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Potua morbillosa (Walker, 1871)

CollectionObject 1476917; f1cca081-22b4-41a3-ba39-9ef42e999443: female, lateral view (syntype of Potua coronata var. sumatrensis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1476917; f1cca081-22b4-41a3-ba39-9ef42e999443: female, lateral view (syntype of Potua coronata var. sumatrensis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1476917; f1cca081-22b4-41a3-ba39-9ef42e999443: female, lateral view (syntype of Potua coronata var. sumatrensis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1476917; f1cca081-22b4-41a3-ba39-9ef42e999443: female, dorsal view (syntype of Potua coronata var. sumatrensis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1476917; f1cca081-22b4-41a3-ba39-9ef42e999443: female, frontal view (syntype of Potua coronata var. sumatrensis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1476917; f1cca081-22b4-41a3-ba39-9ef42e999443: female, antennae (syntype of Potua coronata var. sumatrensis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1476917; f1cca081-22b4-41a3-ba39-9ef42e999443: labels (syntype of Potua coronata var. sumatrensis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502874; 89972fb5-f3b3-4e82-bdcc-8101473e4a85: male, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502874; 89972fb5-f3b3-4e82-bdcc-8101473e4a85: male, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502874; 89972fb5-f3b3-4e82-bdcc-8101473e4a85: male, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502874; 89972fb5-f3b3-4e82-bdcc-8101473e4a85: male, frontal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502874; 89972fb5-f3b3-4e82-bdcc-8101473e4a85: labels. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517879; 439778c6-42be-41bc-822e-bb57624783ce, NHMUK10924419: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517879; 439778c6-42be-41bc-822e-bb57624783ce, NHMUK10924419: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517879; 439778c6-42be-41bc-822e-bb57624783ce, NHMUK10924419: male, frontal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517879; 439778c6-42be-41bc-822e-bb57624783ce, NHMUK10924419: male, frontal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517879; 439778c6-42be-41bc-822e-bb57624783ce, NHMUK10924419: lables (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517879; 439778c6-42be-41bc-822e-bb57624783ce, NHMUK10924419: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517879; 439778c6-42be-41bc-822e-bb57624783ce, NHMUK10924419: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517879; 439778c6-42be-41bc-822e-bb57624783ce, NHMUK10924419: male, frontal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529626; 44bbfdca-7535-4153-be19-3834fb5b6c63: male, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529626; 44bbfdca-7535-4153-be19-3834fb5b6c63: male, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529626; 44bbfdca-7535-4153-be19-3834fb5b6c63: male, dorsal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529626; 44bbfdca-7535-4153-be19-3834fb5b6c63: male, frontal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529626; 44bbfdca-7535-4153-be19-3834fb5b6c63: labels (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1531570; 2a77b05c-141c-4925-8201-02aa607285eb: male, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1531570; 2a77b05c-141c-4925-8201-02aa607285eb: male, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1531570; 2a77b05c-141c-4925-8201-02aa607285eb: male, dorsal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1531570; 2a77b05c-141c-4925-8201-02aa607285eb: male, frontal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1531570; 2a77b05c-141c-4925-8201-02aa607285eb: labels (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1568268; 1ceb2b33-206d-46d2-84ed-97d1afdf7351: female, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1568268; 1ceb2b33-206d-46d2-84ed-97d1afdf7351: female, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1568268; 1ceb2b33-206d-46d2-84ed-97d1afdf7351: female, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1568268; 1ceb2b33-206d-46d2-84ed-97d1afdf7351: female, frontal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1568268; 1ceb2b33-206d-46d2-84ed-97d1afdf7351: labels. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1583755; c331691f-4ead-4d70-a3d4-55794cc571f1: male, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1583755; c331691f-4ead-4d70-a3d4-55794cc571f1: male, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1583755; c331691f-4ead-4d70-a3d4-55794cc571f1: male, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1583755; c331691f-4ead-4d70-a3d4-55794cc571f1: male, ventral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1583755; c331691f-4ead-4d70-a3d4-55794cc571f1: male, frontal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1583755; c331691f-4ead-4d70-a3d4-55794cc571f1: labels. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1583756; 403716bd-b6f9-4158-9cc4-faf524893993: female, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1583756; 403716bd-b6f9-4158-9cc4-faf524893993: female, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1583756; 403716bd-b6f9-4158-9cc4-faf524893993: female, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1583756; 403716bd-b6f9-4158-9cc4-faf524893993: female, ventral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1583756; 403716bd-b6f9-4158-9cc4-faf524893993: female, frontal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1583756; 403716bd-b6f9-4158-9cc4-faf524893993: labels. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1585489; 049f46ae-d941-4d72-a749-81b732e606c8: female, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1585489; 049f46ae-d941-4d72-a749-81b732e606c8: female, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1585489; 049f46ae-d941-4d72-a749-81b732e606c8: female, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1585489; 049f46ae-d941-4d72-a749-81b732e606c8: female, frontal view. (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (28)

  • Tettix morbillosa Walker, 1871: 832.

