Orthoptera Species File

species

Misythus cristicornis (Walker, 1871)

Misythus cristicornis (Walker, 1871): female, lateral view (Mount Makiling, UPLMNH, scale bar: 5 mm). (Otu).

Misythus cristicornis (Walker, 1871): female, lateral view (Mount Makiling, UPLMNH, scale bar: 5 mm). (Otu).

Misythus cristicornis (Walker, 1871): female, dorsal view (Mount Makiling, UPLMNH, scale bar: 5 mm). (Otu).

Misythus cristicornis (Walker, 1871): male, lateral view (Mount Makiling, UPLMNH, scale bar: 5 mm). (Otu).

Misythus cristicornis (Walker, 1871): male, lateral view (Mount Makiling, UPLMNH, scale bar: 5 mm). (Otu).

Misythus cristicornis (Walker, 1871): male, dorsal view (Mount Makiling, UPLMNH, scale bar: 5 mm). (Otu).

Misythus cristicornis (Walker, 1871): Pl. XXI, Fig. 1 (Mount Maquiling, Luzon). male, dorsal view. (Otu).

Misythus cristicornis (Walker, 1871): Pl. XXI, Fig. 2 (Mount Maquiling, Luzon). male, lateral view (body length 9.3-9.8 mm, pronotum 12.8-13.2 mm). (Otu).

Misythus cristicornis (Walker, 1871): Pl. XXI, Fig. 3 (Polillo Island, Luzon). female, lateral view (body length 11-12.3 mm, pronotum 13.8-15 mm). (Otu).

Misythus cristicornis (Walker, 1871): Pl. XXIV, Fig. 1 (Polillo Island, Luzon). dorsal view of caudal portion of pronotum (female). (Otu).

CollectionObject 1501769; c75e4c0c-8497-4b59-9e25-029a83ea6be5: female, lateral view. (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1501769; c75e4c0c-8497-4b59-9e25-029a83ea6be5: labels. (CollectionObject).;CollectionObject 1501770; 9970d437-8723-4136-90db-46d1508abb1b: labels. (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1501770; 9970d437-8723-4136-90db-46d1508abb1b: male, lateral view. (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1518003; 969a20d0-6a85-400f-8991-264c48885119, NHMUK10924396: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1518003; 969a20d0-6a85-400f-8991-264c48885119, NHMUK10924396: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1518003; 969a20d0-6a85-400f-8991-264c48885119, NHMUK10924396: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1518003; 969a20d0-6a85-400f-8991-264c48885119, NHMUK10924396: female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1518003; 969a20d0-6a85-400f-8991-264c48885119, NHMUK10924396: female, frontal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1518003; 969a20d0-6a85-400f-8991-264c48885119, NHMUK10924396: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1529969; NHRS 12929, 35940e50-ed23-4ff8-a6ef-2c9bf9a5ecef: male, lateral view (holotype of Misythus appendiculatus). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1529969; NHRS 12929, 35940e50-ed23-4ff8-a6ef-2c9bf9a5ecef: male, lateral view (holotype of Misythus appendiculatus). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1529969; NHRS 12929, 35940e50-ed23-4ff8-a6ef-2c9bf9a5ecef: male, dorsal view (holotype of Misythus appendiculatus). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1529969; NHRS 12929, 35940e50-ed23-4ff8-a6ef-2c9bf9a5ecef: male, frontal view (holotype of Misythus appendiculatus). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1529969; NHRS 12929, 35940e50-ed23-4ff8-a6ef-2c9bf9a5ecef: labels (holotype of Misythus appendiculatus). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (15)

Cladonotus cristicornis Walker, 1871: 844.
Holotype; female; NHMUK10924396; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Philippines
Misythus appendiculatus Stål, 1877: 55.
Holotype; male; NHRS 12929; deposited at: Swedish Museum of Natural History, Entomology Collections (NHRS); Philippines
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Misythus cristicornis (Walker, 1871) in Blackith, 1992: 119.
Misythus cristicornis (Walker, 1871) in Tumbrinck, 2026: 406.

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.
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
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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
Walker, F. (1871) In 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:

From Latin crista = crest, and cornis = horned, alluding to the obliquely ascending horn or crest on the pronotum.

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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
species	1	0	3	4