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Discotettix (Discotettix) belzebuth (Serville, 1838)

Bornean Spiky Pygmy Devil

Discotettix (Discotettix) belzebuth (Serville, 1838): male (Sandakan). (Otu).;Discotettix (Discotettix) belzebuth (Serville, 1838): male (Sandakan). (Otu).
Discotettix (Discotettix) belzebuth (Serville, 1838): male (Sandakan). (Otu).;Discotettix (Discotettix) belzebuth (Serville, 1838): male (Sandakan). (Otu).
Discotettix (Discotettix) belzebuth (Serville, 1838): (Sandakan). (Otu).
Discotettix (Discotettix) belzebuth (Serville, 1838): Fig. 2. female, lateral view (Borneo, aberrant). (Otu).
Discotettix (Discotettix) belzebuth (Serville, 1838): Fig. 3. femal, dorsal view. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1572082; 39904e15-68e3-4d13-be8d-774d536a2baa: male, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1572082; 39904e15-68e3-4d13-be8d-774d536a2baa: male, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1572082; 39904e15-68e3-4d13-be8d-774d536a2baa: label. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1572083; 3d7db985-30ab-4bdd-b8c0-8ce23288adbd: female, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1572083; 3d7db985-30ab-4bdd-b8c0-8ce23288adbd: female, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1572083; 3d7db985-30ab-4bdd-b8c0-8ce23288adbd: labels. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1574066; 41104480-4aea-4fbe-a18d-c6d3a7772506: female, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1574066; 41104480-4aea-4fbe-a18d-c6d3a7772506: female, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1574066; 41104480-4aea-4fbe-a18d-c6d3a7772506: female, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1574066; 41104480-4aea-4fbe-a18d-c6d3a7772506: female, frontal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1574066; 41104480-4aea-4fbe-a18d-c6d3a7772506: labels. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1574067; 40ad29be-3681-4c84-929c-d3a9de01bccb: male, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1574067; 40ad29be-3681-4c84-929c-d3a9de01bccb: male, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1574067; 40ad29be-3681-4c84-929c-d3a9de01bccb: male, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1574067; 40ad29be-3681-4c84-929c-d3a9de01bccb: male, frontal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1574067; 40ad29be-3681-4c84-929c-d3a9de01bccb: male, antenna. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1574067; 40ad29be-3681-4c84-929c-d3a9de01bccb: labels. (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (25)

  • Tetrix belzebuth Serville, 1838: 759.

    Syntype; female; 89fc95ed-e170-4d99-919b-d5306fa40b76; deposited at: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN); Borneo

  • Discotettix armatus Costa, 1864: 59.
  • ... Show all ... (21)
  • Discotettix (Discotettix) belzebuth (Serville, 1838) in Muhammad & Tan, 2025: 99.
  • Discotettix (Discotettix) belzebuth (Serville, 1838) in Tan, Muhammad, Damit, Japir, Chung & Robillard, 2025: 555.

Nomenclature references (20)

  • 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.
  • Costa, A. (1864) Acquisti fatti durante l'anno 1862. Annuario dell'istituto e museo di zoologia della universita di Napoli, 4, 8–94. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43418#page/12/mode/1up
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  • 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.
  • Günther, K. (1942) Die Acrydiinae der Oxforder Universitats-Expedition nach Sarawak vom Jahre 1932. Eos, Revista española de Entomología, 18, 339–346, 6 figs. Available at http://hdl.handle.net/10261/148210
  • 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. (1907) Studies of the Tetriginae (Orthoptera) in the Oxford University Museum. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1907, 213–244, pl. 21. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/48288#page/425/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
  • Ito, G. & Mohamed, M. (2001) A preliminary report on functional morphology of 2 pygmy grasshopper species (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae). Nature and Human Activities, 6, 65–66.
  • 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
  • Kočárek, P., Kuravová, K., Musiolek, D., Wahab, R.A. & Kahar, S.R.A. (2015) Synonymy of Discotettix adenanii Mahmood, Idris & Salmah, 2007 with D. belzebuth (Serville, 1838) (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae). Zootaxa, 4057(2), 288–294.
  • Kuravová, K., Wahab, R.A. & Kočárek, P. (2017) External morphology of the antennae and sense organs of the groundhopper Discotettix belzebuth (Orthoptera, Tetrigidae). Zoologischer Anzeiger, 266, 120–128.
  • 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
  • Muhammad, A.A. & Tan, M.K. (2025) The diversity of Orthoptera in the northwestern parts of Mount Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 34(1), 95–118. https://doi.org/10.3897/jor.34.128225
  • 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.
  • 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., 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.
  • Tan, M.K. & Wahab, R.A. (2018) Preliminary study on the diversity of Orthoptera from Kuala Belalong Field Studies Centre, Brunei Darussalam, Borneo. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 27(2), 119–142. Available at http://jor.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=24152
  • Tan, M.K., Muhammad, A.A., Damit, D.F.B.A., Japir, R., Chung, A.Y.C. & Robillard, T. (2025) A new species and notes of some pygmy grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) from Sabah. Zootaxa, 5683(4), 543–560. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5683.4.5
  • 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
  • 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

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Etymology:

Named after the mythological demon or devil Beelzebub, known under different spellings, related to the spiny appearance and dark coloration of the species.

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