''Discotettix'' is a

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of pygmy grasshoppers (

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Tetrigidae Tetrigidae is an ancient family in the order Orthoptera, which also includes similar families such as crickets, grasshoppers, and their allies. Species within the Tetrigidae are variously called groundhoppers, pygmy grasshoppers,Borror DJ, Tripp ...

) found in

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and the

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. They are commonly known as spiky pygmy devils. After revision of this genus, from being the type genus of the subfamily

Discotettiginae Scelimeninae is a subfamily of ground hoppers belonging to the Tetrigidae family of Orthopterans. Tribes and genera The ''Orthoptera Species File'' lists: Scelimenini Auth. Hancock, 1907 * '' Amphibotettix'' Hancock, 1906 * '' Bidentatettix'' ...

, it is now placed in the tribe

Scelimenini Scelimeninae is a subfamily of ground hoppers belonging to the Tetrigidae family of Orthopterans. Tribes and genera The ''Orthoptera Species File'' lists: Scelimenini Auth. Hancock, 1907 * '' Amphibotettix'' Hancock, 1906 * ''Bidentatettix'' ...

Species

The ''Orthoptera Species File'' lists:Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0)
/ref> * '' Discotettix (Discotettix) aruanus'' Skejo, Pushkar & Tumbrinck, 2022 * '' Discotettix (Discotettix) belzebuth'' (Serville, 1838) - type species (as ''D. armatus'' Costa, 1864) ** another synonym: '' Discotettix adenanii'' Mahmood, Idris & Salmah, 2007 * '' Discotettix (Discotettix) doriae'' Bolívar, 1898 * '' Discotettix (Discotettix) kirscheyi'' Skejo, Pushkar, Tumbrinck & Tan, 2022 * '' Discotettix (Discotettix) selysi'' Bolívar, 1887 ** synonym: '' Discotettix selangori'' Mahmood, Idris & Salmah, 2007 * '' Discotettix (Discotettix) sumatrensis'' Skejo, Pushkar & Tumbrinck, 2022 * '' Discotettix (Mnesarchus) scabridus'' (Stål, 1877) * '' Discotettix shelfordi'' Hancock, 1907 was previously assigned to this genus but is now moved into its own genus, '' Disconius'' Skejo, Pushkar & Tumbrinck, 2022

References

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