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Species

Deltonotus subcucullatus (Walker, 1871)

CollectionObject 1517868; 0c1e5223-5bcc-4533-a9c6-11ad654d9524, NHMUK10924411: female, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517868; 0c1e5223-5bcc-4533-a9c6-11ad654d9524, NHMUK10924411: female, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517868; 0c1e5223-5bcc-4533-a9c6-11ad654d9524, NHMUK10924411: female, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517868; 0c1e5223-5bcc-4533-a9c6-11ad654d9524, NHMUK10924411: female, dorsal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517868; 0c1e5223-5bcc-4533-a9c6-11ad654d9524, NHMUK10924411: female, frontal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517868; 0c1e5223-5bcc-4533-a9c6-11ad654d9524, NHMUK10924411: labels (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517868; 0c1e5223-5bcc-4533-a9c6-11ad654d9524, NHMUK10924411: female, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517868; 0c1e5223-5bcc-4533-a9c6-11ad654d9524, NHMUK10924411: female, dorsal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517868; 0c1e5223-5bcc-4533-a9c6-11ad654d9524, NHMUK10924411: female, frontal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1580132; be851a1c-34e6-4de2-bcf3-5196af8fa919: female, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1580132; be851a1c-34e6-4de2-bcf3-5196af8fa919: female, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1580132; be851a1c-34e6-4de2-bcf3-5196af8fa919: female, frontal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1580132; be851a1c-34e6-4de2-bcf3-5196af8fa919: labels. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1582273; 708bc4a9-353b-4f63-8f71-edaea10028e4, NHMUK10924410: female, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1582273; 708bc4a9-353b-4f63-8f71-edaea10028e4, NHMUK10924410: (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1582273; 708bc4a9-353b-4f63-8f71-edaea10028e4, NHMUK10924410: female, dorsal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1582273; 708bc4a9-353b-4f63-8f71-edaea10028e4, NHMUK10924410: female, frontal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1582273; 708bc4a9-353b-4f63-8f71-edaea10028e4, NHMUK10924410: labels (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1582274; bc340c65-db73-4c0d-8141-f0f4642e4b27, NHMUK10924412: female, lateral view (paratype of Deltonotus tectiformis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1582274; bc340c65-db73-4c0d-8141-f0f4642e4b27, NHMUK10924412: female, lateral view (paratype of Deltonotus tectiformis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1582274; bc340c65-db73-4c0d-8141-f0f4642e4b27, NHMUK10924412: female, dorsal view (paratype of Deltonotus tectiformis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1582274; bc340c65-db73-4c0d-8141-f0f4642e4b27, NHMUK10924412: female, frontal view (paratype of Deltonotus tectiformis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1582274; bc340c65-db73-4c0d-8141-f0f4642e4b27, NHMUK10924412: labels (paratype of Deltonotus tectiformis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1590412; 8d5a22b0-2c5e-4b7f-92c9-c774272654d6: female, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1590412; 8d5a22b0-2c5e-4b7f-92c9-c774272654d6: female, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1590412; 8d5a22b0-2c5e-4b7f-92c9-c774272654d6: female, ventral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1590412; 8d5a22b0-2c5e-4b7f-92c9-c774272654d6: female, frontal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1590412; 8d5a22b0-2c5e-4b7f-92c9-c774272654d6: labels. (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (31)

  • Tettix subcucullata Walker, 1871: 830.

    Syntype; female; NHMUK10924411; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Sri Lanka. Syntype; female; NHMUK10924410; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Sri Lanka

  • Deltonotus tectiformis Hancock, 1904: 107, 111.

    Holotype; female; 0efe1822-d255-45fe-95de-e724c561d016; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); Sri Lanka: Nuwara Eliya: Pundaluoya

  • Deltonotus subcullatus [sic] Walker, 1871 (misspelling of Tettix subcucullata Walker, 1871)
  • Deltonotus tectiformus [sic] Hancock, 1904 (misspelling of Deltonotus tectiformis Hancock, 1904)

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
  • Hancock, J.L. (1904) The Tettigidae of Ceylon. Spolia Zeylanica, 2, 97–157.
  • 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
  • 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
  • Hancock, J.L. (1915) V. Indian Tetriginae (Acrydiinae). Records of the Indian Museum, 11, 55–137. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41760#page/91/mode/1up
  • Hebard, M. (1930) Acrydiinae (Orthoptera, Acrididae) of Southern India. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 36, 565–592. [1929] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/148558#page/615/mode/1up
  • Hebard, M. (1932) A new species and records of Acrydiinae from Ceylon (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Spolia Zeylanica, 17, 19–28.
  • 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]
  • Otte, D. (1979) The primary types of Orthoptera (Saltatoria, Blattodea, Phasmatodea, and Mantodea) at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 130, 26–87. [1978]
  • Zheng, Z.-M. & Liang, G.-qiu (1985) Studies on the Tetrigidae from China. Entomotaxonomia, 7(1), 51–56.
  • Blackith, R.E. (1988) The Tetrigidae (Orthoptera) of Sri Lanka. Entomologica Scandinavica, Suppl. 30, 93–109, illustr.
  • 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.
  • Wagan, M.S. & Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1992) Studies on some Tetrigidae (Orthoptera) from India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Tropical Zoology, 5(2), 167–194. Available at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/03946975.1992.10539191
  • Storozhenko, S.Y. (2011) A new species of the genus Deltonotus Hancock, 1904 (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae: Cladonotinae) from Vietnam. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 315(4), 478–482. Available at http://www.zin.ru/journals/trudyzin/doc/vol_315_4/TZ_315_4_Storozhenko.pdf
  • Lin, L.-L. & Zheng, Z.-M. (2014) Taxonomic study of the genus Deltonotus Hancock (Orthoptera: Cladonotidae) with description of a new species. Zoological Systematics, 39(4), 576–578. Available at http://www.zootax.com.cn/EN/abstract/abstract74.shtml
  • 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.
  • 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

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

From Latin sub- = almost or nearly, and cucullatus = hooded, alluding to the shape of the pronotum.

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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Species1078