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Euscelimena harpago (Serville, 1838)

Euscelimena harpago (Serville, 1838): lateral view. (Otu).
Euscelimena harpago (Serville, 1838): lateral view. (Otu).
Euscelimena harpago (Serville, 1838): lateral view. (Otu).
Euscelimena harpago (Serville, 1838): female (Munnar, Kerala India). (Otu).
Euscelimena harpago (Serville, 1838): female, (Munnar, Kerala India). (Otu).
Euscelimena harpago (Serville, 1838): female, under water. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1517926; f85361ca-e5ee-49b1-9503-a5497c74bd6a, NHMUK010362931: female nymp, lateral view (holotype of Scelymena contracta). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517926; f85361ca-e5ee-49b1-9503-a5497c74bd6a, NHMUK010362931: female, lateral view (holotype of Scelimena contracta). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517926; f85361ca-e5ee-49b1-9503-a5497c74bd6a, NHMUK010362931: female nymph, lateral view (holotype of Scelymena contracta). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517926; f85361ca-e5ee-49b1-9503-a5497c74bd6a, NHMUK010362931: female nymph, dorsal view (holotype of Scelymena contracta). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517926; f85361ca-e5ee-49b1-9503-a5497c74bd6a, NHMUK010362931: female nymph, dorsal view (holotype of Scelimena contracta). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517926; f85361ca-e5ee-49b1-9503-a5497c74bd6a, NHMUK010362931: female nymph, dorsal view (holotype of Scelimena contracta). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517926; f85361ca-e5ee-49b1-9503-a5497c74bd6a, NHMUK010362931: female nymph, dorsal view (holotype of Scelimena contracta). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517926; f85361ca-e5ee-49b1-9503-a5497c74bd6a, NHMUK010362931: female nymph, frontal view (holotype of Scelymena contracta). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517926; f85361ca-e5ee-49b1-9503-a5497c74bd6a, NHMUK010362931: labels (holotype of Scelymena contracta). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517926; f85361ca-e5ee-49b1-9503-a5497c74bd6a, NHMUK010362931: specimen with labels (holotype of Scelimena contracta). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (42)

  • Gryllus (Locusta) femoratus Stoll, 1813: 31.
  • Gryllus (Locusta) femoratus Stoll, 1813 (nomen oblitum of Tetrix harpago Serville, 1838)
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  • Euscelimena harpago (Serville, 1838) in Muhammad, Tan, Abdullah, Azirun, Bhaskar & Skejo, 2018: 23.
  • Euscelimena harpago (Serville, 1838) in Gupta & Chandra, 2018: 45.

References (23)

  • Bhalerao, A.M. & Paranjape, S.Y. (1986) Studies on the bioecology of a grouse locust Euscelimena harpago Serv. (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae). Gegbios, 13, 145–150.
  • Bhalerao, A.M., Naidu, N.M. & Paranjape, S.Y. (1987) Some observations on the nutrition—reproduction correlation in grouse locusts (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae). Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences (Animal Sciences), 96(3), 323–327. Available at http://www.ias.ac.in/jarch/procb/96/323-328.pdf
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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
  • Bolívar, I. (1902) Les Orthoptères de St. Joseph's College, à Trichinopoly (Sud de l'Inde). 3me partie. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 70, 580–635, pl. 9. [1901] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/38238#page/596/mode/1up
  • Bolívar, I. (1917) Contribución al conocimiento de la fauna índica. Orthoptera (Locustidae vel Acridiidae). Revista de la Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, 16, 278–289, 374–412. [1918] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/96088#page/306/mode/1up
  • Gupta, S.K. & Chandra, K. (2017) A taxonomic study of the pygmygrasshopper (Orthoptera Tetrigidae) from India with description of a new species. Biodiversity Journal, 8(2), 739–748. Available at http://www.biodiversityjournal.com/pdf/8(2)_739-748.pdf
  • Gupta, S.K. & Chandra, K. (2018) A new species of genus Euscelimena Bolivar, 1887 (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae: Scelimeninae) from Central India. Munis Entomology & Zoology, 13(1), 43–49. Available at http://www.munisentzool.org/Issue/abstract/a-new-species-of-genus-euscelimena-gunther-1938-orthoptera-tetrigidae-scelimeninae-from-central-india_1147
  • 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
  • Hancock, J.L. (1915) V. Indian Tetriginae (Acrydiinae). Records of the Indian Museum, 11, 55–137. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41760#page/91/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
  • Kirby, W.F. (1914) Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Orthoptera (Acrididae). London, 276 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/orthopteraacridi00kirbiala
  • Muhammad, A.A., Tan, M.K., Abdullah, N.A., Azirun, M.S., Bhaskar, D. & Skejo, J. (2018) An annotated catalogue of the pygmy grasshoppers of the tribe Scelimenini Bolívar, 1887 (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) with two new Scelimena species from the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra. Zootaxa, 4485(1), 1–70.
  • Roonwal, M.L. (1979) Field bioecology and morphometry of some central Indian grasshoppers (Aridoidea), with notes on a swimming species (Tetrigoidea). Journal of the Zoological Society of India, 32(1-2), 97–106. [1981]
  • 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
  • Shishodia, M.S. (1987) Tetrigidae: Orthoptera: Insecta (grouse locusts). In Fauna of Orissa. Zoological Survey of India. 91–102 pp.
  • Shishodia, M.S., Chandra, K. & Gupta, S.K. (2010) An annotated checklist of Orthoptera (Insecta) from India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Miscellaneous Publication, Occasional Paper, 314, 1–366. Available at http://indiabiodiversity.org/biodiv/content/documents/document-9a5b06fa-7416-49a2-98d7-541bfbfbeaaf/239.pdf
  • Skejo, J., Gupta, S.K. & Tumbrinck, J. (2018) Nymph inadvertently described as new species for a fourth time? On the identity of Euscelimena hardi (Tetrigidae: Scelimeninae) with general remarks on the identification of pygmy grasshopper nymphs. Zootaxa, 4418(1), 93–97.
  • Stoll, C. (1813) Représentation exactement colorée d'après nature des spectres ou phasmes, des mantes, des sauterelles, des grillons, des criquets et des blattes. J. Sepp, Amsterdam. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/281654#page/7/mode/1up
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1927) Some Orthoptera of the families Mantidae, Tettigoniidae and Acrididae from Ceylon. Spolia Zeylanica, 14(1), 85–114.
  • 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
  • Walker, F. (1871) 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

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Etymology:

Latin for grappling hook, relating to shape of pronotum.

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