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inhabits streams and rivers of the
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, this study).
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Species File database (
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) did not contain information on the type specimen/series nor on its depository hitherto. The male
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of
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was collected in the Red Banner Forest Farm in 1991 and is deposited in the Institute of Zoology,
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Normal University (
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, PR
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).
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lists four localities for the examined
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and
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specimens of this interesting species. The tropical monsoon forests of the southern
<collectingRegion id="49DCF8000815D660A6BE2D42FC88FA11" box="[766,862,1404,1430]" country="China" name="Guangxi" pageId="8" pageNumber="329">Guangxi</collectingRegion>
provide
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<emphasis id="B96CEAF00815D660A7852D43FBA2FA11" box="[965,1140,1405,1431]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="329">S. guangxiensis</emphasis>
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with suitable temperature and high humidity. Adults observed in this study were found from June to July in Fangchenggang Shiwandashan Mountain, but literature records date also from August and October (
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.). According to other observations on, iNaturalist adults can occur as early as March (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/108948433). Individuals can be observed on mossy rocks on the shores of rocky creeks in the mountainous tropical rainforest, usually at an altitude about or over 100 meters. Algae and moss that usually grow on rocks in and out of water probably represent a component of their diet. This species also inhabits northern
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. The record of
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<emphasis id="B96CEAF00815D660A0162E6AFAFFF9E9" box="[1110,1321,1620,1646]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="329">Scelimena rosacea</emphasis>
(
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)
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from
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(
<bibRefCitation id="EF894B130815D660A5CA2E46FD47F914" author="Muhammad, A. A. &amp; Tan, M. K. &amp; Ashikin, A. N. &amp; Azirun, M. S. &amp; Bhaskar, D. &amp; Skejo, J." box="[394,657,1656,1683]" pageId="8" pageNumber="329" pagination="1 - 70" refId="ref10920" refString="Muhammad, A. A., Tan, M. K., Ashikin, A. N., Azirun, M. S., Bhaskar, D. &amp; Skejo, J. (2018) An annotated catalogue of the pygmy grasshoppers of the tribe Scelimenini Bolivar, 1887 (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) with two new Scelimena species from the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra. Zootaxa, 4485 (1), 1 - 70. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4485.1.1" type="journal article" year="2018">Muhammad et al. 2018</bibRefCitation>
) undoubtedly belongs to
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<emphasis id="B96CEAF00815D660A7ED2E47FB8DF915" box="[941,1115,1657,1683]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="329">S. guangxiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B96CEAF00814D661A4D82F50FECFF801" bold="true" box="[152,281,1902,1926]" pageId="9" pageNumber="330">FIGURE 6.</emphasis>
Colour variations in
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<emphasis id="B96CEAF00814D661A5B52F50FD3FF801" box="[501,745,1902,1926]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="330">Scelimena guangxiensis</emphasis>
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from China
<emphasis id="B96CEAF00814D661A7B52F50FBF9F801" bold="true" box="[1013,1071,1902,1926]" pageId="9" pageNumber="330">(a, b)</emphasis>
and Vietnam
<emphasis id="B96CEAF00814D661A0FF2F50FB21F801" bold="true" box="[1215,1271,1902,1926]" pageId="9" pageNumber="330">(c, d)</emphasis>
. The specimens from Vietnam were wrongly identified as
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<emphasis id="B96CEAF00814D661A67E2FACFD9DF82E" box="[574,587,1938,1961]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="330">S</emphasis>
.
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by Skejo in
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. Drawn after the specimens observed by Chuangyu Lao
<emphasis id="B96CEAF00814D661A51B2F88FE40F849" bold="true" box="[347,406,1974,1998]" pageId="9" pageNumber="330">(a, b)</emphasis>
, and specimens from Vietnam deposited in the Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique collected by Jerome Constant
<emphasis id="B96CEAF00814D661A5892FE4FDD0F875" bold="true" box="[457,518,2010,2034]" pageId="9" pageNumber="330">(c, d).</emphasis>
Scale bar 10 mm.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B96CEAF00817D662A4D82FA9FECFF837" bold="true" box="[152,281,1943,1968]" pageId="10" pageNumber="331">FIGURE 7.</emphasis>
Habitat of
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<emphasis id="B96CEAF00817D662A5CE2FA6FD57F828" box="[398,641,1944,1968]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="331">Scelimena guangxiensis</emphasis>
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.
