Discotettix[1] is a genus of groundhoppers (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) found in Malesia, Brunei, Indonesia and the Philippines; they may be known as "spiky pygmy devils". After revision, it is the type genus of the tribe Discotettigini and now placed in the subfamily Scelimeninae.[2][3]
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| Discotettix belzebuth | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Tetrigidae |
| Tribe: | Discotettigini |
| Genus: | Discotettix Costa, 1864 |
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Mnesarchus Stål, 1877 | |
Species
editThe Orthoptera Species File[4] lists two subgenera:
- Discotettix (Discotettix) Costa, 1864
- Discotettix aruanus Skejo, Pushkar & Tumbrinck, 2022
- Discotettix belzebuth (Serville, 1838) - type species (as D. armatus Costa, 1864)
synonym: Discotettix adenanii Mahmood, Idris & Salmah, 2007 - Discotettix doriae Bolívar, 1898
- Discotettix kirscheyi Skejo, Pushkar, Tumbrinck & Tan, 2022
- Discotettix selysi Bolívar, 1887
synonym: Discotettix selangori Mahmood, Idris & Salmah, 2007 - Discotettix sumatrensis Skejo, Pushkar & Tumbrinck, 2022
- Discotettix (Mnesarchus) Stål, 1877
- Discotettix scabridus (Stål, 1877)
Disconius
editThe species Disconius shelfordi (Hancock, 1907) from Borneo, was placed in new genus Disconius Skejo, Pushkar & Tumbrinck, 2022[3]: having previously been described as Discotettix shelfordi Hancock, 1907.
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 Images of Disconius at iNaturalist |
References
edit- ^ Costa A (1864) Annu. Ist. Mus. Zool. Univ. Napoli 4: 59.
- ^ Muhammad AA, Tan MK, Abdullah, Azirun, Bhaskar, Skejo (2018) Zootaxa 4485(1): 20.
- ^ a b Skejo J; Pushkar N; Tumbrinck J. "Spiky pygmy devils: revision of the genus Discotettix (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) and synonymy of Discotettiginae with Scelimeninae". Zootaxa. 5217 (1). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5217.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334.
- ^ Orthoptera Species File (retrieved 24 August 2024)
External links
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Media related to Discotettix at Wikimedia Commons- Images of Discotettix at iNaturalist
