Ophiotettix

Ophiotettix
Ophiotettix mountnokensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Family: Tetrigidae
Subfamily: Metrodorinae
Tribe: Ophiotettigini
Genus:
Walker, 1871
Synonyms
  • Tetricodina Westwood, 1874
  • Tettigodina Bolívar, 1887

Ophiotettix is a genus of ground-hoppers (Orthoptera: Caelifera) in the subfamily Metrodorinae and since 2017 has become the type genus of tribe Ophiotettigini;[1] it was erected by Francis Walker in 1871.[2] The recorded distribution for species in this genus is from New Guinea and surrounding islands.[3]

Species

Twelve species groups or superspecies have been identified;[1] the Orthoptera Species File[3] lists:

species group brevicollis Tumbrinck & Skejo, 2017
  1. Ophiotettix brevicollis Tumbrinck & Skejo, 2017
  2. Ophiotettix parvicollis Tumbrinck & Skejo, 2017
  3. Ophiotettix roesleri Tumbrinck & Skejo, 2017
  4. Ophiotettix subbrevicollis Tumbrinck & Skejo, 2017
species group buergersi Tumbrinck & Skejo, 2017
  1. Ophiotettix buergersi Bolívar, 1929
  2. Ophiotettix imbiana Tumbrinck & Skejo, 2017
  3. Ophiotettix modesta Bolívar, 1929
  4. Ophiotettix rohwedderi Tumbrinck & Skejo, 2017
  5. Ophiotettix sanguinea Tumbrinck & Skejo, 2017
  6. Ophiotettix schapinae Tumbrinck & Skejo, 2017
  7. Ophiotettix tenuis Tumbrinck & Skejo, 2017
species group cygnicollis Tumbrinck & Skejo, 2017
  1. Ophiotettix amberiana Tumbrinck & Skejo, 2017
  2. Ophiotettix cygnicollis Walker, 1871
    – type species
  3. Ophiotettix pushkari Tumbrinck & Skejo, 2017
  4. Ophiotettix storozhenkoi Tumbrinck & Skejo, 2017
species group hansscholteni Tumbrinck & Skejo, 2017
  1. Ophiotettix hansscholteni Tumbrinck & Skejo, 2017
species group katharinae Tumbrinck & Skejo, 2017
  1. Ophiotettix flyriveriensis Tumbrinck & Skejo, 2017
  2. Ophiotettix kaitani Tumbrinck & Skejo, 2017
  3. Ophiotettix karimuiensis Tumbrinck & Skejo, 2017
  4. Ophiotettix katharinae Tumbrinck & Skejo, 2017
  5. Ophiotettix quateorum Tumbrinck & Skejo, 2017
species group limosina (Snellen van Vollenhoven, 1865)
  1. Ophiotettix bewana Tumbrinck & Skejo, 2017
  2. Ophiotettix bomberaiensis Tumbrinck & Skejo, 2017
  3. Ophiotettix depressa Tumbrinck & Skejo, 2017
  4. Ophiotettix filiforma Tumbrinck & Skejo, 2017
  5. Ophiotettix limosina (Snellen van Vollenhoven, 1865)
  6. Ophiotettix luce Tumbrinck & Skejo, 2017
  7. Ophiotettix mountnokensis Tumbrinck & Skejo, 2017
  8. Ophiotettix projecta Tumbrinck & Skejo, 2017
  9. Ophiotettix scolopax Bolívar, 1929
species group lorentzi Bolívar, 1929
  1. Ophiotettix lorentzi Bolívar, 1929
species group pulcherrima Tumbrinck & Skejo, 2017
  1. Ophiotettix pulcherrima Tumbrinck & Skejo, 2017
  2. Ophiotettix rebrinae Tumbrinck & Skejo, 2017
species group stallei Tumbrinck & Skejo, 2017
  1. Ophiotettix stallei Tumbrinck & Skejo, 2017
species group telefominensis Tumbrinck & Skejo, 2017
  1. Ophiotettix telefominensis Tumbrinck & Skejo, 2017
species group toxopei Tumbrinck & Skejo, 2017
  1. Ophiotettix toxopei Tumbrinck & Skejo, 2017
species group westwoodi Bolívar, 1929
  1. Ophiotettix cheesmanae Tumbrinck & Skejo, 2017
  2. Ophiotettix fritzpahli Tumbrinck & Skejo, 2017
  3. Ophiotettix meggy Tumbrinck & Skejo, 2017
  4. Ophiotettix westwoodi Bolívar, 1929

References

  1. ^ a b Tumbrinck J, Skejo J (2017) Taxonomic and biogeographic revision of the New Guinean genus Ophiotettix Walker, 1871 (Tetrigidae: Metrodorinae: Ophiotettigini trib. nov.), with the descriptions of 33 new species. In Biodiversity, Biogeography and Nature Conservation in Wallacea and New Guinea. Entomological Society of Latvia, Ed. Dmitry Telnov. Vol. 3, 525–580 pp.
  2. ^ Walker, F. (1871) In Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. London. Vol. 5, 811–850 pp. Available here: p. 846.
  3. ^ a b Orthoptera Species File: genus Ophiotettix Walker, 1871 (retrieved 7 July 2025)
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