Eleleus curtus Bolívar, 1887

Kasalo, Niko, Yong, Sheyla, Rebrina, Fran & Skejo, Josip, 2023, Definition of the tribe Metrodorini (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) with notes on biogeography and evolution of Metrodorinae and Cladonotinae, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 63 (1), pp. 187-193 : 188

Eleleus curtus Bolívar, 1887

Eleleus curtus , the only species included in the genus, exhibits a shape of the pronotum similar to all other members of Mucrotettigini , which is also shared by many of the mainland members of the newly defined tribe Metrodorini , and by many species of Cladonotini . However, this species has the vertex bulging in the same way as in Cladonotini and Choriphyllini , without well-defined carinae of the vertex. This is in contrast to the rest of Mucrotettigini , which is why we exclude the monotypic genus Eleleus from that tribe and leave it without tribal placement under Cladonotinae .