Indoscelimena birmanica (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893 )

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 : 34

Indoscelimena birmanica (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893)

Gavialidium birmanicum: Brunner von Wattenwyl 1893 .

Eugavialidium birmani: Hancock 1907a .

Eugavialidium birmanicum: Kirby 1910 , Hancock 1915.

Scelimena (?) birmanica: Kirby 1914 .

Indoscelimena birmanica: Günther 1938 , Steinmann 1970, Blackith 1992.

Type material examined. 1♀ SYNTYPE Carin Asciuii Cheba 1200–1300 m XII.[18]87. Leg. L. Fea, 1♀ SYNTYPE Carin Cheba 400–900 m XII.[18]87. Leg. L. Fea, 1♂ SYNTYPE Carin Checu 1300–1400 m II.– III.[18]88. Leg. L. Fea (MCSN). Photographs of the type specimens are available online in OSF.

Type locality: Myanmar: the Karen Hills (in original paper Carin Asciuii Cheba , Cain Cheba , and Carin Ghecu (Brunner von Wattenwyl 1893).

Notes. The species belongs to the genus Indoscelimena , it has weak and obtuse pronotal projections, moderately widened hind tibiae and proximal tarsal segments. The species is here reported for the first time from two localities in Thailand, deposited in Josef Tumbrinck's collection (1♂ Thailand: Tak Province: Ban Mae Salit Luang 600–800 m a.s.l. 16.V.1988. Leg. S. Ingrisch, 1♀ Thailand: Tak Province: Doi Mon Kathing 800 m a.s.l. 15.V.1988. Leg. S. Ingrisch). Photographs of those specimens are available online in OSF. The specimens were tentatively identified as I. birmanica because of the similarity with the examined types. However, more study is needed in future to correctly assess identity of all the specimens regarded Indoscelimena members.