Endangered Transsylvanian wingless groundhopper (Tetrix transsylvanica) is not extinct in Croatia and requires urgent protection

The Transsylvanian wingless groundhopper, Tetrix transsylvanica (Bazyluk et Kis, 1960) is a flightless pygmy grasshopper (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) known only from a few fragmented localities and thus considered an endangered (EN) species in the IUCN Red List. The species consists of two subspecies, the nominal T. t. transsylvanica inhabiting the southern Carpathians in Romania, and T. transsylvanica hypsocorypha Skejo, 2014, until now known from a single locality in Slovenia (Mt Boč) and a single locality in Croatia where it was caught last time in the 1940s in Hrvatsko Zagorje (Gornja Pačetina, Trnovec). It is possible that the two subspecies represent separate species. The species has been considered extinct in Croatia. In this paper, we report the discovery of several subpopulations in Croatia, the largest one being at Siljevec on Ivanščica mountain. In addition, small subpopulations are reported on three other mountains (Strahinjčica, Medvednica and Zelinska gora), and two of them are suspected to be under threat of extinction: the subpopulation on the peak of Medvednica, Sljeme, and the subpopulation on Strahinjčica. The latter was discovered in a proximity of a quarry. The species is a (Pleistocene) relic and may be the only groundhopper endemic to Central Europe. Herewith, we appeal for its inclusion in the Ordinance on Strictly Protected Species of the Republic of Croatia, and for T. transsylvanica to be proposed as a candidate for the list of species protected through the Habitats Directive

Taxonomic and biogeographic revision of the genus Lamellitettigodes (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) with description of two new species and additional notes on Lamellitettix, Probolotettix, and Scelimena

The genus Lamellitettigodes Günther, 1939 from Southeast Asia is reviewed. The genus currently includes seven species and is transferred to Tetriginae Rambur, 1838. Two new species are described: Lamellitettigodes novaeguineae sp. nov. from New Guinea and Lamellitettigodes karwinkeli sp. nov. from Yunnan, People’s Republic of China. Lamellitettigodes palawanicus Günther, 1939 stat. nov. is no longer regarded as a subspecies of L. contractus, but a separate species. Two species are transferred from Euparatettix Hancock, 1904 to Lamellitettigodes: Lamellitettigodes sagittatus (Bolívar, 1887) comb. nov. and Lamellitettigodes cultratus (Bolívar, 1898) comb. nov. One species is transferred from Tetrix Latreille, 1802 to Lamellitettigodes - Lamellitettigodes signatus (Bolívar, 1887) comb. nov. Xistra tricristata sumatrana Bolívar, 1898 syn. nov., Xistra tricristata Bolívar, 1898 syn. nov., and Probolotettix corticolus Blackith & Blackith, 1987 syn. nov. are synonymized with Lamellitettigodes contractus (Bolívar, 1887). Probolotettix kevani Blackith & Blackith, 1987 syn. nov. is synonymized with Euparatettix personatus (Bolívar, 1887). Additionally, in the genus Lamellitettix Hancock, 1904, Lamellitettix acutus Hancock, 1904 stat. rev. is retransferred from a subspecies of Lamellitettix gallinaceus (Stål, 1877) to a separate species status

Euscelimena harpago

<i>Euscelimena harpago</i> (Serville, 1838) <p> <b>(</b> Figures 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D)</p> <p> <i>Tetrix harpago</i>: Serville 1838: 763 (types from India: Maharashtra: Bobbay [= Mumbai] should be deposited in MNHN Paris, but JS did not find them);</p> <p> <i>Euscelimena harpago</i>: Günther 1938: 363;</p> <p> <i>Scelymena contracta</i>: Walker 1871: 841 (holotype female from Hindustan deposited in BMNH London), synonymyzed with <i>Scelymena uncinata</i> (Serville, 1838) by Kirby (1914);</p> <p> <i>Gryllus (Locusta) femoratus</i> Stoll 1813: 31 (type locality unknown), synonymized with <i>Scelymena harpago</i> (Serville, 1838) by Bolívar (1887).</p> <p> <i>Tetrix uncinata</i> Serville, 1838: 763 (female type from India: Maharashtra: Bobbay [= Mumbai] should be deposited in MNHN Paris, but JS did not find them), synonymized with <i>Euscelimena harpago</i> (Serville, 1838) by Blackith (1992) (but he didn’t see the types).</p> <p> <i>Euscelimena hardi</i> Gupta et Chandra, 2018: 44 (holotype male nymph from India: Chhattisgarh: Raipur: Barnawapara Wildlife Sanctuary: Hardi Nala deposited in NZSI Calcutta) <b>syn. nov.</b> of <i>Euscelimena harpago</i> (Serville, 1838).</p>Published as part of <i>Skejo, Josip, Gupta, Sunil Kumar & Tumbrinck, Josef, 2018, Nymph inadvertently described as new species for a fourth time? On the identity of Euscelimena hardi (Tetrigidae: Scelimeninae) with general remarks on the identification of pygmy grasshopper nymphs, pp. 93-97 in Zootaxa 4418 (1)</i> on page 94, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4418.1.6, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/1242541">http://zenodo.org/record/1242541</a&gt

Nymph inadvertently described as new species for a fourth time? On the identity of Euscelimena hardi (Tetrigidae: Scelimeninae) with general remarks on the identification of pygmy grasshopper nymphs

Skejo, Josip, Gupta, Sunil Kumar, Tumbrinck, Josef (2018): Nymph inadvertently described as new species for a fourth time? On the identity of Euscelimena hardi (Tetrigidae: Scelimeninae) with general remarks on the identification of pygmy grasshopper nymphs. Zootaxa 4418 (1): 93-97, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4418.1.