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Issue: Vol. 4981 No. 2: 4 Jun. 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-06-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4981.2.11
Page range: 393–397
Abstract views: 136
PDF downloaded: 10

Chuanicosmetura gen. nov. of the tribe Meconematini (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from southwest China and Chuanicosmetura emarginata (Liu, 2000) comb. nov.

College of Life Sciences, Institute of Life Science and Green Development, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, P. R. China
Institute of Entomology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, 300071, Tianjin, P. R. China
College of Life Sciences, Institute of Life Science and Green Development, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, P. R. China
Orthoptera Meconematinae Chuanicosmetura gen. nov. Chuanicosmetura emarginata (Liu 2000) comb. nov. China

Abstract

Chuanicosmetura gen. nov. (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) is established based on Chuanicosmetura emarginata (Liu, 2000) comb. nov. In this paper, this species was redescribed, and the male is firstly reported. Illustrations of important morphological characters are provided.

 

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