Arulenus
| Arulenus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Tetrigidae |
| Subfamily: | Scelimeninae |
| Genus: | Arulenus Stål, 1877 |
| Type species | |
| Arulenus validispinus Stål, 1877
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Arulenus is a genus of pygmy grasshopper. As of 2016[update], it consists of two species:
- Arulenus miae Skejo & Caballero, 2016[1]
- Arulenus validispinus Stål, 1877[2]
Both species are endemic to Mindanao in the Philippines.
Description[edit]
Characteristic features of this genus include: the lack of tegmina and of alae, a smooth pronotum with large, slightly wrinkled spines on its discus, and outwardly turned lateral paranotal lobes.[1]: 385
Taxonomic history[edit]
Carl Stål circumscribed Arulenus in 1877 for the species A. validispinus and A. punctatus, which Stål described in the same paper.[2] In 1887, Ignacio Bolívar transferred A. punctatus to its own, new genus Hirrius, giving it the name Hirrius punctatus.[3] Arulenus would be considered a monospecific genus until 2016 with Josip Skejo and Joy Honezza S. Caballero's description of Arulenus miae.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Skejo, Josip; Caballero, Joy Honezza S. (2016). "A hidden pygmy devil from the Philippines: Arulenus miae sp. nov.—a new species serendipitously discovered in an amateur Facebook post (Tetrigidae: Discotettiginae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 4067 (3): 383–393. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4067.3.7. PMID 27395882.
- ^ a b Stål, C. (1877). "Orthoptera nova ex Insulis Philippinis". Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-akademiens forhandlingar. 34 (10): 55–56.
- ^ Bolívar, Ign. (1887). "Essai sur les Acridiens de la tribu des Tettigidae". Annales de la Société entomologique de Belgique. 31: 308–309.