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Issue: Vol. 4057 No. 2: 10 Dec. 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-12-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4057.2.10
Page range: 288–294
Abstract views: 41
PDF downloaded: 1

Synonymy of Discotettix adenanii Mahmood, Idris & Salmah, 2007 with D. belzebuth (Serville, 1838) (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae)

University of Ostrava, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology and Ecology & Institute of Environmental Technologies, Polyneoptera Research Group, Chittussiho 10, CZ-710 00 Ostrava, Czech Republic.
University of Ostrava, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology and Ecology & Institute of Environmental Technologies, Polyneoptera Research Group, Chittussiho 10, CZ-710 00 Ostrava, Czech Republic.
University of Ostrava, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology and Ecology & Institute of Environmental Technologies, Polyneoptera Research Group, Chittussiho 10, CZ-710 00 Ostrava, Czech Republic.
Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Institute for Biodiversity and Environmental Research, Jalan Tungku Link Gadong, BE1410, Brunei Darussalam
Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Institute for Biodiversity and Environmental Research, Jalan Tungku Link Gadong, BE1410, Brunei Darussalam
Orthoptera Tetrigidae groundhopper synonymy taxonomy Borneo Indomalayan region

Abstract

According to a study of type specimens of Discotettix adenanii Mahmood, Idris & Salmah, 2007 and copious specimens of D. belzebuth (Serville, 1838) collected in different parts of Borneo, we found that all species-specific morphological characters of D. adenanii, according to its original description, fall into the morphological variability of D. belzebuth. Thus, we synonymize D. adenanii with D. belzebuth. The sequence of a segment of the mitochondrial 16S ribosomal RNA of D. belzebuth was also evaluated and added to GenBank as a DNA barcode.