Tefrinda palpata (Stål, 1877)

Tettix palpatus: Stål 1877, Casto de Elera 1895.

Chthonius palpatus: Bolívar 1887, Hancock 1907a.

Chthonotettix palpatus: Hancock 1907b .

Tefrinda palpata: Bolívar 1906, Kirby 1910, Günther 1938a, 1955, Kevan 1966, Blackith 1992.

Tefrinda palpatus: Bruner 1915 .

Type material examined. 1♀ HOLOTYPE and 1♂ PARATYPE [labeled as ALLOTYPE] Ins. Phillipp. Leg. Semper (NHRS). Photographs of the type specimens are available online in OSF.

Type locality: The Philippines (without specified locality).

Notes. Morphology of the species is discussed under the genus Tefrinda and in the tabular key. Günther (1938) reported specimens from the Philippines with exact locality data—Luzon (Limay, Los Baños, Pagsanjan), Siargao.