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Latreille, 1802 (partim):
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: 758);
<bibRefCitation author="Auge, C" journalOrPublisher="Larousse, Paris" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B1" refString="Auge, C, 1898. Nouveau Larousse illustre: Dictionnaire Universel Encyclopedique. Larousse, Paris" title="Nouveau Larousse illustre: Dictionnaire Universel Encyclopedique." year="1898">
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: 296; first depiction of
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after the holotype);
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, 1887:
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(1887
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: 186, 231-232; tentative description, assignment to
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<bibRefCitation author="Kirby, WF" journalOrPublisher="The Trustees of the British Museum, London" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B18" refString="Kirby, WF, 1910. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (OrthopteraSaltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae). The Trustees of the British Museum, London" title="A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (OrthopteraSaltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae)." year="1910">Kirby (1910</bibRefCitation>
: 28; listed in catalogue);
<bibRefCitation author="Rehn, JAG" journalOrPublisher="Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="477 - 519" refId="B20" refString="Rehn, JAG, 1929. [1930] New and little known Madagascar grouse-locusts (Orthoptera: Acrididae, Acrydiinae). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 81: 477 - 519" title="[1930] New and little known Madagascar grouse-locusts (Orthoptera: Acrididae, Acrydiinae)." volume="81" year="1929">Rehn (1929</bibRefCitation>
: 492-493; redescription);
<bibRefCitation author="Rehn, JAG" journalOrPublisher="Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="317 - 329" refId="B21" refString="Rehn, JAG, 1937. A second study of new and little-known Madagascar grouse-locusts (Orthoptera: Acrididae, Acrydiinae) with a key to the species of Thymochares. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 89: 317 - 329" title="A second study of new and little-known Madagascar grouse-locusts (Orthoptera: Acrididae, Acrydiinae) with a key to the species of Thymochares." volume="89" year="1937">Rehn (1937</bibRefCitation>
: 320; new records);
<bibRefCitation author="Guenther, K" journalOrPublisher=")" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="16 - 335" refId="B11" refString="Guenther, K, 1939. Revision der Acrydiinae (Orthoptera), III. Sectio Amorphopi (Metrodorae Bol. 1887, aut.). Abhandlungen und Berichte aus den Staatlichen Museen fuer Tierkunde und Voelkerkunde in Dresden (Ser. A: Zool.) (N.F.) 20 (1): 16 - 335" title="Revision der Acrydiinae (Orthoptera), III. Sectio Amorphopi (Metrodorae Bol. 1887, aut.). Abhandlungen und Berichte aus den Staatlichen Museen fuer Tierkunde und Voelkerkunde in Dresden (Ser. A: Zool.) (N. F." volume="20" year="1939">
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: 91; listed in catalogue, taxonomic position discussed);
<bibRefCitation author="Guenther, K" journalOrPublisher=")" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="3 - 56" refId="B12" refString="Guenther, K, 1959. [1958] Die Tetrigidae (Orthopt., Caelifera) von Madagaskar mit einer Eroerterung ihrer zoogeographischen Beziehungen und ihrer phylogenetischen Verwandtschaften. Abhandlungen und Berichte aus den Staatlichen Museen fuer Tierkunde und Voelkerkunde in Dresden (Ser. A: Zool.) (N.F.) 24: 3 - 56" title="[1958] Die Tetrigidae (Orthopt., Caelifera) von Madagaskar mit einer Eroerterung ihrer zoogeographischen Beziehungen und ihrer phylogenetischen Verwandtschaften. Abhandlungen und Berichte aus den Staatlichen Museen fuer Tierkunde und Voelkerkunde in Dresden (Ser. A: Zool.) (N. F." volume="24" year="1959">
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(1959
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: 11; included in key, discussed),
<bibRefCitation author="Guenther, K" journalOrPublisher="Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="79 - 92" refId="B13" refString="Guenther, K, 1970. Die Teirwelt Madagaskars und die Zoogeographische Frage nach dem Gondwana-Land. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 10: 79 - 92" title="Die Teirwelt Madagaskars und die Zoogeographische Frage nach dem Gondwana-Land." volume="10" year="1970">
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: 79-92; discussed);
<bibRefCitation author="Devriese, H" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin et Annales de la Societe Royale Belge d'Entomologie" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="97 - 105" refId="B9" refString="Devriese, H, 1995. Deux nouvelles especes de Tetrigidae de Madagascar (Orthoptera). Bulletin et Annales de la Societe Royale Belge d'Entomologie 131 (1): 97 - 105" title="Deux nouvelles especes de Tetrigidae de Madagascar (Orthoptera)." volume="131" year="1995">Devriese (1995</bibRefCitation>
: 123-124; mentioned and depicted);
<bibRefCitation author="Yin, XC" journalOrPublisher="China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B27" refString="Yin, XC, Shi, J, Yin, Z, 1996. Synonymic Catalogue of Grasshoppers and their Allies of the World (Orthoptera: Caelifera). China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing" title="Synonymic Catalogue of Grasshoppers and their Allies of the World (Orthoptera: Caelifera)." year="1996">Yin et al. (1996</bibRefCitation>
: 876; listed in catalogue);
<bibRefCitation author="Otte, D" journalOrPublisher="Orthoptera Species File" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="1 - 261" refId="B19" refString="Otte, D, 1997. Tetrigoidea and Tridactyloidea (Orthoptera: Caelifera) and Addenda to OSF Vols. 1-5. Orthoptera Species File 6: 1 - 261" title="Tetrigoidea and Tridactyloidea (Orthoptera: Caelifera) and Addenda to OSF Vols. 1 - 5." volume="6" year="1997">Otte (1997</bibRefCitation>
: 45; listed in catalogue);
