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Tettilobus pelops (Walker, 1871)

CollectionObject 1517880; 5c7beaa7-4ec9-405c-81e4-9b37024a7813, NHMUK010924409: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517880; 5c7beaa7-4ec9-405c-81e4-9b37024a7813, NHMUK010924409: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517880; 5c7beaa7-4ec9-405c-81e4-9b37024a7813, NHMUK010924409: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517880; 5c7beaa7-4ec9-405c-81e4-9b37024a7813, NHMUK010924409: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517880; 5c7beaa7-4ec9-405c-81e4-9b37024a7813, NHMUK010924409: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517880; 5c7beaa7-4ec9-405c-81e4-9b37024a7813, NHMUK010924409: male, frontal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517880; 5c7beaa7-4ec9-405c-81e4-9b37024a7813, NHMUK010924409: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1521830; OUM 692, 9880cc0b-6556-46cb-81bd-a0f328c92f1b: female, lateral view (holotype of Tettilobus spinifrons). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1521830; OUM 692, 9880cc0b-6556-46cb-81bd-a0f328c92f1b: female, lateral view (holotype of Tettilobus spinifrons). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1521830; OUM 692, 9880cc0b-6556-46cb-81bd-a0f328c92f1b: female, dorsal view (holotype of Tettilobus spinifrons). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1521830; OUM 692, 9880cc0b-6556-46cb-81bd-a0f328c92f1b: female, frontal view (holotype of Tettilobus spinifrons). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1521830; OUM 692, 9880cc0b-6556-46cb-81bd-a0f328c92f1b: labels (holotype of Tettilobus spinifrons). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (14)

  • Cladonotus pelops Walker, 1871: 843.

    Holotype; male; NHMUK010924409; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Sri Lanka

  • Tettilobus spinifrons Hancock, 1909: 396.

    Holotype; female; OUM 692; deposited at: Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUM); Sri Lanka

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  • Tettilobus pelops (Walker, 1871) in Bhaskar, Stermšek, Easa, Franjević & Skejo, 2020: 493.
  • Tettilobus pelops (Walker, 1871) in Tumbrinck, 2026: 408.

Nomenclature references (11)

  • Bhaskar, D., Stermšek, S., Easa, P.S., Franjević, D. & Skejo, J. (2020) Wide-nosed pygmy grasshoppers (Cladonotinae: Cladonotini, Xerophyllini) of India and Sri Lanka: catalogue with an identification key and description of a new species of the genus Tettilobus. Zootaxa, 4894(3), 474–500.
  • Blackith, R.E. (1988) The Tetrigidae (Orthoptera) of Sri Lanka. Entomologica Scandinavica, Suppl. 30, 93–109, illustr.
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  • Blackith, R.E. (1992) Tetrigidae (Insecta; Orthoptera) of Southeast Asia: Annotated catalogue with partial translated keys and bibliography. JAPAGA, Wicklow, Ireland, i-liv, 1–248.
  • Günther, K. (1938) Revision der Acrydiinae, I. Sectiones Tripetalocerae, Discotettigiae, Lophotettigiae, Cleostrateae, Bufonidae, Cladonotae, Scelimenae verae. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 23, 299–437.
  • Hancock, J.L. (1909) Further studies of the Tetriginae (Orthoptera) in the Oxford University Museum. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 387–426, pl. 22. [1908] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/51002#page/693/mode/1up
  • Kirby, W.F. (1910) A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae). British Museum (Natural History), London, Vol. 3, Issue 2, 674 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29660
  • Kirby, W.F. (1914) Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Orthoptera (Acrididae). London, 276 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/orthopteraacridi00kirbiala
  • Sandrasagara, T.R. (1949) A catalogue of the named Ceylonese Tetrigidae, Eumastacidae and Acrididae (Insecta: Orthoptera) in the collection of the Colombo Museum, with records of distribution. Records of the Indian Museum, 47, 135–157. [1950]
  • Tumbrinck, J. (2026) Review of all Tetrigidae species described from 1758 to 1886. Zootaxa, 5845(3), 401–455. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5845.3.1
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1927) Some Orthoptera of the families Mantidae, Tettigoniidae and Acrididae from Ceylon. Spolia Zeylanica, 14(1), 85–114.
  • Walker, F. (1871) Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. London, Vol. 5, 811–850 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/34094

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Pelops is a king from Greek mythology.

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