Tegotettix bufocrocodil ( Storozhenko & Dawwrueng, 2015 )

Tan, Ming Kai, Vu, Trung Thanh, Le, Cuong Viet Canh & Pham, Thai Hong, 2023, Pygmy grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) from B ạch Mã National Park, central Vietnam, Zootaxa 5319 (2), pp. 199-223 : 205

Tegotettix bufocrocodil ( Storozhenko & Dawwrueng, 2015)

( Figs. 8–10 )

Gavialidium bufocrocodil Storozhenko & Dawwrueng, 2015: 540 .

Gavialidium bufocrocodil — Storozhenko, 2018b: 19 .

Tegotettix bufocrocodil — Muhammad et al., 2018: 31 .

Material examined. VIETNAM, Th ừa Thiên Hu ễ province, Bạch Mã National Park: •1Ô, 4♀, 3 nymphs; along stream near Bạch Mã National Park, N16.22419 E107.88233, 57.4± 4.5 m.a.s.l.; 8 March 2023, 19h37; on a tree trunk; coll. M.K. Tan & V. T . Trung; VIET . 23.42–49 ( ZRC) •1Ô; forest near Bạch Mã National Park , N16.22069 E107.88253, 74.9± 6.5 m.a.s.l.; 9 March 2023, 21h11; on a tree trunk; coll. M.K. Tan & V. T . Trung; VIET .23.73 ( VNMN).

Remarks. This represents the first record of this species in Vietnam.

Ecology. This species was found along forest edge not too far from a river and dwelling among tree trunks, often staying still and camouflaging among the crevices ( Figs. 8–10 ). Adults and nymphs can be found aggregating together on a few trees.

Distribution. Thailand: Nakhon Ratchasima and Trat Provinces; Cambodia: Sen Monorom; Vietnam: Thừa Thiên Huễ Province [new].

Type locality. Thailand, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Khao Yai .

Figures

FIGURE 8. Tegotettix bufocrocodil adults dwelling on tree trunk, in dorsal view.

FIGURE 9. Tegotettix bufocrocodil adults dwelling on tree trunk, in lateral view.

FIGURE 10. Tegotettix bufocrocodil nymphs dwelling on tree trunk.