Arulenus miae is a species of pygmy grasshopper which is found on the island Mindanao in the Philippines. It was described in 2016 by Josip Skejo and Joy Honezza S. Caballero. They became aware of the species' existence through a photograph posted to a Facebook group. Specimens were later collected from Bukidnon Province. It is named in honor of a friend of Skejo, named Mia.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Caelifera |
| Family: | Tetrigidae |
| Genus: | Arulenus |
| Species: | A. miae
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| Binomial name | |
| Arulenus miae Skejo & Caballero, 2016[1]
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Skejo and Caballero were praised for going through the process of collecting specimens instead of writing their description and naming a new taxon only based on a photograph.[3]
See also
edit- Eulophophyllum kirki Ingrisch & Riede, 2016 — a katydid described from a photograph posted on Flickr.
References
edit- ^ a b Skejo, Josip; Caballero, Joy Honezza S. (2016). "A hidden pygmy devil from the Philippines: Arulenus miae sp. nov.—a new species serendipitously discovered in an amateur Facebook post (Tetrigidae: Discotettiginae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 4067 (3): 383–393. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4067.3.7. PMID 27395882.
- ^ Skejo, Josip (2017). Taxonomic Revision of the Pygmy Devils (Tetrigidae: Discotettiginae) with Online Social Media as a New Tool for Discovering Hidden Diversity (Masters thesis). University of Zagreb. pp. 71–77. hdl:10261/149431.
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