<emphasis id="B96CEAF00817D662A7562FA9FC99F828" bold="true" box="[790,847,1943,1967]" pageId="10" pageNumber="331">(a, b)</emphasis>
Environment and microhabitat in Qixingding shan;
<emphasis id="B96CEAF00817D662A1252FA9FA4BF828" bold="true" box="[1381,1437,1943,1967]" pageId="10" pageNumber="331">(c, d)</emphasis>
Environment and microhabitat in Shiwandashan;
<emphasis id="B96CEAF00817D662A6C82F85FD72F854" bold="true" box="[648,676,1979,2003]" pageId="10" pageNumber="331">(e)</emphasis>
A creek;
<emphasis id="B96CEAF00817D662A7432F85FCCAF854" bold="true" box="[771,796,1979,2003]" pageId="10" pageNumber="331">(f)</emphasis>
Forest beside the creek,
<emphasis id="B96CEAF00817D662A0532F85FBE7F854" bold="true" box="[1043,1073,1979,2003]" pageId="10" pageNumber="331">(g)</emphasis>
The shore of the creek;
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A mossy rock. Photo Chuangyu Lao.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B96CEAF00816D663A4D82EF3FEC8F962" bold="true" box="[152,286,1741,1765]" pageId="11" pageNumber="332">FIGURE 8.</emphasis>
Variability of
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<emphasis id="B96CEAF00816D663A5F52EF3FD65F962" box="[437,691,1741,1765]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="332">Scelimena guangxiensis</emphasis>
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.
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living specimen in nature with projections marked;
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Specimen with red and yellow colouration, which did not manage to successfully dry the tip of the pronotum after the final moult;
<emphasis id="B96CEAF00816D663A5C22F2BFE6DF8AA" bold="true" box="[386,443,1813,1837]" pageId="11" pageNumber="332">(eg)</emphasis>
Specimen with only yellow colouration. FL1 first frontolateral projection, FL2 second frontolateral projection, PL2 second prolateral projection, VL ventrolateral projection. Photo by Chuangyu Lao.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B96CEAF00816D663A4872F41FE91F81E" bold="true" box="[199,327,1919,1945]" pageId="11" pageNumber="332">Variability</emphasis>
. Like any other
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<emphasis id="B96CEAF00816D663A6422F41FDA3F81E" box="[514,629,1919,1945]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="332">Scelimena</emphasis>
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, the
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Pygmy Rowerhopper is a relatively large tetrigid adapted for a semiaquatic lifestyle. Pronotum length in males reaches&gt;
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and in females&gt;
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(
<bibRefCitation id="EF894B130816D663A0A92F9DFF04F865" author="Liang, G. Q. &amp; Zheng, Z. M." pageId="11" pageNumber="332" pagination="1 - 278" refId="ref10885" refString="Liang, G. Q. &amp; Zheng, Z. M. (1998) Orthoptera Tetrigoidea. Fauna Sinica, Insecta, 12, i - x., 1 - 278." type="journal article" year="1998">Liang &amp; Zheng 1998</bibRefCitation>
; this study). The body is covered with fine granules, but is generally smooth, much smoother than in, for example,
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<emphasis id="B96CEAF00811D664A54728A9FE89FF36" box="[263,351,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="333">S. melli</emphasis>
(
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)
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. The vertex is narrower than a single eye, giving a large appearance to the eyes. Other species of the
<emphasis id="B96CEAF00811D664A5FF2885FDEDFF52" box="[447,571,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="333">
S. (
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)
</emphasis>
species group also have a very narrow vertex (
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). This species has smooth and slender femora with weak undulations, but without teeth. Pronotum exceeds the knees of hind femora by about 1 hind femur length, while in this measure equals about 1.5. Antegenicular and genicular teeth are very small and blunt in appearance, almost unrecognizable. Some specimens of
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<emphasis id="B96CEAF00811D664A0EB2919FA8BFEC7" box="[1195,1373,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="333">S. guangxiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
have more recognizable interhumeral carinae (
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) than others (
<figureCitation id="13232A670811D664A73D2975FC38FEE2" box="[893,1006,331,357]" captionStart="FIGURE 8" captionStartId="11.[152,261,1741,1765]" captionTargetBox="[151,1437,180,1713]" captionTargetId="figure-18@11.[151,1437,179,1715]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="FIGURE 8. Variability of Scelimena guangxiensis Zheng, 1993. (a) A living specimen in nature with projections marked; (bd) Specimen with red and yellow colouration, which did not manage to successfully dry the tip of the pronotum after the final moult; (eg) Specimen with only yellow colouration. FL1 first frontolateral projection, FL2 second frontolateral projection, PL2 second prolateral projection, VL ventrolateral projection. Photo by Chuangyu Lao." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7270672" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7270672/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="333">Fig. 8ad</figureCitation>
