Scelimena discalis (Hancock, 1915)

Muhammad, Amira Aqilah, Tan, Ming Kai, Abdullah, Nurul Ashikin, Azirun, Mohammad Sofian, Bhaskar, Dhaneesh & Skejo, Josip, 2018, An annotated catalogue of the pygmy grasshoppers of the tribe Scelimenini Bolívar, 1887 (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) with two new Scelimena species from the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra, Zootaxa 4485 (1), pp. 1-70 : 46

Scelimena discalis species group

Type species: Eugavialidium discaleis Hancock, 1915 (= Scelimena discalis )

Composition and distribution. Four species inhabiting India ( S. discalis , S. kempi ), Thailand ( S. discalis , S. songkrana ), and Malaysia ( S. gombakensis ).

Notes. Members of the group are characterized by blunt (rounded) pronotal projections, tuberculated lateral pronotal carinae, usually yellowish or orange in coloration. This group inhabits the westernmost part of the Scelimena distribution. This group is morphologically and biogeographically close to Scelimena nitidogranulosa in the North, Scelimena producta species group in the South, and Indoscelimena in the East.