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subfamily

Scelimeninae Bolívar, 1887

Type

Scelimena Serville, 1838 type genus of Scelimeninae Bolívar, 1887

Nomenclature (32)

  • Scelimeninae Bolívar, 1887

    type genus Scelimena Serville, 1838

  • Scelimenae Bolívar, 1887: 184. (not Latin)

    type genus Scelimena Serville, 1838

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  • Scelimeninae Bolívar, 1887 in Skejo, Pushkar, Kasalo, Pavlović, Deranja, Adžić, Tan, Rebrina, Muhammad, Abdullah, Japir, Chung & Tumbrinck, 2022: 9.
  • Scelimeninae Bolívar, 1887 in Rebrina, Brigić, Kasalo & Skejo, 2024

Nomenclature references (28)

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  • Bey-Bienko, G.Y. & Mistshenko, L. (1951) Keys to the Fauna of the U.S.S.R. [1964 English translation no. 40]. In Locusts and Grasshoppers of the U.S.S.R. and Adjacent Countries. Zoological Inst. of the U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences, Moscow/Leningrad. Vol. 2, 385–667 [1–291]. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/224097#page/7/mode/1up
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  • 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
  • Chen, Y.-Z., Deng, W.-A., Wang, J.-M., Lin, L.-L. & Zhou, S. (2018) Phylogenetic relationships of Scelimeninae genera (Orthoptera: Tetrigoidea) based on COI, 16S rRNA and 18S rRNA gene sequences. Zootaxa, 4482(2), 392–400.
  • Deng, W.-A. (2016) In Taxonomic study of Tetrigoidea from China. Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan. 341 pp.
  • Deng, W.-A., Zheng, Z.-M. & Wei, S.-Z. (2006) Two new species of Scelimenidae from Yunnan and Guangxi, China (Orthoptera, Tetrigoidea). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 31(2), 369–372. [in Chinese] Available at https://archive.org/details/4d851795cdb01d6c6e6f3556ce032dfd24a53544
  • Deng, W.-A., Zheng, Z.-M. & Wei, S.-Z. (2007) In Fauna of Tetrigoidea from Yunnan and Guangxi. Guangxi Science & Technology Press, Nanning, China. 1–458 pp.
  • 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
  • Ichikawa, A. (1994) A revision of the family Tetrigidae (Orthoptera) of the Ryukyu Islands, southern Japan, with descriptions of new species and subspecies. (Part 1). Japanese Journal of Entomology, 62(3), 457–474.
  • Li, R., Ying, X., Deng, W.-A., Rong, W. & Li, X. (2021) Mitochondrial genomes of eight Scelimeninae species (Orthoptera) and their phylogenetic implications within Tetrigoidea. PeerJ, 9(e10523). Available at http://peerj.com/articles/10523/?fbclid=IwAR2mzXASCnKbE2jLA5qmUqzdHRXCwvgAuUFLrIFODyYv7Hw3vsTp-Ga57Go
  • Mahmood, K., Idris, A.B. & Salmah, Y. (2007) Tetrigidae (Orthoptera: Tetrigoidea) from Malaysia with the description of six new species. Acta Entomologica Sinica, 50(12), 1272–1284. Available at http://www.insect.org.cn/CN/Y2007/V50/I12/1272
  • Otte, D. (1997) Orthoptera Species File 6. Tetrigoidea and Tridactyloidea (Orthoptera: Caelifera) and Addenda to OSF Vols. 1-5. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 261 pp.
  • Rebrina, F., Brigić, A., Kasalo, N. & Skejo, J. (2024) The pronotum shape of scelimenine grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) likely represents an exaptation for heterogeneous niche colonization. Current Zoology, 71(1), 89–98. https://doi.org/10.1093/cz/zoae027
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1952) In The grasshoppers and locusts (Acridoidea) of Australia. I. Families Tetrigidae and Eumastacidae. CSIRO, Melbourne. 1–326 pp.
  • Shishodia, M.S. (1991) Taxonomy and zoogeography of the Tetrigidae (Orthoptera: Tetrigoidea) of north eastern India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Miscellaneous Publication, Occasional Paper, 140, 1–204. Available at http://faunaofindia.nic.in/PDFVolumes/occpapers/140/index.pdf
  • Shishodia, M.S. (1995) Insecta: Orthoptera: Tetrigoidea. State Fauna Series 4 Fauna of Meghalaya, 3, 165–208. Available at http://faunaofindia.nic.in/PDFVolumes/sfs/021/index.pdf
  • Shishodia, M.S. (2000) Short and long-horned grasshoppers and crickets of Bastar District, Madhya Pradesh, India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta, 98(1), 27–80.
  • Skejo, J., Pushkar, T.I., Kasalo, N., Pavlović, M., Deranja, M., Adžić, K., Tan, M.K., Rebrina, F., Muhammad, A.A., Abdullah, N.A., Japir, R., Chung, A.Y.C. & Tumbrinck, J. (2022) Spiky pygmy devils: revision of the genus Discotettix (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) and synonymy of Discotettiginae with Scelimeninae. Zootaxa, 5217(1), 1–64.
  • Steinmann, H. (1962) The Tetrigidae of Africa (Orthoptera). Folia Entomologica Hungarica, 15, 303–326.
  • Storozhenko, S.Y. (2013) New and little-known species of the genus Zhengitettix (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae: Scelimeninae) from Southeast Asia. Zoosystematica Rossica, 22(2), 204–223. Available at http://www.zin.ru/journals/zsr/publication.asp?id=1133
  • 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).
  • 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
  • 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
  • Zheng, Z.-M. & Jiang, G. (1997) Two new species of Scelimenidae and first description of female of Bolivaritettix longzhouensis (Orthoptera: Tetrigoidea) from China. Entomotaxonomia, 19(3), 164–168.
  • Zheng, Z.-M. (1993) Tetrigoidea. In Animals of Longqi Mountain. China Forestry Publishing House, China. pp. 70–83.
  • Zheng, Z.-M. (2005) In Fauna of the Tetrigoidea from Western China. Science Press, Beijing. 1–501 pp.
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Aggregate (Asserted distribution & Georeference)

Descendants and synonyms

Scrutiny
  • Re-organization of Scelimeninae species within genera is necessary. It is necessary to have good redescriptions of all type species to see on which characters to base genera, and not according to differences in keys, which are not satisfactory.
Life zone and ecology data

Terrestrial. Herbivorous, feeding mostly on algae and bryophytes; terrestrial, riparian and semi-aquatic species.

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subfamily312
tribe624
genus412417
subgenus422
superspecies981
species359176183
subspecies936