1820)
- J.-Y. Chen
- Miao Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4903-1102)
- Hong Song
- Jinchen Yang
- Yongmei Zhao
- Benyong Mao
Institutions
- Fanjingshan National Nature Reserve (CN)
- Hebei University (CN)
- Dali University (CN)
- Luoyang Institute of Science and Technology (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Insects
- Published
- 2026-02-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/insects17020164
- Primary Topic
- Orthoptera Research and Taxonomy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China