Horned and spiky: Tegotettix derijei sp. n. (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) is a peculiar new pygmy grasshopper species from Mindanao
Author
Patano, Romeo R.
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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.
0000-0001-5020-6048
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
Tumbrinck, Josef
Auf der Hees, Wassenberg, D- 41849 Germany.
Author
Amoroso, Victor B.
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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
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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
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4933.2.2
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Tegotettix cristiferus
species group
Diagnosis
. Fastigial horns of variable height, from low in
T. sagittarius
to extremely high in
T. derijei
sp. n
.
(
Figure 6A
). Lateral ocelli placed between the compound eyes. In frontal view, frontal costa extremely short before bifurcation, almost indistinct. Facial carinae after the bifurcation divergent and straight. Shoulders (humeral part of the pronotum) elegant. Prozona extremely short. Pronotum with projections only on median carina. Femora undulated or straight. Chitinous surfaces generally smooth. This groups of species is closely related to
Xistra
.
FIGURE 1.
The last record of
Tegotettix armatus
Hancock, 1913
is this female from Poring caught in 1996 (see text for more details). The specimen is identified by comparison with
Günther (1937)
drawing of
T. armatus
. A—lateral view, B—dorsal view, C—frontal view. Photo Josef Tumbrinck.
Composition and distribution
. This species group includes
Tegotettix corniculatus
(
Stål, 1877
)
(the
Philippines
: unknown locality),
T. cristiferus
(
Günther, 1935
) (Borneo)
, here described
Tegotettix derijei
sp. n
.
(the
Philippines
: Mindanao), and
T. sagittarius
(
Bolívar, 1887
)
. More new species await description within this species group (
Figures 3
and
4
).