Tegotettix novaeguineae, Gunther, 1938

Patano, Romeo R., Mohagan, Alma B., Tumbrinck, Josef, Amoroso, Victor B. & Skejo, Josip, 2021, Horned and spiky: Tegotettix derijei sp. n. (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) is a peculiar new pygmy grasshopper species from Mindanao, Zootaxa 4933 (2), pp. 198-210 : 202

Tegotettix novaeguineae species group

Diagnosis. Fastigial horns low. Lateral ocelli placed in the lower fourth of the compound eye height. In frontal view, frontal costa long and distinct, as long as half of the compound eye height. Facial carinae after bifurcation straight, almost parallel. Shoulders of the pronotum robust, however, not as those in the T. armatus species group. Prozona developed. Pronotal discus and median carinae with projections. Femora strongly undulated. Chitinous surfaces finely granulated.

Composition and distribution. For now, this species group includes only Tegotettix novaeguineae Günther, 1938 (New Guinea) ( Figure 4 ), but we know of at least one new species that awaits description.

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FIGURE 4. Simplified biogeography of the genus Tegotettix in the islands of Oriental, Wallacean, and Papuan regions. This distribution map shows species of the genus Tegotettix and their accompanying species groups (marked by color, except for the new species which is marked red in the distribution map). Drawn by Josip Skejo.