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Holocerus lucifer (Serville, 1838)

Northern Devil's Pygmy Grasshopper
Holocerus lucifer (Serville, 1838): Plate 19, Fig. 3 (after type). male habitus (H. taurus, body length 14.2 mm, pronotum 20 mm, hind femur 9 mm). (Otu).
Holocerus lucifer (Serville, 1838): Plate 19, Fig. 3 (after type). male habitus (H. taurus, body length 14.2 mm, pronotum 20 mm, hind femur 9 mm). (Otu).
CollectionObject 1523112; 584cf501-9611-4440-a84e-adf0cbe3c23e, ANSPType No. 5466: male, lateral view (holotype of H. taurus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1523112; 584cf501-9611-4440-a84e-adf0cbe3c23e, ANSPType No. 5466: male, dorsal view (holotype of H. taurus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1523112; 584cf501-9611-4440-a84e-adf0cbe3c23e, ANSPType No. 5466: labels (holotype of H. taurus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1588252; 9ce4b716-021a-47ee-874a-07b313bbeea5: female, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1588252; 9ce4b716-021a-47ee-874a-07b313bbeea5: female, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (17)

  • Tetrix lucifer Serville, 1838: 758.

    Holotype; female; 2e9e7359-2c2a-482b-a3f2-961992b34d63; deposited at: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN); Madagascar

  • Tetrix lucifer Serville, 1838 in Millot & Maindron, 1870: 296.
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  • Holocerus lucifer (Serville, 1838) in Cadena-Castañeda, Quintana-Arias, Infante, Silva & Tavares, 2025: 191.
  • Holocerus lucifer (Serville, 1838) in Tumbrinck, 2026: 439.

Nomenclature references (13)

  • 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
  • Cadena-Castañeda, O.J., Quintana-Arias, R.F., Infante, I.C., Silva, D.S.M. & Tavares, G.C. (2025) Studies on pygmy grasshoppers: On the current Metrodorinae sensu lato classification (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) with emphasis on American and Malagasy taxa. Zootaxa, 5597(1), 1–265. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5597.1.1
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  • Günther, K. (1939) Revision der Acrydiinae (Orthoptera), III. Sectio Amorphopi (Metrodorae Bol. 1887, aut.). Abhandlungen und Berichte aus den Staatlichen Museen für Tierkunde und Völkerkunde in Dresden (Ser. A: Zool.) (N.F.), 20 (NF Bd.1), 16–335.
  • Günther, K. (1974) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Tetrigiodea (Orth. Caelifera) von Madagaskar und von Mauritius. Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle Paris (Zoologie 3e serie), 236 (Zool. 160), 937–1031. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/260408#page/3/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
  • Millot, A. & Maindron, M. (1870) [colour plate "insectes"]. In Nouveau Larousse illustré. Vol. 5, 295–297 pp.
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1930) New and little known Madagascar grouse-locusts (Orthoptera: Acrididae, Acrydiinae). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 81, 477–519. [1929]
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1937) A second study of new and little-known Madagascar grouse-locusts (Orthoptera: Acrididae, Acrydinae) with a key to the species of Thymochares. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 89, 317–329, 1 pl.
  • Serville, J.G.A. (1838) Histoire naturelle des insectes. Orthoptères. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris, i-xviii, 1–776, pl. 1–14. [1839] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54314
  • Skejo, J. & Caballero, J.H.S. (2016) A hidden pygmy devil from the Philippines: Arulenus miae sp. nov. – a new species serendipitously discovered in an amateur Facebook post (Tetrigidae: Discotettiginae). Zootaxa, 4067(3), 393–393.
  • Skejo, J., Medak, K., Pavlović, M., Kitonić, D., Miko, R.J.C. & Franjević, D. (2020) The story of the Malagasy devils (Orthoptera, Tetrigidae): Holocerus lucifer in the north and H. devriesei sp. nov. in the south? ZooKeys, 957, 1–15. Available at http://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/52565
  • 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
  • Vanschuytbroeck, P. (1980) Catalogue et liste du matériel typique des Tetrigidae conservés dans les collections entomologiques de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, 52(22), 1–25. Available at http://biblio.naturalsciences.be/rbins-publications/bulletins-de-linstitut-royal-des-sciences-naturelles-de-belgique-entomologie/52-1980/entomo52-art22.pdf

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