Presence of the four-spined pygmy devil, Arulenus validispinus (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae), confirmed in Bukidnon region on the island of Mindanao, Philippines

By

Mohagan, Alma B.
Patano Jr., Romeo R.
Acola, Mescel S.
Amper, Daniel O.
Coritico, Fulgent P.
Amoroso, Victor B.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020-11-30

Original Publication

Journal of orthoptera research : JOR

Volume

29

Series / Issue

Issue: 2

Pages

133--136

Subjects

Arulenus miae , Habitat , Morphology , Mt. Pantaron , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Philadelphia, Penn Orthopterists' Society 1992-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/jor.29.53718

 

Abstract

The four-spined pygmy devil (Arulenus validispinus Stål, 1877) is an endemic species to the Philippines. It was described more than 140 years ago from a single female specimen. Since its description, only a single new record was known, reported by Skejo from the Lanao region in 2017 and based on a specimen from eBay. Here, we record the species from the Bukidnon Mountains. We present measurements of a male and a female we collected, with the description of the species morphology and habitat. This species differs from its congeneric Mia’s pygmy devil (A. miae Skejo & Caballero, 2016) by the sharp dorsal and lateral spines.