6. Conocephalus (Anisoptera) melaenus (Haan, 1843) Locusta (Xiphidium) melaena Haan, 1843. Temminck [Ed.] Ƒerhandelingen over de Natuurlijke Geschiedenis der Nederlansche Overzeesche Bezittingen, 19/20: 188, 189. Xiphidium melaenum: Walker, 1869. Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum, 2: 275. Anisoptera melaenum: Kirby, 1906. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera, 2: 278. Conocephalus (Xiphidion) melan: Karny, 1912. Genera Insectorum, 135: 11. Conocephalus melaenus: Ingrisch, 1990 [1989]. Senckenbergiana Biologica, 70(1–3): 112. Conocephalus melas: Jin & Xia, 1994. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 3: 32. Conocephalus (Xiphidion) melas: Otte, 1997. Orthoptera Species File, 7: 46. Conocephalus (Anisoptera) melanus: Zhou, Bi & Liu, 2010. Zootaxa, 2527: 58. Material examined. 3♂ 1♀, Luofushan, Boluo, Guangdong, 26–28 July, 2018, coll. Yanqing Li and Yarui Xin; 11♂, Shimentai, Yingde, Guangdong, 5– 7 August, 2018, coll. Yanqing Li and Yarui Xin; 5♂ 3♀, Danxiashan, Renhua, Guangdong, 9–11 August, 2018, coll. Yanqing Li and Yarui Xin. Distribution. China (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shanghai, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan, Zhejiang); India, Indonesia, Japan, Nepal, Singapore, Thailand.

Published as part of Li, Yan-Qing, Zhang, Tao, Xin, Ya-Rui & Shi, Fu-Ming, 2019, The genus Conocephalus (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae) from Guangdong and Nanling region, China with description of two new species, pp. 590-600 in Zootaxa 4565 (4) on pages 593-594, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4565.4.12, http://zenodo.org/record/2591291