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Indoscelimena : Gunther 1938

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Genus Indoscelimena Günther, 1938

Indoscelimena: Günther 1938a, Shishodia 1991, Blackith 1992, Yin et al. 1996, Otte 1997.

Type species: Eugavialidium flavopictum Bolívar, 1909.

Composition and distribution. The genus is composed of 6 species distributed in India (I. angulata, I. flavopicta, I. india comb. nov., I. saussurei), Myanmar (I. birmanica, I. hamata), and (?) Thailand (I. birmanica).

Notes. The genus was hitherto composed of five species from India and Myanmar. Here we transfer one more species to the genus and report the genus for the first time from Thailand. Members of this genus are easily separated from other similar genera (Euscelimena and Scelimena) by the smaller and robust appearance, blunt (obtuse) pronotal projections and obtuse femoral teeth, usually bright yellow or orange (Günther 1938, Blackith 1992). Furthermore, species of this genus lack teeth on the ventral margin of the hind femora. Indoscelimena birmanica (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893) from Myanmar and I. india comb. nov. (Fig. 12) of Scelimena india Hancock, 1907 could be synonymous, but more material is needed. Accurate delimitation of this genus from Scelimena is still needed, because some species have overlapping morphology between two genera, including S. discalis (Hancock, 1915) and S. gombakensis sp. nov. This is one of the rather neglected genera and since its establishment, not revision was published. Thus, we do not preform revision of the genus, but point the necessity for it in the future.

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Published as part of Muhammad, Amira Aqilah, Tan, Ming Kai, Abdullah, Nurul Ashikin, Azirun, Mohammad Sofian, Bhaskar, Dhaneesh & Skejo, Josip, 2018, 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, pp. 1-70 in Zootaxa 4485 (1) on page 33, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4485.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1437959

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Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.1437983 (DOI)
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Biodiversity

Family
Tetrigidae
Genus
Indoscelimena
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Orthoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
: Gunther
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Indoscelimena Gunther, 1938 sec. Muhammad, Tan, Abdullah, Azirun, Bhaskar & Skejo, 2018

References

  • Gunther, K. (1938 a) Revision der Acrydiinae (Orth.) II. Scelimenae spuriae. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, 99, 117 - 148, 161 - 230.
  • Shishodia, M. S. (1991) Taxonomy and zoogeography of the Tetrigidae (Orthoptera: Tetrigoidea) of north eastern India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Miscellaneous Publication, Occasional Paper, 140, 1 - 204.
  • Blackith, R. E. (1992) The Tetrigidae (Insecta; Orthoptera) of South-East Asia; an Annotated Catalogue with Partial Translated Keys and Bibliography. Japaga Press, Dublin, LIV + 249 pp.
  • Yin, X. - C., Shi, J. & Yin, Z. (1996) Synonymic Catalogue of Grasshoppers and their Allies of the World (Orthoptera: Caelifera). China Forestry Publishing Hous, Beijing, 1266 pp.
  • Otte, D. (1997) Tetrigoidea and Tridactyloidea (Orthoptera: Caelifera) and Addenda to OSF Vols. 1 - 5. Orthoptera Species File, 6, 1 - 261.
  • Bolivar, I. (1909) Nouvelles especes d'Acridiens du Musee de Geneve. Boletin de la Real Sociedad Espanola de Historia Natural, 9, 393 - 403.
  • Brunner von Wattenwyl, K. (1893) Revision du systeme des Orthopteres et description des especes rapportees par M. Leonardo Fea de Birmanie. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, 13 (33), 1 - 230. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 5121
  • Hancock, J. L. (1915) V. Indian Tetriginae (Acrydiinae). Records of the Indian Museum, 11, 55 - 137.