species

Paratettix nigrescens Sjöstedt, 1921

CollectionObject 1477218; NHRS NRM-ORTH 9283, 9123ef68-f760-42f3-93f0-1af1b732d841: female, lateral view (holotype of Paratettix longipennis). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1477218; NHRS NRM-ORTH 9283, 9123ef68-f760-42f3-93f0-1af1b732d841: female, dorsal view (holotype of Paratettix longipennis). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1477218; NHRS NRM-ORTH 9283, 9123ef68-f760-42f3-93f0-1af1b732d841: female, frontal view (holotype of Paratettix longipennis). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1477218; NHRS NRM-ORTH 9283, 9123ef68-f760-42f3-93f0-1af1b732d841: labels (holotype of Paratettix longipennis). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1500860; b2b6d7e9-c844-4747-98f7-6c6ccfccf391: male, lateral view (holotype of Paratettix infelix). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1500860; b2b6d7e9-c844-4747-98f7-6c6ccfccf391: male, dorsal view (holotype of Paratettix infelix). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1500860; b2b6d7e9-c844-4747-98f7-6c6ccfccf391: male, frontal view (holotype of Paratettix infelix). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1500860; b2b6d7e9-c844-4747-98f7-6c6ccfccf391: labels (holotype of Paratettix infelix). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1505111; 010543bd-b85e-41b0-aefe-2c105f05c491, DORSA D057XF01: female, lateral view (syntype of Paratettix vexator). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1505111; 010543bd-b85e-41b0-aefe-2c105f05c491, DORSA D057XF01: female, dorsal view (syntype of Paratettix vexator). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1505111; 010543bd-b85e-41b0-aefe-2c105f05c491, DORSA D057XF01: female, frontal view (syntype of Paratettix vexator). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1505111; 010543bd-b85e-41b0-aefe-2c105f05c491, DORSA D057XF01: labels (syntype of Paratettix vexator). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1505111; 010543bd-b85e-41b0-aefe-2c105f05c491, DORSA D057XF01: female, paralectotype (lateral view). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1505111; 010543bd-b85e-41b0-aefe-2c105f05c491, DORSA D057XF01: female, paralectotype (dorsal view). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1505111; 010543bd-b85e-41b0-aefe-2c105f05c491, DORSA D057XF01: female, paralectotype (frontal view). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1505111; 010543bd-b85e-41b0-aefe-2c105f05c491, DORSA D057XF01: female, paralectotype (labels). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1505128; f0e9cf80-0ebc-443a-8691-ed66df4ed981, DORSA D168XF01: female, lateral view (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1505128; f0e9cf80-0ebc-443a-8691-ed66df4ed981, DORSA D168XF01: female, frontal view (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1505128; f0e9cf80-0ebc-443a-8691-ed66df4ed981, DORSA D168XF01: female, dorsal view (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1505128; f0e9cf80-0ebc-443a-8691-ed66df4ed981, DORSA D168XF01: labels (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1505129; NHRS NRM-ORTH 9255, 364e1345-64a1-45b4-9eb9-26cc0f52d7b8: male, lateral view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1505129; NHRS NRM-ORTH 9255, 364e1345-64a1-45b4-9eb9-26cc0f52d7b8: male, dorsal view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1505129; NHRS NRM-ORTH 9255, 364e1345-64a1-45b4-9eb9-26cc0f52d7b8: male, frontal view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1505129; NHRS NRM-ORTH 9255, 364e1345-64a1-45b4-9eb9-26cc0f52d7b8: labels (lectotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1517977; 14e2c735-59ca-4578-b5bd-b506ee4d3517, NHMUK10924532: male, lateral view (syntype of Paratettix vexator). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1517977; 14e2c735-59ca-4578-b5bd-b506ee4d3517, NHMUK10924532: male, dorsal view (syntype of Paratettix vexator). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1517977; 14e2c735-59ca-4578-b5bd-b506ee4d3517, NHMUK10924532: male, frontal view (syntype of Paratettix vexator). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1517977; 14e2c735-59ca-4578-b5bd-b506ee4d3517, NHMUK10924532: labels (syntype of Paratettix vexator). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1529950; NHRS NRM-ORTH 9263, 62cffa43-8fdf-4b58-9dd3-564bfb4ce033: male, lateral view (lectotype of Paratettix parvus). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1529950; NHRS NRM-ORTH 9263, 62cffa43-8fdf-4b58-9dd3-564bfb4ce033: male, dorsal view (lectotype of Paratettix parvus). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1529950; NHRS NRM-ORTH 9263, 62cffa43-8fdf-4b58-9dd3-564bfb4ce033: male, frontal view (lectotype of Paratettix parvus). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1529950; NHRS NRM-ORTH 9263, 62cffa43-8fdf-4b58-9dd3-564bfb4ce033: labels (lectotype of Paratettix parvus). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1575709; 8bc33a70-1c70-4ac8-a283-7abb14f2c283, DORSA D168XM01: male, lateral view (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1575709; 8bc33a70-1c70-4ac8-a283-7abb14f2c283, DORSA D168XM01: male, dorsal view (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1575709; 8bc33a70-1c70-4ac8-a283-7abb14f2c283, DORSA D168XM01: male, frontal view (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1575709; 8bc33a70-1c70-4ac8-a283-7abb14f2c283, DORSA D168XM01: labels (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1575710; NHRS NRM-ORTH 9274, 1803214d-ea37-4b19-bce8-c89b08d92274: female, lateral view (paralectotype of Paratettix parvus). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1575710; NHRS NRM-ORTH 9274, 1803214d-ea37-4b19-bce8-c89b08d92274: female, dorsal view (paralectotype of Paratettix parvus). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1575710; NHRS NRM-ORTH 9274, 1803214d-ea37-4b19-bce8-c89b08d92274: female, frontal view (paralectotype of Paratettix parvus). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1575710; NHRS NRM-ORTH 9274, 1803214d-ea37-4b19-bce8-c89b08d92274: labels (paralectotype of Paratettix parvus). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1575711; 13a8c899-8fb1-44b1-925d-7eff2d94f278: male, lateral view (paralectotype of Paratettix parvus). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1575711; 13a8c899-8fb1-44b1-925d-7eff2d94f278: male, dorsal view (paralectotype of Paratettix parvus). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1575711; 13a8c899-8fb1-44b1-925d-7eff2d94f278: male, frontal view (paralectotype of Paratettix parvus). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (33)

