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Xistra (Tegoxistra) cristifera Günther, 1935

CollectionObject 1505057; 6057451a-b069-4f50-b625-1119b7a15d2f: female, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505057; 6057451a-b069-4f50-b625-1119b7a15d2f: female, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505057; 6057451a-b069-4f50-b625-1119b7a15d2f: female, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505057; 6057451a-b069-4f50-b625-1119b7a15d2f: female, dorsal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505057; 6057451a-b069-4f50-b625-1119b7a15d2f: female, frontal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505057; 6057451a-b069-4f50-b625-1119b7a15d2f: labels (syntype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (5)

  • Xistra cristifera Günther, 1935: 262.

    Syntype; female; 6057451a-b069-4f50-b625-1119b7a15d2f; deposited at: Senckenberg Museum für Tierkunde, Dresden, Germany (SMTD);

  • Tegotettix cristiferus (Günther, 1935) in Günther, 1938: 379.
  • Tegotettix cristiferus (Günther, 1935) in Muhammad, Tan, Abdullah, Azirun, Bhaskar & Skejo, 2018: 57.
  • Xistra (Tegoxistra) cristifera Günther, 1935 in Skejo, Kasalo, Patano, Storozhenko, Tumbrinck, Domazet-Lošo, Amoroso, Yap & Škorput, 2025: 28.

References (5)

  • 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.
  • Günther, K. (1935) Acrydiinen (Orth. Acrididae) aus dem mittleren Ostrorneo gesammelt von H. C. Siebers 1925. Arbeiten über morphologische und taxonomische Entomologie aus Berlin-Dahlem, 2(4), 257–263, 7 figs.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Skejo, J., Kasalo, N., Patano, R.R., Jr., Storozhenko, S.Y., Tumbrinck, J., Domazet-Lošo, T., Amoroso, V.B., Yap, S.A. & Škorput, J. (2025) Taxonomic revision of pygmy devil genera Almacris, Ginixistra, Tegotettix, and Xistra, with comments on Xistrella (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae). Taxonomy, 5(60), 1–47. https://doi.org/10.3390/taxonomy5040060

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Carrying a comb or crest, relating to the crest on the pronotum.

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