Tondanotettix modestus Günther, 1937

Storozhenko, S. Yu., 2025, REVIEW OF THE GENUS TONDANOTETTIX C. WILLEMSE, 1928 (ORTHOPTERA: TETRIGIDAE), Far Eastern Entomologist 516, pp. 7-14 : 12

Tondanotettix modestus Günther, 1937

Figs 3, 4 , 13–17

Tondanotettix modestus Günther, 1937: 185 , figs. 22, 23 (holotype – ♂, Sulawesi : Ile Ile, 500 m, 11.XII 1930, leg. G. Helnrich; deposited in MfN).

Tondanotettix modestus : Günther, 1938: 349; Blackith, 1992: 194; Otte, 1997: 29.

MATERIAL. Indonesia: Sulawesi Island, Prov. Sulawesi Tengah, Nat. park Lore Lindu, ca. 45 km SSE of city Palu , env. of vill. Tomado on Lake Lindu , 1.34°S, 120.04°E, 1000 m, 13–17.II 2011, 2 ♂, leg. A. V . Gorochov ( ZIN) .

REMARKS.The images of the type specimens of this species are available in OSF.

MEASUREMENTS (in mm). Male: body length 10.3–10.5; pronotum length 9.5; pronotum lobe width 5.0; pronotum height 3.4; fore femur length 2.6; mid femur length 2.6–2.8; hind femur length 6.0–6.4; hind femur width 2.7–2.9; vertex width 1.1–1.2; eye width 0.5.

DISTRIBUTION. Indonesia: North and Central Sulawesi. Here this species is recorded from central part of island for the first time.

Figures

Figs 1–4. Tondaotettix spp., females (after Günther, 1937). 1, 2 – T. brevis meridionalis: 1 – lateral view; 2 – dorsal view; 3, 4 – T. modestus: 3 – lateral view; 4 – dorsal view.

Figs 13–17. Tondaotettix modestus, male from Central Sulawesi. 13 – body, lateral view; 14 – same, dorsal view; 15 – anterior part of body, dorsal view; 16 – head, frontal view; 17 – anterior part of body, lateral view.