Paratettix nigrescens Sjöstedt, 1921: 15, 17. (valid)
Paratettix parvus Sjöstedt, 1921: 15, 17.
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Paratettix nigrescens Sjöstedt, 1921 in Sjöstedt, 1932: 1.
Paratettix nigrescens Sjöstedt, 1921 in Sjöstedt, 1936: 10.
Paratettix longipennis Sjöstedt, 1936: 11. (homonym)
Holotype; female; NHRS NRM-ORTH 9283; deposited at: Swedish Museum of Natural History, Entomology Collections (NHRS); Australia: Northern Territory: Golf of Carpentaria, Groote Eylandt
Paratettix parvus Sjöstedt, 1921 in Sjöstedt, 1936: 10.
Paratettix infelix Günther, 1938: 39.
Holotype; male; b2b6d7e9-c844-4747-98f7-6c6ccfccf391; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Papua New Guinea: Madang: Astrolabe Bay, Erima
Paratettix vexator Günther, 1938: 36.
Paratettix longipennis Sjöstedt, 1936 in Günther, 1941: 154.
Paratettix vexator Günther, 1938 in Günther, 1941: 150.
Paratettix nigrescens Sjöstedt, 1921 (synonym of Tetrix argillacea Erichson, 1842) in Rehn, 1952: 152.
Paratettix parvus Sjöstedt, 1921 (synonym of Paratettix nigrescens Sjöstedt, 1921) in Rehn, 1952: 152.
Paratettix longipennis Sjöstedt, 1936 (subjective synonym of Paratettix nigrescens Sjöstedt, 1921) in Rehn, 1952: 152.
Paratettix nigrescens Sjöstedt, 1921 (synonym of Paratettix parvus Sjöstedt, 1921) in Steinmann, 1970: 162.
Paratettix infelix Günther, 1938 in Steinmann, 1970: 163.
Paratettix parvus Sjöstedt, 1921 in Steinmann, 1970: 162.
Paratettix vexator Günther, 1938 in Steinmann, 1970: 163.
Paratettix longipennis Sjöstedt, 1936 (subjective synonym of Tetrix argillacea Erichson, 1842) in Steinmann, 1970: 163.
Paratettix vexator Günther, 1938 in Günther, 1972: 265.
Paratettix nigrescens Sjöstedt, 1921 in Key, 1981: 53.
Paratettix parvus Sjöstedt, 1921 (synonym of Paratettix nigrescens Sjöstedt, 1921) in Key, 1981: 51.
Paratettix longipennis Sjöstedt, 1936 (subjective synonym of Paratettix nigrescens Sjöstedt, 1921) in Key, 1981: 51.
Paratettix nigrescens Sjöstedt, 1921 in Podgornaya, 1983: 81.
Paratettix nigrescens Sjöstedt, 1921 in Blackith, 1992: 138.
Paratettix infelix Günther, 1938 in Blackith, 1992: 137.
Paratettix vexator Günther, 1938 in Blackith, 1992: 141.
Paratettix vexator Günther, 1938 in Kevan, Vickery & Stanford English, 1997: 161.
Paratettix nigrescens Sjöstedt, 1921 in Saeed, Azhar, Sabir, Suhail & Majeed, 2000: 1074.
Paratettix nigrescens Sjöstedt, 1921 in Majeed, Suhail, Sabir & Yousuf, 2001: 165.
Paratettix nigrescens Sjöstedt, 1921 in Tumbrinck, 2018: 32.
Paratettix infelix Günther, 1938 (synonym of Paratettix nigrescens Sjöstedt, 1921) in Tumbrinck, 2018: 34.

