Tagaloscelimena Günther, 1938

Muhammad, Amira Aqilah, Tan, Ming Kai, Abdullah, Nurul Ashikin, Azirun, Mohammad Sofian, Bhaskar, Dhaneesh & Skejo, Josip, 2018, An annotated catalogue of the pygmy grasshoppers of the tribe Scelimenini Bolívar, 1887 (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) with two new Scelimena species from the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra, Zootaxa 4485 (1), pp. 1-70 : 54

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4485.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5959715
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scientific name	Tagaloscelimena Günther, 1938
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Genus Tagaloscelimena Günther, 1938 View in CoL

Tagaloscelimena: Günther 1938a, 1955 View in CoL , Yin et al. 1996, Otte 1997.

Type species: Gavialidium aurivillii Bolivar, 1887 (= Tagaloscelimena aurivillii ).

Composition and distribution. Two species ( T. aurivillii and T. cebuensis ) inhabiting Philippines.

Notes. Species of this genus are characterized by robust appearance, narrow vertex, short prozona, median carina being the highest part of the pronotum, lack of high pronotal projections (especially strong metalateral) and slightly widened hind tibiae and tarsi. The genus superficially resembles Tefrinda . Contrary to Tefrinda , Tagaloscelimena species do not have foliaceous apical segment of the palpi and the hind tarsi are typical for Scelimenini . Members of this genus resemble also Euscelimena on the first sight.