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The genus <jats:italic>Holocerus<\/jats:italic> was composed of two species \u2013 <jats:italic>H. lucifer<\/jats:italic> (Serville, 1838) and <jats:italic>H. taurus<\/jats:italic> Rehn, 1929 <jats:bold>syn. nov.<\/jats:bold>, but here it is evidenced that the latter represents a junior synonym of the former. Simultaneously, <jats:italic>H. devriesei<\/jats:italic><jats:bold>sp. nov.<\/jats:bold> is described as a species new to science. <jats:italic>Holocerus lucifer<\/jats:italic> is a northern species of paler coloration and longer spines (distributed from Marojejy and Maroantsetra in the north to Zahamena in the south), whereas <jats:italic>H. devriesei<\/jats:italic><jats:bold>sp. nov<\/jats:bold>. represents the southern and darker species (distributed from Vohimana and Andasibe-Mantadia in the south to the Antongil Bay in the north). There are potential overlaps in the distribution of the two species, but without more georeferenced localities, it is impossible to discriminate whether they occur only sympatrically or also syntopically.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3897\/zookeys.957.52565","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,8,10]],"date-time":"2020-08-10T12:13:43Z","timestamp":1597061623000},"page":"1-15","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["The story of the Malagasy devils (Orthoptera, Tetrigidae): Holocerus lucifer in the north and H. devriesei sp. nov. in the south?"],"prefix":"10.3897","volume":"957","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2554-4499","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Josip","family":"Skejo","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kristian","family":"Medak","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2956-6548","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Marko","family":"Pavlovi\u0107","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Davorka","family":"Kitoni\u0107","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rafanomezanjanahary Jean Christian","family":"Miko","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6989-4426","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Damjan","family":"Franjevi\u0107","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"2258","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,8,10]]},"reference":[{"key":"52565_B1","author":"Aug\u00e9","year":"1898","journal-title":"Nouveau Larousse illustr\u00e9: Dictionnaire Universel Encyclop\u00e9dique."},{"key":"52565_B2","first-page":"175","article-title":"Essai sur les Acridiens de la tribu des Tettigidae.","volume":"31","author":"Bol\u00edvar","year":"1887","journal-title":"Annales de la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Entomologique de Belgique"},{"key":"52565_B3","first-page":"623","article-title":"Acridoidea from Madagascar, Comoro Islands and Eastern Africa. 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