Review of all Tetrigidae species described from 1758 to 1886

In this review, all 234 species of Tetrigidae, described prior to 1887 from Africa, America, Asia, Australia, and Europe are studied. Varieties and subspecies are included as separate species. 123 of them are valid species. The following 10 new combinations are created: Acanthalobus japonicus (Haan, 1843) comb. nov., Prosoaltus cephalicus (Haan, 1843) comb. nov., Acanthalobus inornatus (Walker, 1871) comb. nov., Coptotettix notatus (Walker, 1871) comb. nov., Criotettix consocius Walker, 1871 comb. nov., Hyboella compacta (Walker, 1871) comb. nov., Loxilobus planus (Walker, 1871) comb. nov., Paratettix nigricollis (Walker, 1871) comb. nov., Ergatettix nodulosus (Hancock, 1912) comb. nov., and Acanthalobus okinawensis (Ichikawa, 1994) comb. nov.

Eight species are classified as nom. dub.: Acrydium morbillosum Fabricius, 1787 nom. dub. nov., Acrydium indum Olivier, 1791 nom. dub. nov., Tetrix scapularis Palisot de Beauvois, 1805 nom. dub. nov., Tetrix striata Palisot de Beauvois, 1805 nom. dub. nov., Tetrix areolata Westwood, 1841 nom. dub. nov., Tetrix dimidiata Westwood, 1841 nom. dub. nov., Tetrix ensifer Westwood, 1841 nom. dub. nov., and Tetrix condylops Gerstaecker, 1869 nom. dub. nov.

The status is changed in two genera and three species: Acanthalobus Hancock, 1904 stat. nov., Prosoaltus Hancock, 1913 stat. nov., Tetrix quadrimaculata (Thunberg, 1815) stat. nov., Leptacrydium carinatum (Kirby, 1902) stat. nov., and Paratettix ocellatus Uvarov, 1936 stat. nov. 29 synonyms are established: Tettix armigera Walker, 1871 syn. nov., Tettix pallitarsis Walker, 1871 syn. nov., Criotettix oculatus Bolívar, 1898 syn. nov., Criotettix oculatus magnus Hancock, 1907 syn. nov., and Criotettix lombokensis Bolívar, 1909 syn. nov. = Criotettix bispinosus (Dalman, 1818), Tettix lineifera Walker, 1871 syn. nov. and Tettix munda Walker, 1871 syn. nov. = Hedotettix gracilis (Haan, 1843), Oxyphylllum pennatum Hancock, 1909 syn. nov. = Fieberiana pachymera (Fieber, 1844), Tettix cervina Walker, 1871 syn. nov., Criotettix baeri Bolívar, 1887 syn. nov., and Criotettix miliarius Bolívar, 1887 syn. nov. = Acanthalobus inornatus (Walker, 1871) comb. nov., Tettix reducta Walker, 1871 syn. nov. and Euparatettix personatus (Bolivar, 1887) syn. nov. = Euparatettix balteatus (Walker, 1871), Hyboella overbecki Günther, 1939 syn. nov. = Hyboella compacta (Walker, 1871) comb. nov., Tettix fuscipes Stål, 1877 syn. nov. and Mazarredia lauta Bolívar, 1887 syn. nov. = Mazarredia (Rosacris) sobria (Walker, 1871), Tettix albescens Walker, 1871 syn. nov., Tettix lineosa Walker, 1871 syn. nov., and Tettix umbrifera Walker, 1871 syn. nov. = Paratettix cingalensis (Walker, 1871), Paratettix tricarinatus Bolivar, 1887 syn. nov. = Paratettix nigricollis (Walker, 1871) comb. nov., Tettiella arcuata Hancock, 1909 syn. nov. = Tettiella odiosa (Walker, 1871), Tettix dentifer Stål, 1877 syn. nov. and Platygavialidium kraussi (Bolívar, 1887) syn. nov. = Platygavialidium productum (Walker, 1871), Spartolus tricostatus Bolívar, 1887 syn. nov. = Spartolus minax (Walker, 1871), Bolotettix luzonicus Bey-Bienko, 1935 syn. nov. = Bolotettix uncinatus (Stål, 1877).

Acrydium granulatum Kirby, 1837 syn. nov. is not a synonym of Tetrix subulata (Linnaeus, 1758) but of Tetrix quadrimaculata (Thunberg, 1815). Tettix simplex Walker, 1871 syn. nov., and Acanthalobus longinotus Hancock, 1907 syn. nov. are not synonyms of Criotettix bispinosus (Dalman, 1818) but of Acanthalobus inornatus (Walker, 1871), and Lamellitettix pluricarinatus Hancock, 1909 syn. nov. is not a synonym of Lamellitettix gallinaceus (Stål, 1877) but of Lamellitettix acutus Hancock, 1904.