Bolotettix Hancock, 1907

Genus Bolotettix Hancock, 1907 View in CoL

Bolotettix Hancock, 1907: 224 View in CoL

( type species: Bolotettix validispinus Hancock, 1907 View in CoL , by original designation).

Syzygotettix Günther, 1938: 197 View in CoL

( type species: Syzygotettix boettcheri Günther, 1938 View in CoL , by original designation), syn. nov.

Taxonomic remarks. The type species of the genera Bolotettix View in CoL ( B. validispinus View in CoL from Malaysia: Sarawak: Kuching) and Syzygotettix View in CoL ( S. boettcheri View in CoL from Philippines: Palawan: Binaluan) characterized by almost the same diagnostic features and undoubtedly belongs to one genus. Therefore, a new synonymy is proposed: Bolotettix Hancock, 1907 View in CoL = Syzygotettix Günther, 1938 View in CoL , syn. nov. Here five species are transferred from Syzygotettix View in CoL to Bolotettix View in CoL and new combinations are established: Bolotettix baeri ( Bolívar, 1887) , comb. nov., Bolotettix boettcheri Günther, 1938 , comb. nov., Bolotettix semperi Günther, 1938 , comb. nov., Bolotettix uncinatus ( Stål, 1877) , comb. nov., and Bolotettix vicinus Günther, 1938 , comb. nov.

Composition. Fourteen species of Bolotettix are known, namely B. anomalus ( Hancock, 1910) from Sri Lanka and India, B. inermis Hancock, 1915 from Nepal and Bangladesh, B. validispinus Hancock, 1907 , B. parvispinus Hancock, 1913 and B. planus Hancock, 1907 from Malaysia (Borneo Island), B. affinis Günther, 1938 and B. mentaweiensis Günther, 1938 from Indonesia ( Java and Mentawei islands), as well as seven Philippine species: B. perminutus ( Bolívar, 1887) , B. luzonicus Bey-Bienko, 1935 , B. baeri , B. boettcheri , B. semperi , B. uncinatus , and B. vicinus ( Stål, 1877; Bolívar, 1887; Hancock, 1907, 1910, 1913, 1915; Bey-Bienko, 1935; Günther, 1938; Shishodia et al., 2010; Tumbrinck, 2015; Cigliano et al., 2025). Two new species from Mindanao Island are described below.