taxonID	type	description	language	source
917ECF0EFFE9DE261CF99A93FB6CAFA2.taxon	description	Generic characteristics (updated), (Figure 1 (a – k )). Size small (male) to moderate (female), body surface excessively coarse, covered with numerous granules and many tubercles. Vertex wide, 2.0 – 3.4 times as wide as one eye; vertex together with frontal ridge angled, arcuate or rounded (Figure 1 (a – c )); frontal ridge between antennae large triangularly protruding forward. Antennae filiform, inserted below lower margins of eyes, the longest segment about 7 – 10 times as long as its width, junctions of two adjacent segments generally yellow, distal segments generally yellow. Eyes globose. Anterior margin of pronotum truncate or in middle with an angled protrusion forward; mid keel high and lamellate in anterior part while low in posterior part (Figure 1 (j, k )); anterior part of pronotum distinctly uplifted on both sides of mid keel, which results in anterior part of pronotum being gibbous; humeral angle obtusely or right angled or arcuate (Figure 1 (d – f )); posterior margin of hind process truncate, generally concave in the middle (Figure 1 (g – i )); lateral lobe produced outwards, apex of posterior angle truncate or subtruncate. Tegmen and wing absent. Upper and lower margins of fore and mid femora with 2 – 3 lamellate protrusions; posterior femora stout, first segment of posterior tarsi generally longer than second plus third.	en	Zha, Ling-Sheng, Wen, Ting-Chi, Yu, Feng-Ming, Hyde, Kevin D. (2016): A taxonomic review of the genus Gibbotettix with description of one new species (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae). Journal of Natural History 50: 2389-2397, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2016.1193651
917ECF0EFFE9DE261CF99A93FB6CAFA2.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan, Sichuan and Yunnan). Relationship to other genera. The genus Gibbotettix Zheng was placed into Cladonotinae (Tetrigidae) based on: (1) filiform antenna; (2) in profile, frontal ridge of vertex between bases of antennae large triangularly protruding. The genus Gibbotettix is very similar to the genus Austrohancockia Günther, 1938; the former differs from the latter by: (1) anterior part of pronotum distinctly uplifted on both sides of mid keel, which results in anterior part of pronotum being gibbous; (2) sometimes middle of anterior margin of pronotum with an angled protrusion forward, which never occurs in Austrohancockia.	en	Zha, Ling-Sheng, Wen, Ting-Chi, Yu, Feng-Ming, Hyde, Kevin D. (2016): A taxonomic review of the genus Gibbotettix with description of one new species (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae). Journal of Natural History 50: 2389-2397, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2016.1193651
917ECF0EFFECDE221C949BDCFE17A85A.taxon	description	(Figures 2 (a – d), 3 (a – g )) Female. Body stout, size moderate, its surface very coarse and covered with numerous granules and many tubercles (Figure 2 (a – c). Vertex wide and short, 3.2 times as wide as one eye; mid keel very inconspicuous in anterior half and absent in posterior half; anterior margin straight and very low, not protruding beyond level of anterior margins of eyes; anterior part of lateral margin folded upward and surpassing top of eyes; in profile vertex together with frontal ridge forming into a slope, frontal ridge between antennae large triangularly protruding; in frontal view longitudinal furrow of frontal ridge between antennae slightly wider than width of first segment of antenna (about 1.2 times) (Figure 3 (a – c )). Antenna filiform, 16 - segmented, inserted far below lower margins of eyes, length of middle segments (VIII – VI) 9 – 10 times their width (Figures 2 (b), 3 (a, c )). Eyes globose, protruding but not above level of anterior margin of pronotum; lateral ocellus situated little below lower margins of eyes (Figure 3 (a )). Anterior margin of pronotum truncate, in middle with an angled protrusion forward; anterior part of pronotum distinctly uplifted on both sides of mid keel, which results in anterior part of pronotum being gibbous; mid keel interrupted into many parts which are lamellate and erected, in profile, anterior part of upper margin arcuate (only 1 concavity at the beginning, but 2 concavities present in male!), then slightly undulating backward; lateral keels of prozona contracted backward, not conspicuous in anterior half while conspicuous and erected in posterior half; humeral angles obtusely angled and not conspicuous; at level of humeral angles, pronotal disc distinctly concave on both sides of mid keel, and lateral margins of pronotum distinctly folded upwards; pronotal disc behind shoulders with 4 – 5 tubercules on each side of mid keel; hind process wide and short, nearly reaching top of hind femur, middle of posterior margin with a deep triangular concavity; posterior angle of lateral lobe of pronotum extending outwards, apex rounded-truncate; posterior margin of each lateral lobe with one concavity (Figures 2 (a – c), 3 (b, c )). Tegmen and wing absent. Upper margin of fore femur with 2 lamellate protrusions, lower margin with 3; upper and lower margins of mid femur with 3 lamellate protrusions respectively, but distal protrusions small; hind femur stout, 2.3 times as long as wide, outer side with 2 big tubercles, upper mid keel with 3 lamellate protrusions before antegenicular denticle, antegenicular denticle isolated and large triangular, genicular denticle large and apex obtuse; outer side with 6 – 7 spines (6 in male), inner side with 6 spines (5 – 7 in male); first segment of hind tarsus 1.35 times as long as second plus third, first and second pulvilli small while third large, all apices obtuse (Figure 2 (a – c )). Ovipositor: upper valvulae 3.0 times as long as their width, outer margins of upper and lower valvulae with small, saw-like teeth (Figure 3 (d )). Subgenital plate: length equal to width, posterior margin truncate and middle triangularly protruding which is slightly folded inward (Figure 3 (e )). Body dark brown; antennae: junctions of two adjacent segments yellow, distal segments yellow; fore and mid femora with 3 obscure yellowish brown rings; all tibia with 3 yellowish brown rings (all distal rings small) (Figure 2 (a – c )). Male. Body size distinctly smaller than female (Figure 2 (d )). Antenna 15 - segmented. In profile, anterior part of upper margin of pronotum with 2 concavities (Figure 2 (d )). The basal protrusion of lower margin of mid femur very small. Subgenital plate short coneshaped, apex bifurcate, not bidentate (Figure 3 (f, g )). Other characters same as female. Measurements. Length of body (mm): ♂ 9.5, ♀ 15.5; length of pronotum: ♂ 9.5, ♀ 11.0; length of hind femur: ♂ 5.8, ♀ 7.0.	en	Zha, Ling-Sheng, Wen, Ting-Chi, Yu, Feng-Ming, Hyde, Kevin D. (2016): A taxonomic review of the genus Gibbotettix with description of one new species (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae). Journal of Natural History 50: 2389-2397, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2016.1193651
917ECF0EFFECDE221C949BDCFE17A85A.taxon	materials_examined	Type Material. Holotype: ♀, China, Guizhou, Jinsha County, Lengshuihe Natural Reserve, Yuanyanggu (valley name), 27 ° 54 ′ N, 106 ° 00 ′ E, 770 m altitude, 5 August 2015, collected by ZHA Ling-Sheng. Paratype: 1 ♂, 9 August 2015, other data same as holotype.	en	Zha, Ling-Sheng, Wen, Ting-Chi, Yu, Feng-Ming, Hyde, Kevin D. (2016): A taxonomic review of the genus Gibbotettix with description of one new species (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae). Journal of Natural History 50: 2389-2397, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2016.1193651
917ECF0EFFECDE221C949BDCFE17A85A.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Gibbotettix vallis sp. nov. is similar to G. cristata (Liang 1995) (Liang 1995; Zheng and Fu 2003), but it differs in: (1) mid keel of vertex very inconspicuous in anterior half, in profile vertex together with frontal ridge forming into a slope; (2) lateral keels of prozona distinctly contracted backward; (3) humeral angles obtusely angled; (4) middle of posterior margin of hind process with a deeply triangularly concavity.	en	Zha, Ling-Sheng, Wen, Ting-Chi, Yu, Feng-Ming, Hyde, Kevin D. (2016): A taxonomic review of the genus Gibbotettix with description of one new species (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae). Journal of Natural History 50: 2389-2397, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2016.1193651
917ECF0EFFECDE221C949BDCFE17A85A.taxon	biology_ecology	Biology and ecology. Specimens of Gibbotettix vallis sp. nov. were collected in low shrubs in a humid valley (Figure 4 (b )). They can jump more than 1 m away.	en	Zha, Ling-Sheng, Wen, Ting-Chi, Yu, Feng-Ming, Hyde, Kevin D. (2016): A taxonomic review of the genus Gibbotettix with description of one new species (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae). Journal of Natural History 50: 2389-2397, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2016.1193651
917ECF0EFFECDE221C949BDCFE17A85A.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The new species epithet ‘ vallis’ is derived from ‘ valley ’, which means it was collected in Yuanyanggu, a small deep valley isolated by high surrounding mountains and a narrow river (Figure 4 (a, b )).	en	Zha, Ling-Sheng, Wen, Ting-Chi, Yu, Feng-Ming, Hyde, Kevin D. (2016): A taxonomic review of the genus Gibbotettix with description of one new species (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae). Journal of Natural History 50: 2389-2397, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2016.1193651
917ECF0EFFECDE221C949BDCFE17A85A.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China (Guizhou).	en	Zha, Ling-Sheng, Wen, Ting-Chi, Yu, Feng-Ming, Hyde, Kevin D. (2016): A taxonomic review of the genus Gibbotettix with description of one new species (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae). Journal of Natural History 50: 2389-2397, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2016.1193651
