Acosmetura brevicerca Liu, 2000

Bian, Xun, Kou, Xiao-Yan & Shi, Fu-Ming, 2014, Notes on the genus Acosmetura Liu, 2000 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae), Zootaxa 3811 (2), pp. 239-250 : 240

1. Acosmetura brevicerca Liu, 2000

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Acosmetura brevicerca Liu, 2000 , Zoological Research, 21: 221, 225; Liu & Zhou, 2007, Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 32: 190, 195; Liu, Zhou & Bi, 2008, Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 33: 761, 766.

Holotype: male; type locality: Mao'ershan, Xing'an, Guangxi, China; location of type specimen: Shanghai Entomological Museum of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Redescription. Posterior margin of tenth abdominal tergite with an arched concavity, the lateral lobes nearly triangular. Ovipositor gently curved upwards, base stout, narrowing, apex pointed, dorsal valvulae slightly longer than ventral one. Subgenital plate of female semielliptical, basal area broad, gradually narrowing, basal margin nearly straight; posterior margin slightly excavate; median carina faintly raised.

Measurements (mm). Body: ♀ 16.5; pronotum: ♀ 4.1; tegmen: ♀ 2.7; postfemur: destroyed; ovipositor: 7.3.

Material examined. 1 female, Mao'ershan, Xing'an, Guangxi, China, 21 September 2011, coll. by Xun Bian.

Distribution. China (Guangxi).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Acosmetura brevicerca Liu, 2000, female: A. pronotum in lateral view; B. pronotum in dorsal view; C. apex of abdomen in dorsal view; D. apex of abdomen in lateral view; E. subgenital plate in ventral view.