Redescription of the little-known grasshopper Willemsella (Acrididae, Hemiacridinae) from Peninsular Malaysia

Abstract. BACKGROUND: Catantopinae is a huge subfamily and is in need of a major revision. We contribute to the taxonomy of the subfamily by reviewing one poorly known genus, Willemsella Miller, 1934. This is a monotypic genus so far found only in Peninsular Malaysia. NEW INFORMATION: Rediscovery an...

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Autores principales: Tan, Ming Kai, Kamaruddin, Khairul N
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Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2016
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Taxonomic Paper
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4822071/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27099555
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e7775
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description Abstract. BACKGROUND: Catantopinae is a huge subfamily and is in need of a major revision. We contribute to the taxonomy of the subfamily by reviewing one poorly known genus, Willemsella Miller, 1934. This is a monotypic genus so far found only in Peninsular Malaysia. NEW INFORMATION: Rediscovery and new locality records of the species was reported here. The species is redescribed in accordance to modern criteria of taxonomy. Male phallic complex is also described for the first time. The subfamily position of the species is also verified and is more correctly placed under Hemiacridinae.
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spelling pubmed-48220712016-04-20 Redescription of the little-known grasshopper Willemsella (Acrididae, Hemiacridinae) from Peninsular Malaysia Tan, Ming Kai Kamaruddin, Khairul N Biodivers Data J Taxonomic Paper Abstract. BACKGROUND: Catantopinae is a huge subfamily and is in need of a major revision. We contribute to the taxonomy of the subfamily by reviewing one poorly known genus, Willemsella Miller, 1934. This is a monotypic genus so far found only in Peninsular Malaysia. NEW INFORMATION: Rediscovery and new locality records of the species was reported here. The species is redescribed in accordance to modern criteria of taxonomy. Male phallic complex is also described for the first time. The subfamily position of the species is also verified and is more correctly placed under Hemiacridinae. Pensoft Publishers 2016-03-07 /pmc/articles/PMC4822071/ /pubmed/27099555 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e7775 Text en Ming Kai Tan, Khairul N Kamaruddin http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CC-BY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Redescription of the little-known grasshopper Willemsella (Acrididae, Hemiacridinae) from Peninsular Malaysia
title Redescription of the little-known grasshopper Willemsella (Acrididae, Hemiacridinae) from Peninsular Malaysia
title_full Redescription of the little-known grasshopper Willemsella (Acrididae, Hemiacridinae) from Peninsular Malaysia
title_fullStr Redescription of the little-known grasshopper Willemsella (Acrididae, Hemiacridinae) from Peninsular Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Redescription of the little-known grasshopper Willemsella (Acrididae, Hemiacridinae) from Peninsular Malaysia
title_short Redescription of the little-known grasshopper Willemsella (Acrididae, Hemiacridinae) from Peninsular Malaysia
title_sort redescription of the little-known grasshopper willemsella (acrididae, hemiacridinae) from peninsular malaysia
topic Taxonomic Paper
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4822071/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e7775
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