Guntheritettix formidabilis ( Günther, 1974 ), Cadena-Castañeda & Quintana-Arias & Infante & Silva & Tavares, 2025

Cadena-Castañeda, Oscar J., Quintana-Arias, Ronald Fernando, Infante, Ivette Coque, Silva, Daniela Santos Martins & Tavares, Gustavo Costa, 2025, Studies on pygmy grasshoppers: On the current Metrodorinae sensu lato classification (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) with emphasis on American and Malagasy taxa, Zootaxa 5597 (1), pp. 1-265 : 201-202

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5597.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14966687
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scientific name	Guntheritettix formidabilis ( Günther, 1974 )
status	comb. nov.

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Guntheritettix formidabilis ( Günther, 1974) , comb. nov.

( Figs. 136–139 View FIGURE 136 View FIGURE 137 View FIGURE 138 View FIGURE 139 )

Notocerus formidabilis Günther, 1974 View in CoL : 000. Holotype. Female. MADAGASCAR: Antsiranana: Marojejy National Park, Mt. Beondroka. Depository : MNCN.

Remarks. This species has striking yellowish, purple, and brown colors, highlighting the yellow or ocher color of the tubercles on the hump ( Fig. 139 View FIGURE 139 ). The striking coloration is not preserved in the few museum specimens representing this species ( Mathieu et al., 2021).

MAP 11. Distribution of Hybotettix , Rehnitettix and Silanotettix species.

References

Gunther, K. (1974) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Tetrigiodea (Orth. Caelifera) von Madagascar und von Mauritius. Bulletin du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle Paris, Serie 3, Zoologie, 236 (160), 937-1031. https://doi.org/10.5962/p.278446

Mathieu, E., Pavlovic, M. & Skejo, J. (2021) The true colours of the Formidable Pygmy Grasshopper (Notocerus formidabilis Gunther, 1974) from the Sava region (Madagascar). Zookeys, 1042, 41-50. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1042.66381

Figures

FIGURE 136. Guntheritettix formidbilis (Günther, 1974) comb. nov. Female holotype. A. Habitus in lateral view. B. Habitus in dorsal view. C. Frons. D. Labels. Photos: C. Hervé (MNHN).

FIGURE 137. Guntheritettix formidbilis (Günther, 1974) comb. nov. Male not a type. A. Habitus in lateral view. B. Habitus in dorsal view. C. Frons. D. Labels. Photos: S. Hugel.

FIGURE 138. Guntheritettix formidbilis (Günther, 1974) comb. nov. Female not a type.A. Habitus in lateral view. B. Habitus in dorsal view. C. Frons. D. Labels. Photos: S. Hugel.