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genus

Acosmetura Liu, 2000

Type

Acosmetura brevicerca Liu, 2000 type species by original designation of Acosmetura Liu, 2000

Nomenclature (13)

  • Acosmetura Liu, 2000: 220, 225.

    type species by original designation Acosmetura brevicerca Liu, 2000

  • Acosmetura Liu, 2000 in Liu & Zhou, 2007: 190.
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  • Acosmetura Liu, 2000 in Lv, Shi & Chang, 2024: 298.
  • Acosmetura Liu, 2000 in Su, Wang & Shi, 2025: 581.

Nomenclature references (13)

  • Bian, X. & Shi, F. (2015) New Acosmetura species (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) from China, with notes on their distribution. Zootaxa, 4040(4), 477–482.
  • Bian, X., Kou, X.-Y. & Shi, F. (2014) Notes on the genus Acosmetura Liu, 2000 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae). Zootaxa, 3811(2), 239–250.
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  • Chen, C., Xu, H. & Shi, F. (2023) One new species of the genus Acosmetura (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) from Hunan, China. Zootaxa, 5369(3), 446–450. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5369.3.8
  • Liu, X.-W. & Zhou, S. (2007) A taxonomic revision of the genus Acosmetura from China (Orthoptera, Tettigonioidea, Meconematidae). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 32, 190–195. Available at http://www.zootax.com.cn/viewmulu_en.aspx?qi_id=684&mid=18013
  • Liu, X.-W. (2000) Three new genera and seven new species of the tribe Meconematini from China (Orthoptera: Tettigonioidea: Meconematidae). Zoological Research, 21(3), 218–226. Available at https://www.zoores.ac.cn/en/article/id/592
  • Liu, X.-W., Zhou, M. & Bi, W.-X. (2008) Four new species of the genus Acosmetura from China (Orthoptera, Tettigonioidea, Meconematidae). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 33(4), 761–767.
  • Lv, W., Shi, F. & Chang, Y.-L. (2024) One new species of the genus Acosmetura Liu, 2000 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) from Guangxi, China. Zootaxa, 5453(2), 298–300. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5453.2.11
  • Shi, F. & Bian, X. (2013) One new genus and species of the tribe Meconematini (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae) from Sichuan, China with description of the male sex and transfer of Acosmetura carinata Liu, Zhou & Bi, 2008 to the new genus. Zootaxa, 3599(4), 390–394.
  • Su, J., Wang, T. & Shi, F. (2025) One new species of the genus Acosmetura (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) from Sichuan with description of the female of Xiphidiopsis (Euxiphidiopsis) spicula Su, An & Shi, 2023. Zootaxa, 5627(3), 580–586. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5627.3.11
  • Wang, H. (2020) In Meconematinae in China. Shanghai. 527 pp.
  • Wang, P., Bian, X. & Shi, F. (2016) One new species of the genus Acosmetura (Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) from Hubei, China. Zootaxa, 4171(2), 389–394.
  • Wang, T. & Shi, F. (2020) Two new species of the tribe Meconematini (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) from China and male song characters of Pseudocosmetura yaoluopingensis sp. nov. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 29(2), 115–120. Available at http://jor.pensoft.net/article/49821/
  • Wang, T., Shi, F. & Wang, H.-J. (2018) One new species of the genus Acosmetura and supplement of Acosmetura emeica Liu & Zhou, 2007 (Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae) from Sichuan, China. Zootaxa, 4462(1), 134–138.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Derived from Cosmetura Yamasaki, 1983.

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon Valid names
Rank Extant Fossil Invalid Total
genus1012
species150419