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4067.3.7" author="Skejo, J" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="393 - 393" refId="B25" refString="Skejo, J, Caballero, JHS, 2016. A hidden pygmy devil from the Philippines: Arulenus miae sp. nov. - a new species serendipitously discovered in an amateur Facebook post (Tetrigidae: Discotettiginae). Zootaxa 4067 (3): 393 - 393, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4067.3.7" title="A hidden pygmy devil from the Philippines: Arulenus miae sp. nov. - a new species serendipitously discovered in an amateur Facebook post (Tetrigidae: Discotettiginae)." url="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4067.3.7" volume="4067" year="2016">Skejo and Caballero (2016</bibRefCitation>
: figs 2a, b; mentioned and depicted);
<bibRefCitation author="Skejo, J" journalOrPublisher="Master Thesis, University of Zagreb" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B24" refString="Skejo, J, 2017. Taxonomic Revision of the Pygmy Devils (Tetrigidae: Discotettiginae) with Online Social Media as a new Tool for Discovering Hidden Diversity. Master Thesis, University of Zagreb" title="Taxonomic Revision of the Pygmy Devils (Tetrigidae: Discotettiginae) with Online Social Media as a new Tool for Discovering Hidden Diversity." year="2017">Skejo (2017</bibRefCitation>
: 14, 19, 68; listed in catalogue);
<bibRefCitation author="Cigliano, MM" journalOrPublisher="Heckmann Wentzel-Stiftung: Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" publicationUrl="http://Orthoptera.SpeciesFile.org" refId="B5" refString="Cigliano, MM, Braun, H, Eades, DC, Otte, D, 2020. Orthoptera Species File. Version 5.0/5.0. (Accessed March 20th 2020). [Available at] http://Orthoptera.SpeciesFile.org" title="Orthoptera Species File. Version 5.0 / 5.0. (Accessed March 20 th 2020). [Available at]" url="http://Orthoptera.SpeciesFile.org" year="2020">Cigliano et al. (2020</bibRefCitation>
; OSF catalogue).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Type species.</paragraph>
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Serville, 1838 (
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), by monotypy (
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Composition and distribution.</paragraph>
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The genus is composed of two species,
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and
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sp. nov. Both species inhabit rainforests of East Madagascar, from Ranomafana in the south to Marojejy in the north.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Ecology and habitat.</paragraph>
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Records of adults and nymphs in different parts of the year indicate that the species may be active throughout the year.
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pygmy grasshoppers are rainforest dwellers and they inhabit primary and secondary rainforests of Madagascar, where they can be found standing on both wet and dry tree bark of species such as the
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palm (
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; order
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Zingiberales</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
: family
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Strelitziaceae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) (Figure
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).
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Holocerus lucifer</emphasis>
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and
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sp. nov. are good fliers and can glide for long distances (&gt; 10 m) between rainforest trees and bushes.
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The genus
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is similar to the genera
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(2 spp.) and
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Eurybiades</emphasis>
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(1 sp.), which are both endemic to Madagascar. Unlike the clearly separated dorsal spines in
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, members of the genus
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(
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Hancock, 1900 and
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, 1974) have a highly elevated dorsum between the spines (making the spines connected). With the morphology of its spines,
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is more similar to the members of the genus
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Holocerus</emphasis>
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than to its own congener,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">N. formidabilis</emphasis>
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(which has a high and warty hump).
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Holocerus</emphasis>
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can also easily be distinguished from
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Notocerus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the more prominent eyes. The only species from the genus
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Eurybiades</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName lsidName="E. cerastes" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="cerastes">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">E. cerastes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Rehn, 1929, is much smaller than the members of the genus
<taxonomicName authorityName="Bolivar" authorityYear="1887" class="Insecta" family="Tetrigidae" genus="Holocerus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Holocerus" order="Orthoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Holocerus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and is easily distinguished from both
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Holocerus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Notocerus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
members by the long promedial projection, which is spiky and directed forwards.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Holocerus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Notocerus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
have a short and tooth-like promedial projection of the prozona.
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