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Thoradonta nodulosa (Stål, 1861)

CollectionObject 1501972; a252b47d-ebbb-4683-8e0a-ecfd26b511ff: female, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501972; a252b47d-ebbb-4683-8e0a-ecfd26b511ff: female, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501972; a252b47d-ebbb-4683-8e0a-ecfd26b511ff: female, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501972; a252b47d-ebbb-4683-8e0a-ecfd26b511ff: female, frontal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501972; a252b47d-ebbb-4683-8e0a-ecfd26b511ff: labels. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517993; 6e033e59-6a2b-47e9-a34a-f11c4343a50a, NHMUK10924559: male, lateral view (holotype of Tettix misera). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517993; 6e033e59-6a2b-47e9-a34a-f11c4343a50a, NHMUK10924559: male, lateral view (holotype of Tettix misera). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517993; 6e033e59-6a2b-47e9-a34a-f11c4343a50a, NHMUK10924559: male, lateral view (holotype of Tettix misera). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517993; 6e033e59-6a2b-47e9-a34a-f11c4343a50a, NHMUK10924559: male, dorsal view (holotype of Tettix misera). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517993; 6e033e59-6a2b-47e9-a34a-f11c4343a50a, NHMUK10924559: male, dorsal view (holotype of Tettix misera). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517993; 6e033e59-6a2b-47e9-a34a-f11c4343a50a, NHMUK10924559: male, frontal view (holotype of Tettix misera). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517993; 6e033e59-6a2b-47e9-a34a-f11c4343a50a, NHMUK10924559: labels (holotype of Tettix misera). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1521861; OUM 718, 88680856-1173-4b6b-b379-50533c90b211: female, lateral view (holotype of Thoradonta dentata). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1521861; OUM 718, 88680856-1173-4b6b-b379-50533c90b211: female, lateral view (holotype of Thoradonta dentata). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1521861; OUM 718, 88680856-1173-4b6b-b379-50533c90b211: female, dorsal view (holotype of Thoradonta dentata). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1521861; OUM 718, 88680856-1173-4b6b-b379-50533c90b211: female, frontal view (holotype of Thoradonta dentata). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1521861; OUM 718, 88680856-1173-4b6b-b379-50533c90b211: labels (holotype of Thoradonta dentata). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529979; NHRS NRM-ORTH 12975, a59ca0ac-20da-4551-8bdb-c0233b5251db: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529979; NHRS NRM-ORTH 12975, a59ca0ac-20da-4551-8bdb-c0233b5251db: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529979; NHRS NRM-ORTH 12975, a59ca0ac-20da-4551-8bdb-c0233b5251db: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529979; NHRS NRM-ORTH 12975, a59ca0ac-20da-4551-8bdb-c0233b5251db: male, frontal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529979; NHRS NRM-ORTH 12975, a59ca0ac-20da-4551-8bdb-c0233b5251db: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (37)

  • Tetrix nodulosa Stål, 1861: 346.

    Holotype; male; NHRS NRM-ORTH 12975; deposited at: Swedish Museum of Natural History, Entomology Collections (NHRS);

  • Tettix misera Walker, 1871: 835.

    Holotype; male; NHMUK10924559; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK);

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  • Thoradonta nodulosa (Stål, 1861) in Li, Ying, Deng, Rong & Li, 2021
  • Thoradonta dentata Hancock, 1909 (subjective synonym of Tetrix nodulosa Stål, 1861) in Subedi, Kasalo & Skejo, 2025: 148.

Nomenclature references (32)

