Holocerus
| Holocerus | |
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| Holocerus lucifer | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Tetrigidae |
| Subfamily: | Guntheritettiginae |
| Tribe: | Guntheritettigini |
| Genus: | Bolívar, 1887 |
| Species: | H. lucifer
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| Binomial name | |
| Holocerus lucifer (Serville, 1838)[1]
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Holocerus is a monotypic genus of groundhoppers (Orthoptera: Caelifera) in the tribe Guntheritettigini, erected by Ignacio Bolívar in 1887.[2] Previously placed in the subfamily Metrodorinae, it now forms part of the Guntheritettiginae after a revision in 2025.[3]
Species
The Orthoptera Species File[4] currently (2025) only includes the one type species Holocerus lucifer (Serville, 1838); this occurs in the tropical forests of eastern Madagascar. Its name and appearance have prompted some to call this the "devil's groundhopper" or "devil's pygmy locust". Holocerus has included other species names, but H. taurus is a synonym and H. devriesei has been placed in the related genus Notocerus.
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References
- ^ Serville JGA (1838) Histoire naturelle des insectes. Orthoptères. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris, i-xviii, 1–776, pl. 1–14. [1839] Available here
- ^ Bolívar I (1887) Essai sur les Acridiens de la tribu des Tettigidae. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique, 31, 175–313. Available here pp. 186, 232.
- ^ Cadena-Castañeda OJ, Quintana-Arias RF, Infante IC, Silva DSM, Tavares GC (2025) Studies on pygmy grasshoppers: On the current Metrodorinae sensu lato classification (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) with emphasis on American and Malagasy taxa. Zootaxa, 5597(1), 1–265. DOI
- ^ Orthoptera Species File: genus Holocerus Bolívar, 1887 (retrieved 12 July 2025)]
External links
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