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Tefrinda palpata

Description

Tefrinda palpata (Stål, 1877)

Tettix palpatus: Stål 1877, Casto de Elera 1895.

Chthonius palpatus: Bolívar 1887, Hancock 1907a.

Chthonotettix palpatus: Hancock 1907b.

Tefrinda palpata: Bolívar 1906, Kirby 1910, Günther 1938a, 1955, Kevan 1966, Blackith 1992.

Tefrinda palpatus: Bruner 1915.

Type material examined. 1♀ HOLOTYPE and 1♂ PARATYPE [labeled as ALLOTYPE] Ins. Phillipp. Leg. Semper (NHRS). Photographs of the type specimens are available online in OSF.

Type locality: The Philippines (without specified locality).

Notes. Morphology of the species is discussed under the genus Tefrinda and in the tabular key. Günther (1938) reported specimens from the Philippines with exact locality data—Luzon (Limay, Los Baños, Pagsanjan), Siargao.

Notes

Published as part of Muhammad, Amira Aqilah, Tan, Ming Kai, Abdullah, Nurul Ashikin, Azirun, Mohammad Sofian, Bhaskar, Dhaneesh & Skejo, Josip, 2018, An annotated catalogue of the pygmy grasshoppers of the tribe Scelimenini Bolívar, 1887 (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) with two new Scelimena species from the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra, pp. 1-70 in Zootaxa 4485 (1) on pages 55-56, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4485.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1437959

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Stal
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Orthoptera
Family
Tetrigidae
Genus
Tefrinda
Species
palpata
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Tefrinda palpata (Stal, 1877) sec. Muhammad, Tan, Abdullah, Azirun, Bhaskar & Skejo, 2018

References

  • Stal, C. (1877) Orthoptera nova ex Insulis Philippinis descripsit. Ofversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Forhandlinger, 34 (10), 33 - 58.
  • Casto de Elera, R. P. F (1895) Ortopteros. Catalogo sistematico de toda la fauna de Filipinas, 2, 189 - 223.
  • Bolivar, I. (1887) Essai sur les Acridiens de la tribu des Tettigidae. Annales de la Societ Entomologique de Belgique, 31, 175 - 313, pls. 4 - 5.
  • Hancock, J. L. (1907 a) Orthoptera Fam. Acridiidae. Subfam. Tetriginae. Genera Insectorum, 48, 1 - 79, 4 pls.
  • Hancock, J. L. (1907 b) Studies of the Tetriginae (Orthoptera) in the Oxford University Museum. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1907, 213 - 244, pl. 21.
  • Bolivar, I. (1906) Fasgonurideos de la Guinea Espanola. Memorias de la Real Sociedad Espanola de Historia Natural, 1, 327 - 377.
  • Kirby, W. F. (1910) A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae). The Trustees of the British Museum, London, 674 pp.
  • Gunther, K. (1938 a) Revision der Acrydiinae (Orth.) II. Scelimenae spuriae. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, 99, 117 - 148, 161 - 230.
  • Gunther, K. (1955) Uber die Dornschrecken (Orth. Acrid. Tetrigidae) von Sumba und Flores mit faunenhistorischen Anmerkungen zur Verbreitung einiger Gattungsgruppen der Tetrigidae im sudostasiatischen Inselbereich. Verhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Basel, 66 (2), 147 - 175.
  • Kevan, D. K. M. (1966) Some Orthoptera-Caelifera from the Philippine, Bismarck and Solomon Islands, with a few interesting records from New Guinea and the Moluccas. Entomologiske Meddelelser, 34, 375 - 420, 3 pls.
  • Blackith, R. E. (1992) The Tetrigidae (Insecta; Orthoptera) of South-East Asia; an Annotated Catalogue with Partial Translated Keys and Bibliography. Japaga Press, Dublin, LIV + 249 pp.
  • Bruner, L. (1915) Preliminary catalogue of the Orthopteroid insects of the Philippine Islands. University Studies, 15 (2), 195 - 281. [1 - 87]