Skip to main content
Orthoptera Species File
species

Diotarus verrucifer Stål, 1877

Diotarus verrucifer Stål, 1877: Fig. 19. female, lateral view. (Otu).
Diotarus verrucifer Stål, 1877: Fig. 19. female, lateral view. (Otu).
Diotarus verrucifer Stål, 1877: Fig. 22. female, lateral view. (Otu).
Diotarus verrucifer Stål, 1877: Fig. 20. female pronotum, dorsal view. (Otu).
Diotarus verrucifer Stål, 1877: Fig. 23. female pronotum, dorsal view. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1529885; d1d9ad57-c9e7-40a2-afa7-dd150744a8fb: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529885; d1d9ad57-c9e7-40a2-afa7-dd150744a8fb: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529885; d1d9ad57-c9e7-40a2-afa7-dd150744a8fb: male, frontal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529885; d1d9ad57-c9e7-40a2-afa7-dd150744a8fb: male, labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (11)

  • Diotarus verrucifer Stål, 1877: 55.

    Holotype; male; d1d9ad57-c9e7-40a2-afa7-dd150744a8fb; deposited at: Swedish Museum of Natural History, Entomology Collections (NHRS); Philippines

  • Diotarus verrucifer Stål, 1877 in Casto de Elera, 1895: 207.
  • ... Show all ... (7)
  • Diotarus verrucifer Stål, 1877 in Storozhenko, 2025: 354.
  • Diotarus verrucifer Stål, 1877 in Tumbrinck, 2026: 405.

Nomenclature references (11)

  • 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.
  • Bruner, L. (1915) Preliminary catalogue of the Orthopteroid insects of the Philippine Islands. University Studies, 15(2), 195–281 [1–87]. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/94891#page/233/mode/1up
  • ... Show all ... (7)
  • de Elera, C. (1895) Ortópteros. In Catálogo sistemático de toda la fauna de Filipinas. Vol. 2, 189–223. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/119869#page/7/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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • Mohagan, A.B., Patano, R.R., Jr., Leaño, E.P., Melencion, M.G., Coritico, F.P. & Amoroso, V.B. (2020) Morphology and morphometrics of Diotarus verrucifer (Stal, 1877), a pygmy grasshopper endemic to Mindanao. Philippine Journal of Science, 149(3), 571–579. Available at http://philjournalsci.dost.gov.ph/images/pdf/pjs_pdf/vol149no3/morphology_and_morphometrics_of_diotarus_.pdf
  • Storozhenko, S.Y. (2025) New and little known pygmy grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) from the Philippines. Zootaxa, 5661(3), 351–366. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5661.3.3
  • Stål, C. (1877) Orthoptera nova ex Insulis Philippinis descripsit. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlinger, 34(10), 33–58. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/100843#page/513/mode/1up
  • 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).
  • 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:

Wart-bearing, relating to the pronotum surface.

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon Valid names
Rank Extant Fossil Invalid Total
species1001