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  • Deng, W.-A. (2016) Taxonomic study of Tetrigoidea from China. Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 341 pp.
  • Deng, W.-A., Zheng, Z.-M. & Wei, S.-Z. (2007) Fauna of Tetrigoidea from Yunnan and Guangxi. Guangxi Science & Technology Press, Nanning, China, 1–458 pp.
  • Deng, W.-A., Zheng, Z.-M., Li, X., Lin, M., Wei, S.-Z., Yuan, B.-D. & Lin, L.-L. (2015) The groundhopper fauna (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) of Shiwanshan (Guangxi, China) with description of three new species. Zootaxa, 3925(2), 151–178.
  • Gupta, S.K. & Chandra, K. (2017) A taxonomic study of the pygmygrasshopper (Orthoptera Tetrigidae) from India with description of a new species. Biodiversity Journal, 8(2), 739–748. Available at http://www.biodiversityjournal.com/pdf/8(2)_739-748.pdf
  • Günther, K. (1938) Revision der Acrydiinae (Orth.) II. Scelimenae spuriae. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, 99, 117–148, 161–230. Available at http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Entomologische-Zeitung-Stettin_99_0161-0230.pdf
  • 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.
  • 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. (1909) Further studies of the Tetriginae (Orthoptera) in the Oxford University Museum. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 387–426, pl. 22. [1908] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/51002#page/693/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
  • Heller, K.M. & Günther, K. (1936) Über einige von H. Overbeck 1933-34 auf Java gesammelte Insekten. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 79, 64–76. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/89697#page/184/mode/1up
  • Jiang, G. & Zheng, Z.-M. (1998) In Grasshoppers and Locusts from Guangxi. Guangxi Normal University. 390 pp.
  • 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
  • Li, R., Ying, X., Deng, W.-A., Rong, W. & Li, X. (2021) Mitochondrial genomes of eight Scelimeninae species (Orthoptera) and their phylogenetic implications within Tetrigoidea. PeerJ, 9(e10523). Available at http://peerj.com/articles/10523/?fbclid=IwAR2mzXASCnKbE2jLA5qmUqzdHRXCwvgAuUFLrIFODyYv7Hw3vsTp-Ga57Go
  • Liang, G.-qiu & Zheng, Z.-M. (1998) Orthoptera Tetrigoidea. Fauna Sinica, Insecta, 12, i-x, 1–278.
  • Maitlo, M.-un-N. & Panhwar, W.A. (2021) Pygmy grasshoppers (Tetrigidae: Orthoptera) from district Naushahro Feroze, Sindh Pakistan. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies, 9(1), 30–34. Available at http://www.entomoljournal.com/archives/2021/vol9issue1/PartA/8-6-308-425.pdf
  • Otte, D. (1997) Orthoptera Species File 6. Tetrigoidea and Tridactyloidea (Orthoptera: Caelifera) and Addenda to OSF Vols. 1-5. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 261 pp.
  • Podgornaya, L.I. (1994) Notes on the genus Thoradonta Hancock (Orthoptera, Tetrigidae). In Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Vol. 257, pp. 51–54.
  • Shishodia, M.S. (1991) Taxonomy and zoogeography of the Tetrigidae (Orthoptera: Tetrigoidea) of north eastern India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Miscellaneous Publication, Occasional Paper, 140, 1–204. Available at http://faunaofindia.nic.in/PDFVolumes/occpapers/140/index.pdf
  • Shishodia, M.S. (1995) Insecta: Orthoptera: Tetrigoidea. State Fauna Series 4 Fauna of Meghalaya, 3, 165–208. Available at http://faunaofindia.nic.in/PDFVolumes/sfs/021/index.pdf
  • Shishodia, M.S., Chandra, K. & Gupta, S.K. (2010) An annotated checklist of Orthoptera (Insecta) from India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Miscellaneous Publication, Occasional Paper, 314, 1–366. Available at http://indiabiodiversity.org/biodiv/content/documents/document-9a5b06fa-7416-49a2-98d7-541bfbfbeaaf/239.pdf
  • Stål, C. (1861) Orthoptera species novas descripsit. In Kongliga Svenska fregatten Eugenies Resa omkring jorden under befäl af C.A. Virgin åren 1851-1853 (Zoologi). Utgifna of K. Svenska Vetanskaps Akademien (P.A. Norstedt and Soner), Stockholm. Vol. 2, Issue 1, 299–350 pp. [1860] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/20004#page/311/mode/1up
  • Subedi, M., Kasalo, N. & Skejo, J. (2025) Definition of the pygmy grasshopper subfamily Criotettiginae (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) with a preliminary catalogue of genera. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 318, 133–151. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2025.08.003
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Descendants and synonyms

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Etymology:

Probably relating to the nodose pronotum.

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