Discotettix

Discotettix[1] is a genus of pygmy grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) found in Malesia, Brunei, Indonesia and the Philippines. They are commonly known as spiky pygmy devils. After revision of this genus, from being the type genus of the subfamily Discotettiginae, it is now placed in the tribe Scelimenini.[2][3]

Discotettix
Discotettix belzebuth
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Tetrigidae
Tribe: Scelimenini
Genus: Discotettix
Costa, 1864
Species

See text

Synonyms

Mnesarchus Stål, 1877

Species

The Orthoptera Species File lists:[4]

  • Discotettix (Discotettix) aruanus Skejo, Pushkar & Tumbrinck, 2022
  • Discotettix (Discotettix) belzebuth (Serville, 1838) - type species (as D. armatus Costa, 1864)
  • Discotettix (Discotettix) doriae Bolívar, 1898
  • Discotettix (Discotettix) kirscheyi Skejo, Pushkar, Tumbrinck & Tan, 2022
  • Discotettix (Discotettix) selysi Bolívar, 1887
  • Discotettix (Discotettix) sumatrensis Skejo, Pushkar & Tumbrinck, 2022
  • Discotettix (Mnesarchus) scabridus (Stål, 1877)
  • Discotettix shelfordi Hancock, 1907 was previously assigned to this genus but is now moved into its own genus, Disconius Skejo, Pushkar & Tumbrinck, 2022

References
  1. Costa A (1864) Annu. Ist. Mus. Zool. Univ. Napoli 4: 59.
  2. Muhammad AA, Tan MK, Abdullah, Azirun, Bhaskar, Skejo (2018) Zootaxa 4485(1): 20.
  3. "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.
  4. Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0)
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