Discotettix

Discotettix^[1] is a genus of groundhoppers (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) found in Malesia, Brunei, Indonesia and the Philippines; they may be known as "spiky pygmy devils". After revision, it is the type genus of the tribe Discotettigini and now placed in the subfamily Scelimeninae.^[2][3]

Discotettix
Discotettix belzebuth
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Orthoptera
Suborder:	Caelifera
Family:	Tetrigidae
Tribe:	Discotettigini
Genus:	Discotettix Costa, 1864
Species
See text
Synonyms
Mnesarchus Stål, 1877

Species

The Orthoptera Species File^[4] lists two subgenera:

Discotettix (Discotettix) Costa, 1864

1. Discotettix aruanus Skejo, Pushkar & Tumbrinck, 2022
2. Discotettix belzebuth (Serville, 1838) - type species (as D. armatus Costa, 1864)
   synonym: Discotettix adenanii Mahmood, Idris & Salmah, 2007
3. Discotettix doriae Bolívar, 1898
4. Discotettix kirscheyi Skejo, Pushkar, Tumbrinck & Tan, 2022
5. Discotettix selysi Bolívar, 1887
   synonym: Discotettix selangori Mahmood, Idris & Salmah, 2007
6. Discotettix sumatrensis Skejo, Pushkar & Tumbrinck, 2022

Discotettix (Mnesarchus) Stål, 1877

1. Discotettix scabridus (Stål, 1877)

Disconius

The species Disconius shelfordi (Hancock, 1907) from Borneo, was placed in new genus Disconius Skejo, Pushkar & Tumbrinck, 2022:^[3] having previously been described as Discotettix shelfordi Hancock, 1907.

External image
Images of Disconius at iNaturalist