Horned and spiky: Tegotettix derijei sp. n. (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) is a peculiar new pygmy grasshopper species from Mindanao
Author
Patano, Romeo R.
0000-0001-5020-6048
Center for Biodiversity Research and Extension in Mindanao, Central Mindanao University, Musuan, Maramag, Bukidnon 8710, Philippines. & Department of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences, Central Mindanao University, 8710, Musuan Bukidnon, Philippines. romeonojrpatano @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 5020 - 6048
romeonojrpatano@gmail.com
Author
Mohagan, Alma B.
0000-0002-8303-5131
Center for Biodiversity Research and Extension in Mindanao, Central Mindanao University, Musuan, Maramag, Bukidnon 8710, Philippines. & Department of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences, Central Mindanao University, 8710, Musuan Bukidnon, Philippines. romeonojrpatano @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 5020 - 6048
romeonojrpatano@gmail.com
Author
Tumbrinck, Josef
0000-0001-8865-5551
Auf der Hees, Wassenberg, D- 41849 Germany.
Author
Amoroso, Victor B.
0000-0002-8955-7934
Center for Biodiversity Research and Extension in Mindanao, Central Mindanao University, Musuan, Maramag, Bukidnon 8710, Philippines. & Department of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences, Central Mindanao University, 8710, Musuan Bukidnon, Philippines. romeonojrpatano @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 5020 - 6048
romeonojrpatano@gmail.com
Author
Skejo, Josip
0000-0002-2554-4499
University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Evolution Lab, Rooseveltov trg 6, HR. 10000 Zagreb. * corresponding author: skejo. josip @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 2554 - 4499
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Zootaxa
2021
2021-02-19
4933
2
198
210
journal article
275742
10.11646/zootaxa.4933.2.2
c793b397-abf5-4129-96d2-c335fe222b4e
1175-5326
10081186
3999E2EF-32AF-4F6D-9BED-4A0DCE8B69D4
Tegotettix armatus
species group
Diagnosis
. Fastigial horns high and spiky. Lateral ocelli placed at the same level as the lower margins of the compound eyes. In frontal view, frontal costa long and distinct, almost as long as half of the compound eye height. Facial carinae after the bifurcation divergent and with a concavity in the upper third. Prozona developed. Shoulders (humeral part of the pronotum) robust. Pronotum with projections on the median carina, on the discus, and on the lateral carinae. Femora armed with teeth. Chitinous surfaces very rough and tuberculated. This group of species represents the core species group of the genus
Tegotettix
.
Composition and distribution
. This species group includes
Tegotettix armatus
Hancock, 1913
(Borneo)
,
T. bufocrocodil
(
Storozhenko et Dawwrueng, 2015
)
(
Thailand
,
Vietnam
,
Cambodia
),
T. celebensis
Günther, 1937
(
Indonesia
:
Sulawesi
), and
T. siebersi
Günther, 1938
(Borneo)
(
Figure 4
).