Abstract:

This paper reports a new species of Caryanda Stal from Jinzhongshan area of Guangxi, Type specimens are preserved in the Institute of Zoology, Shaanxi Normal University and Institute of Biology, Guangxi Academy of Sciences.Caryanda jinzhongshancnsis sp.nov.(figs, 1-7).This new species resembles Caryanda vittata Li et Jin, but differs from the latter in the following characters:(1)the width of vertex longer than its length about 2, 2-3, 3 times; (2)the length of interspace of mesosternal lobes longer than the width about 1.3-1.6 times; (3)in ventral, the apex of subgenital plate of male truncate; (4)male anal plate with median carina throughout; (5)cercus of male longawl.

Key words: Orthoptera, Catantopidae, Caryanda, Taxonomy