Genus

Charisoma Bolívar, 1903

Type

type species by original monotypy of Charisoma Bolívar, 1903

Charisoma Bolívar, 1903: 170.
type species by original monotypy Charisoma karschi Bolívar, 1903
Charisoma Bolívar, 1903 in Kirby, 1906: 366.

Charisoma Bolívar, 1903 in Otte, 1997: 106.
Charisoma Bolívar, 1903 in Morris, Ingrisch, Willemse, Willemse, De Luca & Klimas, 2025: 21.

Bolívar, I. (1903) Contributions a l'étude des Mecopodinae. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici, 1, 161–178. Available at http://publication.nhmus.hu/pdf/annHNHM/Annals_HNHM_1903_Vol_1_161.pdf
Kirby, W.F. (1906) Orthoptera Saltatoria. Part I. (Achetidae et Phasgonuridae). In A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae). British Museum (Natural History), London. Vol. 2, i-viii, 1–562. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29662

Otte, D. (1997) Orthoptera Species File 7. Tettigonioidea. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 373 pp.
Morris, G.K., Ingrisch, S., Willemse, F.M.H., Willemse, L., De Luca, P.A. & Klimas, D.E. (2025) Stridulation songs of some Tettigoniidae (Ensifera, Orthoptera) from Papua New Guinea. Zootaxa, 5600(1), 1–81. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5600.1.1

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Probably from Greek χᾰ́ρῐς beauty, grace or elegance, and σῶμα, body.