An annotated catalogue of the pygmy grasshoppers of the tribe Scelimenini Bolívar, 1887 (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) with two new Scelimena species from the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra
Author
Muhammad, Amira Aqilah
Author
Tan, Ming Kai
Author
Abdullah, Nurul Ashikin
Author
Azirun, Mohammad Sofian
Author
Bhaskar, Dhaneesh
Author
Skejo, Josip
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Zootaxa
2018
2018-09-25
4485
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1
70
journal article
29501
10.11646/zootaxa.4485.1.1
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Scelimena producta
species group
Eugavialidium
:
Hancock 1907a
,
Kirby 1910
,
Hancock 1915
,
Tinkham 1936
,
Günther 1938a
.
Type species:
Tetrix (Scelimena) producta
Serville, 1838
(=
Scelimena producta producta
).
Composition and distribution
. The group included four species and one subspecies, inhabiting the
Philippines
:
Palawan
(
S. boettcheri
), Borneo (
S. dentiumeris
),
Sumatra
(
S. producta
),
Java
(
S. producta producta
), East Sumba (
S. producta dammermani
), and
Sulawesi
(
S. celebica
).
Notes
. The group is close to the NW
Scelimena discalis
species group, as well as to eastern
Scelimena novaeguineae
species group. The group is characterized by small pronotal projections, presence of small or medium sized metalateral tubercles, large ventrolateral spine, usually directed forwards, and large body size.
S. dentiumeris
which is probably very close in morphology to
S. producta
, served as the
type
species of the genus
Eugavialidium
in the past. Taxonomy of this genus was not clear, so Günther (1938) synonymized the genus with
Scelimena
. We fully agree with synonymization of
Eugavialidium
and
Scelimena
.