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Issue: Vol. 5369 No. 3: 10 Nov. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-11-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5369.3.8
Page range: 446-450
Abstract views: 142
PDF downloaded: 15

One new species of the genus Acosmetura (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) from Hunan, China

The Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application of Hebei Province; College of Life Science; Institute of Life Science and Green Development; Hebei University
The Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application of Hebei Province; College of Life Science; Institute of Life Science and Green Development; Hebei University
The Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application of Hebei Province; College of Life Science; Institute of Life Science and Green Development; Hebei University
Orthoptera Meconematinae Acosmetura new species Hunan China

Abstract

This paper reports one new species of the genus Acosmetura Liu, 2000, i.e., Acosmetura compressa sp. nov. from Hunan, China. In addition, morphological photographs of the new species and a distribution map of the known species of the genus are provided. The type specimens are deposited in the Museum of Hebei University.

 

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