Yintettix lingshengzhai Kasalo & Skejo, 2025

Damien, Niko Kasalo, Laure, Damien Brouste, Christophe, Laure Desutter-Grandcolas, Domagoj, Christophe Hervé, Josip, Domagoj Bogić & Skejo, Josip, 2025, Atlas of New Caledonian Tetrigidae with preliminary suprageneric classification of Batrachideinae, Zoosystema 47 (18), pp. 327-397 : 347

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2025v47a18
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15762274
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treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Yintettix lingshengzhai Kasalo & Skejo
status	sp. nov.

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Yintettix lingshengzhai Kasalo & Skejo , n. sp.

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TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype. New Caledonia • 1 ♀; Mandjelia ; 20°23’59”S, 164°31’58”E; 750 m a.s.l.; 29.XI.2003 - 31.I.2004; Monteith leg.; flight intercept; MNHN-EO-CAELIF11325. GoogleMaps

Paratypes. New Caledonia • 1 ♀; Mandjelia ; 20°23’59”S, 164°31’58”E; 750 m a.s.l.; 29.XI.2003 - 31.I.2004; Monteith leg.; flight intercept; QM Reg. No.T 258444 GoogleMaps • 1♂; Mandjelia ; 20°23’59”S, 164°31’58”E; 750 m a.s.l.; 29.XI.2003 - 31.I.2004; Monteith leg.; flight intercept; QM Reg. No. T 258445 GoogleMaps .

TYPE LOCALITY. — Province Nord, Mandjelia, 750 m.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — New Caledonia • 2♀; Mandjelia ; 20°23’59”S, 164°31’58”E; 580 m a.s.l.; 12.XII.2004; Monteith leg.; Sieved litter; QM GoogleMaps • 1 ♂; Mandjelia ; 20°23’59”S, 164°31’58”E; 750 m a.s.l.; 12.XII.2004; Burwell, Monteith leg.; pyrethrum – logs and trees; QM GoogleMaps • 2 ♀, 2 ♂; Col d’Amos ; 20°18’0”S, 164°24’0”E; 500 m a.s.l.; 6.I.2005; Monteith leg.; Sieved litter; QM GoogleMaps • 2 ♀, 1♂; Col d’Amos ; 20°18’0”S, 164°24’0”E; 500 m a.s.l.; 14.XII.2004; Monteith leg.; Sieved litter; QM GoogleMaps • 6♀, 6 ♂, 2 N; Mandjelia ; 20°23’59”S, 164°31’58”E; 750 m a.s.l.; 29.XI.2003 - 31.I.2004; Monteith leg.; flight intercept; QM GoogleMaps .

DISTRIBUTION. — Extreme north of New Caledonia.

ETYMOLOGY. — Named for Dr Ling-Sheng Zha, a famous Chinese entomologist who contributed greatly to the taxonomy of Tetrigidae . The specific epithet is a Latinized noun in genitive.

DIAGNOSIS. — Vertex more than twice as wide as eye in frontal view. In dorsal view, part of vertex covered by pronotum; extending past anterior margin of eyes; rounded anteriorly. Medial carina visible in uncovered part of vertex, projected anteriorly. Anterior margin of pronotum triangular, reaching anterior margin of eyes. Median carina distinct and slightly elevated throughout its length. Humeral angles sharp. Pronotal apex narrow, rounded. Dorsal margin of anterior femur convex; ventral margin straight with one small tooth.