Emerasoma He, 2020

He, Zhu-Qing, Shen, Chu-Ze & Wu, Xue, 2020, The first phylogenetic study of sword-tail crickets from China inferred from COI, 18 S and 28 S genes, with the establishment of two new genera and description of one new species (Orthoptera: Grylloidea: Trigonidiidae), Zootaxa 4890 (1), pp. 119-128 : 123

Genus Emerasoma He gen. nov.

Type species: Emerasoma curvicerca

Included species: Type only

Diagnosis. This genus differs from other genera by asymmetric genitalia with left apex of pseudepiphallus plier-shape and larger than right one, details described in species description. That asymmetric genitalia is only appeared in Natula spp. from China. Genus Natula includes only singing species, but the new genus species have parallel veins in males without stridulatory files or mirror.

Etymology. Emerasoma mainly refers to the body color of the type species, which is combined with two roots: emera - and - soma. Of them, emera - origins from emerald and - soma means body.