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Issue: Vol. 5661 No. 3: 16 Jul. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-07-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5661.3.3
Page range: 351-366
Abstract views: 95
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New and little known pygmy grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) from the Philippines

Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity; Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Vladivostok; 690022; Russia
Orthoptera Tetriginae Scelimeninae Cladonotinae Metrodorinae taxonomy new species keys fauna new records Oriental region

Abstract

A list of eleven species of the family Tetrigidae found in the Philippines is given, of them Hirrius kitangladensis sp. nov., Cleostratus omelkoi sp. nov., Centrosotettix montanus sp. nov., Bolotettix parvus sp. nov., and B. nanus sp. nov. are described from this country. New synonymy is proposed: Bolotettix Hancock, 1907 = Syzygotettix Günther, 1938 syn. nov., and new combinations are established: Bolotettix baeri (Bolívar, 1887), comb. nov., Bolotettix boettcheri Günther, 1938, comb. nov., Bolotettix semperi Günther, 1938, comb. nov., Bolotettix uncinatus (Stål, 1877), comb. nov., and Bolotettix vicinus Günther, 1938, comb. nov. Three species are transferred from the genus Teredorus Hancock to Systolederus Bol. and new combinations are proposed: Systolederus longidorsalis (Zheng, 2015), comb. nov., Systolederus jinshaensis (Zha et Ding, 2017), comb. nov., and Systolederus vicinus (Storozhenko, 2019), comb. nov. Thoradonta palawanica Günther and Scelimena boettcheri Günther are recorded from the south part of Palawan Island for the first time. Euparatettix personatus (Bol.) is new to the fauna of Mindanao Island. Platygavialidium dentifer (Stål) and Systolederus haani Bol. are recorded from Mindoro Island for the first time. The distribution of Diotarus verrucifer Stål is clarified. Keys to species of the genera Hirrius Bol. and Cleostratus Stål are also provided.

 

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How to Cite

Storozhenko, S.Y. (2025) New and little known pygmy grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) from the Philippines. Zootaxa, 5661 (3), 351–366. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5661.3.3