Published February 19, 2021 | Version v1
Taxonomic treatment Open

Tegotettix Hancock 1913

  • 1. Center for Biodiversity Research and Extension in Mindanao, Central Mindanao University, Musuan, Maramag, Bukidnon 8710, Philippines. & Department of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences, Central Mindanao University, 8710, Musuan Bukidnon, Philippines. romeonojrpatano @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 5020 - 6048
  • 2. Auf der Hees, Wassenberg, D- 41849 Germany.
  • 3. University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Evolution Lab, Rooseveltov trg 6, HR. 10000 Zagreb. * corresponding author: skejo. josip @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 2554 - 4499

Description

Key to the species group of the genus Tegotettix

1A In frontal view, vertex V-shaped. Frontal costa above the bifurcation indistinct (extremely short). Lateral ocelli positioned between the compound eyes. Shoulders smooth and elegant................................. T. cristiferus species group

1B In frontal view, vertex truncated. Frontal costa above the bifurcation long. Lateral ocelli positioned lower, in the lower third or in the level of the lower margins of the compound eyes. Shoulders robust......................................... 2

2A Lateral ocelli positioned in the lower third of the compound eyes height. Femora with undulated margins. Shoulders without tubercles.................................................................... T. novaeguineae species group

2B Lateral ocelli in the level with the lower margins of the compound eyes. Femora with toothed margins. Shoulders with tubercles.......................................................................... T. armatus species group

Notes

Published as part of Patano, Romeo R., Mohagan, Alma B., Tumbrinck, Josef, Amoroso, Victor B. & Skejo, Josip, 2021, Horned and spiky: Tegotettix derijei sp. n. (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) is a peculiar new pygmy grasshopper species from Mindanao, pp. 198-210 in Zootaxa 4933 (2) on page 201, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4933.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/10081186

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