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Disconius shelfordi (Hancock, 1907)

Bornean Fallen Pygmy Devi
CollectionObject 1574086; be85dfef-fdf6-4fde-b019-7cbc861decba: male, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1574086; be85dfef-fdf6-4fde-b019-7cbc861decba: male, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1574086; be85dfef-fdf6-4fde-b019-7cbc861decba: male, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1574086; be85dfef-fdf6-4fde-b019-7cbc861decba: male, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1574086; be85dfef-fdf6-4fde-b019-7cbc861decba: male, frontal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1574086; be85dfef-fdf6-4fde-b019-7cbc861decba: labels. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1574087; 9add8f3d-7771-4a79-86ae-cde30d5622d9: female, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1574087; 9add8f3d-7771-4a79-86ae-cde30d5622d9: female, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1574087; 9add8f3d-7771-4a79-86ae-cde30d5622d9: female, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1574087; 9add8f3d-7771-4a79-86ae-cde30d5622d9: female, frontal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1574087; 9add8f3d-7771-4a79-86ae-cde30d5622d9: labels. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1577159; cffaabf0-aacf-41b1-b286-714b5cfa4a0c: female, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1577159; cffaabf0-aacf-41b1-b286-714b5cfa4a0c: female, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1577159; cffaabf0-aacf-41b1-b286-714b5cfa4a0c: female, dorsal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1577159; cffaabf0-aacf-41b1-b286-714b5cfa4a0c: female, frontal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1577159; cffaabf0-aacf-41b1-b286-714b5cfa4a0c: labels (syntype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (7)

  • Discotettix shelfordi Hancock, 1907: 214.

    Syntypes (n= 3); unsexed; 4b499408-12d3-4b66-aec9-a1e14687d7ff; deposited at: Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUM); Malaysia: Sarawak: Kuching. Syntype; female; cffaabf0-aacf-41b1-b286-714b5cfa4a0c; deposited at: Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUM); Malaysia: Sarawak: Kuching

  • Discotettix shelfordi Hancock, 1907 in Kirby, 1910: 575.
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  • Disconius shelfordi (Hancock, 1907) in Skejo, Pushkar, Kasalo, Pavlović, Deranja, Adžić, Tan, Rebrina, Muhammad, Abdullah, Japir, Chung & Tumbrinck, 2022: 54.
  • Discotettix shelfordi Hancock, 1907 in Muhammad & Tan, 2025: 99.

Nomenclature references (7)

  • 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. (1938) Revision der Acrydiinae, I. Sectiones Tripetalocerae, Discotettigiae, Lophotettigiae, Cleostrateae, Bufonidae, Cladonotae, Scelimenae verae. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 23, 299–437.
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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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 collector of the type specimens R. Shelford.

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