Paratettix vexator Günther, 1938 (synonym of Paratettix nigrescens Sjöstedt, 1921) in Tumbrinck, 2018: 33.
Paratettix nigrescens Sjöstedt, 1921 in Kasalo, Brouste, Desutter-Grandcolas, Hervé, Bogić & Skejo, 2025: 364.

Nomenclature references (17)

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.
Erichson, W.F. (1842) Beitrag zur Insecten-Fauna von Vandiemensland, mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der geographischen Verbreitung der Insecten. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Leipzig (N.F.), 8(1), 83–287. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13672266#page/97/mode/1up
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Günther, K. (1938) Acrydiinen (Orthoptera: Acrididae) von Neu Guinea hauptsächlich aus den Ausbeuten von Professor Dr. Bürgers (1912-13), Dr. E Mayr (1928), G. Stein (1931) and Miss L. E. Cheesman (1933-34). Nova Guinea, 2, 1–46.

Günther, K. (1941) Revision der Acrydiinenausbeute H. Sauters von Formosa (Orth.). Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, 102, 145–165, 2 pls.

Günther, K. (1972) Die Tetrigoidea (Orthoptera: Caelifera) von Süd-Melanesien. Zoologische Beiträge, 18, 251–292, 53 figs.

Kasalo, N., Brouste, D., Desutter-Grandcolas, L., Hervé, C., Bogić, D. & Skejo, J. (2025) Atlas of New Caledonian Tetrigidae with preliminary suprageneric classification of Batrachideinae. Zoosystema, 47(18), 327–397. https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2025v47a18

Kevan, D.K.M.E., Vickery, V.R. & Stanford English, M.L. (1997) Acridoidea and related Orthoptera (grasshoppers) of Micronesia. MICRONESICA, 30(1), 127–168. Available at http://micronesica.org/sites/default/files/12_-_kevanocr.pdf

Key, K.H.L. (1981) Lectotype designations for Australian Acrididae and Tetrigidae (Orthoptera). CSIRO Division of Entomology Technical Paper, 17, 1–58.

Majeed, A., Suhail, A., Sabir, A.M. & Yousuf, M. (2001) Taxonomic studies of Tetriginae (Tetrigidae: Orthoptera) of Thal Area (Punjab) Pakistan. Online Journal of Biological Sciences, 1(3), 163–165. Available at http://www.scialert.net/pdfs/jbs/2001/163-165.pdf?

Podgornaya, L.I. (1983) The family Tetrigidae (Orthoptera) of the fauna of the USSR. Trudy Zoologitscheskogo Instituta, Akademiia Nauk SSSR, Leningrad [= Proceedings of the Zoological Institute, USSR Academy of Sciences, Leningrad], 112, 1–94.

Rehn, J.A.G. (1952) In The grasshoppers and locusts (Acridoidea) of Australia. I. Families Tetrigidae and Eumastacidae. CSIRO, Melbourne. 1–326 pp.

Saeed, A., Azhar, M., Sabir, A.M., Suhail, A. & Majeed, A. (2000) Tetriginae (Tetrigidae: Orthoptera) of Rawalpindi Division. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 3(6), 1073–1075. Available at http://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=pjbs.2000.1073.1075

Sjöstedt, Y. (1921) Acridiodea Australica. Monographie der bisher von Australien bekannten Heuschrecken mit kurzen Fühlern. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 62(3), 1–318. Available at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60366953#page/1/mode/1up

Sjöstedt, Y. (1932) Acridiodea aus dem Queensland Museum zu Brisbane. Arkiv för Zoologi, 23A(11), 21 pp.

Sjöstedt, Y. (1936) Revision der Australischen Acridiodeen. 2. Monographie. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 15(2), 191 pp. [1935]

Steinmann, H. (1970) The Tetricidae (Orthoptera) of the Notogea. Opusc. Zool. Budapest, 10, 155–164. Available at http://opuscula.elte.hu/PDF/Opuscula10_1_1970/Steinmann,%20H_10_1_11.pdf
Tumbrinck, J. (2018) A new species of Thoradonta from New Guinea with some remarks on other Tetrigidae (Orthoptera) taxa from Indo-Australia. Suara Serangga Papua, 11(1), 27–46. Available at http://www.sugapa.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/A-new-species-of-Thoradonta-in-Papua-Tumbrinck-SUGAPA-111-5.doc.pdf

Descendants and synonyms

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