species

Tripetalocera ferruginea Westwood, 1834

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Nomenclature (19)

Tripetalocera ferruginea Westwood, 1834: 444.
Holotype; male; 7e083a22-ff09-422b-bff6-331a7bf88354; deposited at: Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUM); India: Kerala: Madras, Travancor
Acrydium (Tetrix) ferrugineum (Westwood, 1834) in Haan, 1843: 166.
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Tripetalocera ferruginea Westwood, 1834 in Tan, Muhammad, Damit, Japir, Chung & Robillard, 2025: 557.
Tripetalocera ferruginea Westwood, 1834 in Tumbrinck, 2026: 422.

Nomenclature references (19)

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.
Bolívar, I. (1887) Essai sur les Acridiens de la tribu des Tettigidae. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique, 31, 175–313. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44636#page/675/mode/1up
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Bolívar, I. (1917) Contribución al conocimiento de la fauna índica. Orthoptera (Locustidae vel Acridiidae). Revista de la Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, 16, 278–289, 374–412. [1918] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/96088#page/306/mode/1up

de Haan, W. (1843) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Orthoptera. In Temminck [Ed.] Verhandelingen over de Natuurlijke Geschiedenis der Nederlansche Overzeesche Bezittingen: Vol. 19/20. In commissie bij S. en J. Luchtmans, en C.C. van der Hoek, Leiden. 165–228 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/200624#page/647/mode/1up

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. (1942) Die Acrydiinae der Oxforder Universitats-Expedition nach Sarawak vom Jahre 1932. Eos, Revista española de Entomología, 18, 339–346, 6 figs. Available at http://hdl.handle.net/10261/148210

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

Kirby, W.F. (1914) Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Orthoptera (Acrididae). London, 276 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/orthopteraacridi00kirbiala

Mahmood, K., Idris, A.B. & Salmah, Y. (2007) Tetrigidae (Orthoptera: Tetrigoidea) from Malaysia with the description of six new species. Acta Entomologica Sinica, 50(12), 1272–1284. Available at http://www.insect.org.cn/CN/Y2007/V50/I12/1272

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

Steinmann, H. (1970) Check-list of the Tetricidae (Orthoptera) of the Oriental faunal region. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 16, 215–240.

Storozhenko, S.Y. (2013) Review of the subfamily Tripetalocerinae Bolívar, 1887 (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae). Zootaxa, 3718(2), 158–170.

Tan, M.K., Muhammad, A.A., Damit, D.F.B.A., Japir, R., Chung, A.Y.C. & Robillard, T. (2025) A new species and notes of some pygmy grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) from Sabah. Zootaxa, 5683(4), 543–560. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5683.4.5

Tumbrinck, J. (2026) Review of all Tetrigidae species described from 1758 to 1886. Zootaxa, 5845(3), 401–455. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5845.3.1

Westwood, J.O. (1834) Insectorum Arachnoidumque novorum Decades duo. Zool. Jour., 5, 440–453, pl.22, Fig. 3. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/88258#page/454/mode/1up

Willemse, C.J.M. (1930) Fauna Sumatrensis (Bijdrage Nr. 62) Preliminary revision of the Acrididae (Orthoptera). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 73, 1–210. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/89680#page/125/mode/1up
Willemse, C.J.M. (1930) List of the species of Acridiidae occuring in Sumatra and adjacent islands. In Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. Vol. 73, pp. 207–210. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/89680#page/331/mode/1up

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin for color of iron rust or ferruginous, alluding to dark coloration.

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon	Valid names
Rank	Extant	Fossil	Invalid	Total
species	1	0	1	2