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Ergatettix Kirby 1914
Authors/Creators
- 1. Shadpada Entomology Research Lab, Department of Zoology, Christ College (Autonomous & affiliated to University of Calicut), Irinjalakuda, 680125, Kerala, India.
- 2. IUCN SSC Grasshopper Specialist Group: Care Earth Trust, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 600061, India.
Description
Genus
ErgatettixKirby, 1914Type species. —
Ergatettix tarsalis Kirby, 1914 (= dorsiferus), by monotypy and original designation
Taxonomic remarks. —
Vertex and eyes raised above pronotum level; antennae inserted distinctly below inferior margin of compound eyes; median carina of pronotum undulated, mid femora wide, basal part of mid tibia expanded. Similar to Euparatettix but differs in antennal position, median carina, and width of mid-femora.
Composition. —
Includes 19 valid species worldwide (Cigliano et al. 2025), 5 of which are reported in India (Chand et al. 2024) and a single species from Kerala (Thasnim et al. 2023).
Notes
Published as part of Thasnim, Edassery Sageer, Bijoy, Chenthamarakshan & Bhaskar, Dhaneesh, 2026, Pygmy grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Tetrigidae) of Kole wetlands, a Ramsar site in Kerala, India, pp. 103-115 in Journal of Orthoptera Research 35 (1) on pages 103-115, DOI: 10.3897/jor.35.152281
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Kirby
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Orthoptera
- Family
- Tetrigidae
- Genus
- Ergatettix
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Ergatettix Kirby, 1914 sec. Thasnim, Bijoy & Bhaskar, 2026
References
- Kirby WF (1914) Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Orthoptera (Acrididae) Orthoptera (Acrididae). Taylor and Francis, London, 296 pp. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.109305
- Cigliano MM, Braun H, Eades DC, Otte D (2025) Orthoptera Species File. Version 5.0 / 5.0. http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org [Accessed on 15. 05. 2025]
- Chand DS, Das SK, Chakraborty R, Kumar H (2024) Checklist of Fauna of India: Arthropoda: Insecta: Orthoptera. Version 1.0. Zoological Survey of India, 29 pp. https://doi.org/10.26515/Fauna/1/2023/Arthropoda:Insecta:Orthoptera
- Thasnim ES, Bijoy C, Bhaskar D (2023) Grasshoppers, crickets and katydids of Kerala, an updated checklist for the order Orthoptera. Entomon 48: 331–356. https://doi.org/10.33307/entomon/v48i3/936