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Dasyleurotettix infaustus (Walker, 1871)

Dasyleurotettix infaustus (Walker, 1871): Fig. 51 (after paratype). female, lateral view (Prototettix umbripennis). (Otu).
Dasyleurotettix infaustus (Walker, 1871): Fig. 51 (after paratype). female, lateral view (Prototettix umbripennis). (Otu).
Dasyleurotettix infaustus (Walker, 1871): Fig. 52 (after paratype). female pronotum, dorsal view (Prototettix umbripennis). (Otu).
Dasyleurotettix infaustus (Walker, 1871): Fig. 53. female, pronotum, dorsal view ("Dasyleurotettix curriei (?) Rehn ssp. Ost-Afrika, Rukwa See"). (Otu).
Dasyleurotettix infaustus (Walker, 1871): Fig. 238. female, lateral view (Dasyleurotettix infaustus ssp. n. ?,; pronotum length 11.2 mm, hind femur 7 mm). (Otu).
Dasyleurotettix infaustus (Walker, 1871): Fig. 237. female, head and pronotum, dorsal view (Dasyleurotettix infaustus ssp. n. ?). (Otu).
CollectionObject 1476887; 62ccc855-c9b7-4abf-aa70-8c5cf321cf8b, NHMUK10924420: female, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1476887; 62ccc855-c9b7-4abf-aa70-8c5cf321cf8b, NHMUK10924420: female, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1476887; 62ccc855-c9b7-4abf-aa70-8c5cf321cf8b, NHMUK10924420: female, dorsal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1476887; 62ccc855-c9b7-4abf-aa70-8c5cf321cf8b, NHMUK10924420: female, frontal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1476887; 62ccc855-c9b7-4abf-aa70-8c5cf321cf8b, NHMUK10924420: female, labels (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1476888; 0ff19259-eb0b-48c5-b5c1-56af261204bb, NHMUK10924421: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1476888; 0ff19259-eb0b-48c5-b5c1-56af261204bb, NHMUK10924421: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1476888; 0ff19259-eb0b-48c5-b5c1-56af261204bb, NHMUK10924421: female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1476888; 0ff19259-eb0b-48c5-b5c1-56af261204bb, NHMUK10924421: female, frontal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1476888; 0ff19259-eb0b-48c5-b5c1-56af261204bb, NHMUK10924421: female, labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502006; 90e47e0a-cf15-4855-b71b-c60db9ff9bd6: subadult male, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502006; 90e47e0a-cf15-4855-b71b-c60db9ff9bd6: subadult male, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502006; 90e47e0a-cf15-4855-b71b-c60db9ff9bd6: subadult male, frontal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502006; 90e47e0a-cf15-4855-b71b-c60db9ff9bd6: subadult male, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502006; 90e47e0a-cf15-4855-b71b-c60db9ff9bd6: labels. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529884; NHRS 13612, 7edf66f9-675d-48ca-b267-a844c96c822c: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529884; NHRS 13612, 7edf66f9-675d-48ca-b267-a844c96c822c: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529884; NHRS 13612, 7edf66f9-675d-48ca-b267-a844c96c822c: female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529884; NHRS 13612, 7edf66f9-675d-48ca-b267-a844c96c822c: female, frontal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529884; NHRS 13612, 7edf66f9-675d-48ca-b267-a844c96c822c: female, labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1574112; NHRS 13611, 7e9e5d12-0ccc-4ca1-93e0-1ed67dc5ac0e: male, lateral view (allotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1574112; NHRS 13611, 7e9e5d12-0ccc-4ca1-93e0-1ed67dc5ac0e: male, lateral view (allotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1574112; NHRS 13611, 7e9e5d12-0ccc-4ca1-93e0-1ed67dc5ac0e: male, dorsal view (allotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1574112; NHRS 13611, 7e9e5d12-0ccc-4ca1-93e0-1ed67dc5ac0e: male, frontal view (allotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1574112; NHRS 13611, 7e9e5d12-0ccc-4ca1-93e0-1ed67dc5ac0e: male, labels (allotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (33)

  • Tettix infausta Walker, 1871: 820.

