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Amphibotettix Hancock 1906

Description

Genus Amphibotettix Hancock, 1906

Type species: Amphibotettix longipes Hancock, 1906, by monotypy.

Composition. Up to now there are three species in the genus, namely A. longipes Hancock, 1906 from Brunei (Borneo), A. abbotti (Rehn, 1904) from Thailand and A. rosaceus Hancock, 1915 from Myanmar (Rehn, 1904; Hancock, 1906; Hancock, 1915; Eades et al., 2015). One species is added to the genus (see below).

Notes. Scelimena hafizhaii described from the Malacca peninsula (Mahmood et al., 2007) is characterized by a short cylindrical spine on the anterior margin of the pronotum (“short obtuse horn” in the original description), by the lateral ocelli being situated between the lower third of the eyes (“lower half of eyes” in the original description) and by a long straight spine on the lower side of the lateral lobes of the pronotum. Such a combination of characters is typical for Amphibotettix. Therefore this species is transferred from Scelimena to Amphibotettix and a new combination is proposed: Scelimena hafizhaii Mahmmod, Idris et Salman, 2007 = Amphibotettix hafizhaii (Mahmmod, Idris et Salman, 2007), comb. nov.

Notes

Published as part of Storozhenko, Sergey Yu. & Dawwrueng, Pattarawich, 2015, New and little-known pygmy grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) from Thailand, pp. 527-554 in Zootaxa 4052 (5) on page 536, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4052.5.2, http://zenodo.org/record/290102

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Hancock
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Orthoptera
Family
Tetrigidae
Genus
Amphibotettix
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Amphibotettix Hancock, 1906 sec. Storozhenko & Dawwrueng, 2015

References

  • Hancock, J. L. (1906) Descriptions of new genera and species of the orthopterous tribe Tettigidae. Entomological News, 17, 86 - 91.
  • Rehn, J. A. G. (1904) Studies in the orthopterous subfamilies Acrydiinae (Tetriginae), Eumastacinae and Proscopinae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 56, 658 - 683.
  • Hancock, J. L. (1915) Indian Tetriginae (Acrydiinae). Records of the Indian Museum, 11, 55 - 137, pl. 14.
  • Eades, D. C., Otte, D., Cigliano, M. M. & Braun, H. (2015) Orthoptera Species File Online. Version 5.0 / 5.0 Available from: http: // Orthoptera. SpeciesFile. org (accessed 30 October 2015)