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Orthoptera Species File
Species

Formosatettix gorkhanus Ingrisch, 2001

Chuling Khola Pygmy Grasshopper
CollectionObject 1505350; bf033238-7062-4c25-8528-5c5009d2a170: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505350; bf033238-7062-4c25-8528-5c5009d2a170: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505350; bf033238-7062-4c25-8528-5c5009d2a170: female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505350; bf033238-7062-4c25-8528-5c5009d2a170: female, frontal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505350; bf033238-7062-4c25-8528-5c5009d2a170: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (5)

  • Formosatettix gorkhanus Ingrisch, 2001: 169-174.

    Holotype; female; bf033238-7062-4c25-8528-5c5009d2a170; deposited at: Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum (SMF); Nepal: Gorkha District, Chuling Khola, Djongsi Kharka

  • Formosatettix gorkhanus Ingrisch, 2001 in Tumbrinck, 2015: 283.
  • Formosatettix gorkhanus Ingrisch, 2001 in Deng, Luo, Huang & Lin, 2023: 235.
  • Formosatettix gorkhanus Ingrisch, 2001 in Deng & Deng, 2026: 591.

References (5)

  • Ingrisch, S. (2001) Orthoptera of the Nepal expeditions of Prof. J. Martens (Mainz). Senckenbergiana biologica, 81, 147–186.
  • Tumbrinck, J. (2015) Weitere Dornschrecken (Insecta: Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) aus Nepal in der Sammlung des Naturkundemuseums Erfurt. In Biodiversität und Naturausstattung im Himalaya V. Hartmann, M. & J. Weipert, Erfurt. 275–286 pp.
  • Wei, S.-Z., Deng, W.-A. & Lu, X.-Y. (2019) Pygmy grasshoppers of the genus Formosatettix Tinkham, 1937 (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae: Tetriginae). Journal of Natural History, 53(17-18), 1001–1022.
  • Deng, W.-A., Luo, J.-L., Huang, C.-M. & Lin, L.-L. (2023) Review of the genus Formosatettix Tinkham (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) with description of new taxa, new synonymy and an updated key to species. Zootaxa, 5228(3), 201–243.
  • Deng, X. & Deng, W.-A. (2026) Description of two new species of the genus Alulatettix and Formosatettix (Orthoptera: Tetrigoidea: Tetriginae) from Xizang Autonomous Region of China. Zootaxa, 5866(3), 583–593. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5866.3.9

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Drived from Gorkha District in Nepal where the species was found.

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