    Syntype; female; NHMUK10924420; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); KwaZulu-Natal

  • Tettix aliena Walker, 1871: 821.

    Holotype; female; NHMUK10924421; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Sierra Leone

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  • Dasyleurotettix infaustus (Walker, 1871) in Hemp, 2009: 191.
  • Dasyleurotettix infaustus (Walker, 1871) in Fite, Devriese, Kulanek, Skejo, Kasalo, Misganaw, Tefera, Villinger & Husemann, 2025: 16.

Nomenclature references (20)

  • Fite, T., Devriese, H., Kulanek, D., Skejo, J., Kasalo, N., Misganaw, M., Tefera, T., Villinger, J. & Husemann, M. (2025) Tetrigidae of Ethiopia: First species delimitation via DNA barcoding and description of three new species. Taxonomy, 5(49), 1–24. https://doi.org/10.3390/taxonomy5030049
  • Giglio-Tos, E. (1907) Ortotteri Africani. Parte I Acridoidea. Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia comparata della Royal Università di Torino, 22(554), 1–35. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43468#page/41/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. (1939) Revision der Acrydiinae (Orthoptera), III. Sectio Amorphopi (Metrodorae Bol. 1887, aut.). Abhandlungen und Berichte aus den Staatlichen Museen für Tierkunde und Völkerkunde in Dresden (Ser. A: Zool.) (N.F.), 20 (NF Bd.1), 16–335.
  • Günther, K. (1956) Orthoptera Tetrigoidea. In South African Animal Life: Results of the Lund University Expedition in 1950-1951. Almqvist & Wiksell, Stockholm. Vol. 3, pp. 94–120, 45 figs.
  • Günther, K. (1979) Die Tetrigoidea von Afrika südlich der Sahara (Orthoptera: Caelifera). Beiträge zur Entomologie, 29(1), 7–183. Available at http://www.contributions-to-entomology.org/index.php/beitraege_entomologie/article/view/1130
  • 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
  • Hemp, C. (2009) Annotated list of Caelifera (Orthoptera) of Mt. Kilimanjaro. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 18(2), 183–214. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1665/034.018.0207
  • Karsch, F.A.F. (1893) Die Insecten der Berglandschaft Adeli im Hinterlande von Togo (Westafrika). Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift, 38, 1–266. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/38634#page/71/mode/1up
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. & Knipper, H. (1961) Geradflügler aus Ostafrika (Orthopteroida, Dermapteroida und Blattopteroida). Beiträge zur Entomologie, 11(3-4), 356–413. Available at http://www.contributions-to-entomology.org/index.php/beitraege_entomologie/article/view/506
  • 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
  • Lehmann, A.W. & Landeck, I. (2007) Pygmy grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) from north-eastern Turkey. Articulata, 22(2), 225–234. Available at http://dgfo-articulata.de/downloads/articulata/articulata_XXII_2007/lehmann_landeck_2007.pdf
  • Podgornaya, L.I. (1995) Mishtshenkotetrix, Uvarovitettix and Depressotetrix as separate genera (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae). Zoosystematica Rossica, 3(2), 247–248. [1994]
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1904) Studies in the orthopterous subfamilies Acrydiinae (Tettiginae), Eumastacinae and Proscopinae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 56, 658–683. [1905] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/30096
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1938) Studies in African Acrydiinae (Orthoptera, Acrididae). Part 2. New genera and species, and critical notes on previously-known forms. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 90, 361–387.
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1952) In The grasshoppers and locusts (Acridoidea) of Australia. I. Families Tetrigidae and Eumastacidae. CSIRO, Melbourne. 1–326 pp.
  • Stål, C. (1873) Acridiodea. In Recensio Orthopterorum. Revue critique des Orthoptères décrits par Linné, De Geer et Thunberg. Stockholm. Vol. 1, 154 pp. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=oH4qAAAAYAAJ
  • Walker, F. (1871) In 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

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Etymology:

Latin for unfavorable or unfortunate.

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