Ten new species of genus Tachycines (Orthoptera, Rhaphidophoridae, Aemodogryllinae) from karst caves in Guizhou, China

Abstract

Ten new karst cave-dwelling rhaphidophorids species of the subgenus Gymnaeta of the genus Tachycines are described from Guizhou Province, southern China; i.e., Tachycines (Gymnaeta) zhongi sp. nov., Tachycines (Gymnaeta) jinniui sp. nov., Tachycines (Gymnaeta) shibenzhangi sp. nov., Tachycines (Gymnaeta) lahaidensis sp. nov., Tachycines (Gymnaeta) pinglangus sp. nov., Tachycines (Gymnaeta) shanduensis sp. nov., Tachycines (Gymnaeta) buyii sp. nov., Tachycines (Gymnaeta) portae sp. nov., Tachycines (Gymnaeta) ziyunensis sp.nov., and Tachycines (Gymnaeta) jialiangensis sp. nov. All specimens were collected from Guizhou Plateau.