    Holotype; male; NHMUK10924419; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Sarawak

  • Potua coronata Bolívar, 1887: 208.

    Syntype; male; 44bbfdca-7535-4153-be19-3834fb5b6c63; deposited at: Swedish Museum of Natural History, Entomology Collections (NHRS); Malaysia: Melaka: Malacca. Syntype; male; 2a77b05c-141c-4925-8201-02aa607285eb; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW); Malaysia: Sarawak. Syntype; female; 921f4ad9-85ae-4540-845a-608afc9cc77d; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW); Malaysia: Sarawak

  • Potua morbillosa (Walker, 1871) in Muhammad, Tan, Puniamoorthy, Adžić, Deranja, Neo, Loh, Damit, Japir, Chung, Suhaili, Gunsalam, Wahab, Abdullah & Skejo, 2026: 57.
  • Potua morbillosa (Walker, 1871) in Tumbrinck, 2026: 407.

References (19)

  • 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
  • Bolívar, I. (1887) Essai sur les Acridiens de la tribu des Tettigidae. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique, 31, 175–313. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44636#page/675/mode/1up
  • Bolívar, I. (1898) Contributions à l'étude des Acridiens espèces de la Faune indo et austro-malaisienne du Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, 19(39), 66–101. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33431#page/74/mode/1up
  • Hancock, J.L. (1907) Orthoptera Fam. Acridiidae. Subfam. Tetriginae. In Genera Insectorum. P. Wytsman [Ed.]. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles. Vol. 48, 1–79 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/105990#page/23/mode/1up
  • Hancock, J.L. (1907) Studies of the Tetriginae (Orthoptera) in the Oxford University Museum. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1907, 213–244, pl. 21. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/48288#page/425/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
  • Willemse, C.J.M. (1930) Fauna Sumatrensis (Bijdrage Nr. 62) Preliminary revision of the Acrididae (Orthoptera). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 73, 1–210. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/89680#page/125/mode/1up
  • Willemse, C.J.M. (1930) List of the species of Acridiidae occuring in Sumatra and adjacent islands. In Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. Vol. 73, pp. 207–210. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/89680#page/331/mode/1up
  • 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.
  • Günther, K. (1942) Die Acrydiinae der Oxforder Universitats-Expedition nach Sarawak vom Jahre 1932. Eos, Revista española de Entomología, 18, 339–346, 6 figs. Available at http://hdl.handle.net/10261/148210
  • 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.
  • Paris, M. (1994) Catálogo de tipos de ortopteroides (Insecta) de Ignacio Bolivar, I: Blattaria, Mantodea, Phasmoptera y Orthoptera (Stenopelmatoidea, Rhaphidophoroidea, Tettigonioidea, Grylloidea, Tetrigoidea). Eos, Revista española de Entomología, 69, 143–264. [1993] Available at http://digital.csic.es/handle/10261/170427
  • Tan, M.K. (2012) Orthoptera in the Bukit Timah and Central Catchment Nature Reserves (Part 1): Suborder Caelifera. Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 40 pp.
  • Tumbrinck, J. (2014) Taxonomic revision of the Cladonotinae (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) from the islands of South-East Asia and from Australia, with general remarks to the classification and morphology of the Tetrigidae and descriptions of new genera and species from New Guinea and New Caledonia. In Biodiversity, Biogeography and Nature Conservation in Wallacea and New Guinea. Entomological Society of Latvia, Ed. Dmitry Telnov. Vol. 2, 345–396 (plates 64–91).
  • Tan, M.K. & Wahab, R.A. (2018) Preliminary study on the diversity of Orthoptera from Kuala Belalong Field Studies Centre, Brunei Darussalam, Borneo. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 27(2), 119–142. Available at http://jor.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=24152
  • Neo, I., Tan, M.K., Cho, T.J.Y. & Yeo, D.C.J. (2023) A faunistic study and taxonomic account of species of pygmy grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) from Singapore’s last freshwater swamp forest. Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.japb.2023.09.006
  • Muhammad, A.A., Tan, M.K., Azizan, I.A. & Abdullah, N.A. (2025) Pygmy grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) from Sekayu, Terengganu; with the description of a new species. Zootaxa, 5666(2), 151–174. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5666.2.1
  • Muhammad, A.A., Tan, M.K., Puniamoorthy, J., Adžić, K., Deranja, M., Neo, I., Loh, R.K., Damit, D.F.B.A., Japir, R., Chung, A.Y.C., Suhaili, A.S.N.A., Gunsalam, G., Wahab, R.A., Abdullah, N.A. & Skejo, J. (2026) Revision of the wingless pygmy grasshopper Potua Bolívar, 1887 (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) from Southeast Asia. Zootaxa, 5796(1), 51–79. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5796.1.3
  • 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

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