Discotettix Explained

Discotettix^[1] is a genus of groundhoppers (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) found in Malesia, Brunei, Indonesia and the Philippines; they may be known as "spiky pygmy devils". After revision, it is the type genus of the tribe Discotettigini and now placed in the subfamily Scelimeninae.^{[2] [3]}

Species

The Orthoptera Species File^[4] lists two subgenera:

Discotettix (Discotettix)

1. Discotettix aruanus
2. Discotettix belzebuth - type species (as D. armatus)
   synonym: Discotettix adenanii
3. Discotettix doriae
4. Discotettix kirscheyi
5. Discotettix selysi
   synonym: Discotettix selangori
6. Discotettix sumatrensis

Discotettix (Mnesarchus)

1. Discotettix scabridus

Disconius

The species Disconius shelfordi from Borneo, was placed in new genus Disconius :^[3] having previously been described as Discotettix shelfordi .

External links

• • Images of Discotettix at iNaturalist

Notes and 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. Skejo J. Pushkar N. Tumbrinck J. Spiky pygmy devils: revision of the genus Discotettix (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) and synonymy of Discotettiginae with Scelimeninae . Zootaxa . 5217 . 1 . 10.11646/zootaxa.5217.1.1 . 1175-5334. subscription .
4. https://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/otus/808154/overview Orthoptera Species File (retrieved 24 August 2024)