subfamily

Scelimeninae Bolívar, 1887

Overview

Type

Scelimena Serville, 1838 type genus of Scelimeninae Bolívar, 1887

Nomenclature (32)

Scelimeninae Bolívar, 1887
type genus Scelimena Serville, 1838
Scelimenidae Bolívar, 1887
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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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, 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.

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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).

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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.

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Descendants and synonyms

Stats

	Valid names
Rank	Extant	Fossil	Invalid	Total
subfamily	1	0	2	3
tribe	2	0	4	6
genus	24	0	17	41
subgenus	2	0	2	4
superspecies	6	0	0	6
species	172	0	178	350
subspecies	2	0	5	7