). With this character,
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<emphasis id="B96CEAF00811D664A0AC2975FA4AFEE3" box="[1260,1436,331,357]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="333">S. guangxiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
stands between
<taxonomicName id="4C184D610811D664A50B2951FE60FE0E" authorityName="Storozhenko et Dawwrueng" authorityYear="2015" box="[331,438,367,393]" class="Insecta" family="Tetrigidae" genus="Scelimena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Orthoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="333" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bellula">
<emphasis id="B96CEAF00811D664A50B2951FE60FE0E" box="[331,438,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="333">S. bellula</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
which completely lacks interhumeral carinae (
<bibRefCitation id="EF894B130811D664A7872951FA91FE0E" author="Storozhenko, S. Y. &amp; Dawwrueng, P." box="[967,1351,366,393]" pageId="12" pageNumber="333" pagination="527 - 554" refId="ref11102" refString="Storozhenko, S. Y. &amp; Dawwrueng, P. (2015) New and little-known pygmy grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) from Thailand. Zootaxa, 4052 (5), 527 - 554. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4052.5.2" type="journal article" year="2015">Storozhenko &amp; Dawwrueng 2015</bibRefCitation>
) and
<emphasis id="B96CEAF00811D664A1C72951FF00FE2A" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="333">
<taxonomicName id="4C184D610811D664A1C72951FF04FE2A" class="Insecta" family="Tetrigidae" genus="Scelimena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Orthoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="333" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="melli">S. melli</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
in which they are distinct (
<bibRefCitation id="EF894B130811D664A64E29ADFCD7FE2A" author="Liang, G. Q. &amp; Zheng, Z. M." box="[526,769,403,429]" pageId="12" pageNumber="333" pagination="1 - 278" refId="ref10885" refString="Liang, G. Q. &amp; Zheng, Z. M. (1998) Orthoptera Tetrigoidea. Fauna Sinica, Insecta, 12, i - x., 1 - 278." type="journal article" year="1998">Liang &amp; Zheng 1998</bibRefCitation>
,
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). The two strongest projections are the second frontolateral and ventrolateral spines, which are also the brightest in colour. Two colour variants of the pronotum were observed in living specimens of
<taxonomicName id="4C184D610811D664A60429E5FC87FE73" authorityName="Zheng" authorityYear="1993" box="[580,849,475,501]" class="Insecta" family="Tetrigidae" genus="Scelimena" kingdom="Animalia" order="Orthoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="333" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="guangxiensis">
<emphasis id="B96CEAF00811D664A60429E5FC87FE73" box="[580,849,475,501]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="333">Scelimena guangxiensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, both very bright. One variant has a combination of red and yellow, where the frontolateral first and second projections (FL1 and FL2), the second prolateral projection (PL2), and the external lateral carina above the tegmina are red (
<figureCitation id="13232A670811D664A72C2A1DFC6BFDBA" box="[876,957,547,573]" captionStart="FIGURE 8" captionStartId="11.[152,261,1741,1765]" captionTargetBox="[151,1437,180,1713]" captionTargetId="figure-18@11.[151,1437,179,1715]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="FIGURE 8. Variability of Scelimena guangxiensis Zheng, 1993. (a) A living specimen in nature with projections marked; (bd) Specimen with red and yellow colouration, which did not manage to successfully dry the tip of the pronotum after the final moult; (eg) Specimen with only yellow colouration. FL1 first frontolateral projection, FL2 second frontolateral projection, PL2 second prolateral projection, VL ventrolateral projection. Photo by Chuangyu Lao." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7270672" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7270672/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="333">Fig. 8c</figureCitation>
); and the ventrolateral spine (VL), median carina and the rest of the external lateral carina are yellow. The other variant has all the aforementioned structures covered in yellow (
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). In the original description, the colour of the specimen is stated to be dark (Zheng &amp; Jiang 1994), but with newly reported specimens, we see that the colour pattern might have been lost because of drying in museum specimens.
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