Discotettix Explained

Discotettix^[1] is a genus of pygmy grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) found in Malesia, Brunei, Indonesia and the Philippines. They are commonly known as spiky pygmy devils. After revision of this genus, from being the type genus of the subfamily Discotettiginae, it is now placed in the tribe Scelimenini.^{[2] [3]}

Species

The Orthoptera Species File lists:^[4]

• Discotettix (Discotettix) aruanus Skejo, Pushkar & Tumbrinck, 2022
• Discotettix (Discotettix) belzebuth (Serville, 1838) - type species (as D. armatus Costa, 1864)
  • another synonym: Discotettix adenanii Mahmood, Idris & Salmah, 2007
• Discotettix (Discotettix) doriae Bolívar, 1898
• Discotettix (Discotettix) kirscheyi Skejo, Pushkar, Tumbrinck & Tan, 2022
• Discotettix (Discotettix) selysi Bolívar, 1887
  • synonym: Discotettix selangori Mahmood, Idris & Salmah, 2007
• Discotettix (Discotettix) sumatrensis Skejo, Pushkar & Tumbrinck, 2022
• Discotettix (Mnesarchus) scabridus (Stål, 1877)
• Discotettix shelfordi Hancock, 1907 was previously assigned to this genus but is now moved into its own genus, Disconius Skejo, Pushkar & Tumbrinck, 2022

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. 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. http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1102802 Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0)