College of life sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xian, China, 710119..
Zoology Unit, Laboratory of Biology and Physiology of Animal Organisms, Graduate School of Fundamental and Applied Sciences, University of Douala, Cameroon..
Zootaxa. 2021 Nov 17;5068(3):419-427. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5068.3.6.
The grasshopper Subfamily Gomphomastacinae (Orthoptera: Acridoidea: Eumastacidae) is widely distributed in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and Central Asia. This paper describes three new species: Ptygomastax nihilsulcus Ge, sp. nov. Phytomastax pentaspinula Ge, sp. nov. and Pentaspinula unispinula Ge, sp. nov. of the subfamily from the eastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, along with an updated identification key of species of the related genera. Detail figures of the body and genitalia of the new species are also provided.
直翅目（Orthoptera）：蝗总科（Acridoidea）：蜢总科（Eumastacidae）的菱蝗亚科（Gomphomastacinae）在青藏高原和中亚广泛分布。本文描述了来自青藏高原东部的菱蝗亚科的三个新种：拟黑菱蝗（Ptygomastax nihilsulcus Ge，sp. nov.）、五刺菱蝗（Phytomastax pentaspinula Ge，sp. nov.）和单刺菱蝗（Pentaspinula unispinula Ge，sp. nov.），并提供了新种相关属种的修订鉴别特征和详细的外部形态及生殖器特征图。
