Discotettix

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Discotettix
Spiky Grouse Locust (Discotettix belzebuth) (6747966773).jpg
Discotettix belzebuth
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Tetrigidae
Tribe: Scelimenini
Genus: Discotettix
Costa, 1864
Species

See text

Synonyms

Mnesarchus Stål, 1877

Discotettix[1] is a genus of groundhoppers (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) found in Malesia. After revision of this family, from being the type genus of the subfamily Discotettiginae, it is now placed in the tribe Scelimenini.[2]

Species[]

The Orthoptera Species File lists:[3]

  • Discotettix belzebuth (Serville, 1838) - type species (as D. armatus Costa, 1864)
    • another synonym: Discotettix adenanii Mahmood, Idris & Salmah, 2007
  • Bolívar, 1898
  • (Stål, 1877)
  • Discotettix selangori Mahmood, Idris & Salmah, 2007
  • Bolívar, 1887
  • Hancock, 1907

References[]

  1. ^ Costa A (1864) Annu. Ist. Mus. Zool. Univ. Napoli 4: 59.
  2. ^ Muhammad AA, Tan MK, Abdullah, Azirun, Bhaskar, Skejo (2018) Zootaxa 4485(1): 20.
  3. ^ Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0)
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