species
Discotettix (Discotettix) kirscheyi Skejo, Pushkar, Tumbrinck & Tan, 2022
Kirschey's Spiky Pygmy Devil
Nomenclature (1)
- Discotettix (Discotettix) kirscheyi Skejo, Pushkar, Tumbrinck & Tan, 2022 in Skejo, Pushkar, Kasalo, Pavlović, Deranja, Adžić, Tan, Rebrina, Muhammad, Abdullah, Japir, Chung & Tumbrinck, 2022: 37.
Holotype; female; 6b58d67a-510e-4eec-a065-f9d59c79eba1; deposited at: Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig (ZFMK); Malaysia: Sabah: Sepilok
Nomenclature references (1)
- 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.
Descendants and synonyms
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
Named after the German biologist Tom Kirschey, the authors' friend and well-known researcher of the Oriental region, who currently serves as the head of the International Peatlands and Southeast Asia Programme at NABU (Naturschutzbund Deutschland).
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