The taxonomy and bioacoustics of the elusive crickets from the genus Pendleburyella Chopard, 1969 (Gryllidae: Pentacentrinae)
Author
Tan, Ming Kai
Block 207 A, Woodleigh Link, Singapore 361207, Republic of Singapore
Author
Muhammad, Amira Aqilah
Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia
Author
Wahab, Rodzay Bin Haji Abdul
Institute for Biodiversity and Environmental Research, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Jalan Universiti, BE 1410, Brunei Darussalam rodzay. wahab @ ubd. edu. bn; https: // orcid / org / 0000 - 0002 - 2151 - 7709
rodzay.wahab@ubd.edu.bn
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2023-05-01
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Pendleburyella testacea
Chopard, 1969
(
Figs. 3
,
7A
,
8A
)
Pendleburyella testacea
Chopard 1969: 218
Diagnosis (new).
This species is characterised by a medium-sized habitus, the maxillary palps with the apical segment triangular, the mirror longer than broad, the dividing vein of the mirror roundly curved at the basal end, the apical part of FW longer.
Material examined.
Holotype
:
MALAYSIA
• 1♁;
Selangor
,
Bukit Kutu
,
3300–3500 ft
;
24 September 1932
; coll.
H.M. Pendlebury
; 0019 (
MP
)
.
Allotype
: EAST
MALAYSIA
•
1♀
;
Sabah
,
Sandakan
[
N. Borneo
,
Bettotan, NR
.
Sandakan
];
7 August 1927
; 0020 (
MP
)
.
Remarks.
The male genitalia of the
holotype
was not dissected and examined to minimise the risk of further damage to the old specimen. The female
allotype
from Borneo probably belongs a different species.
Distribution.
Malay Peninsula (
Selangor
).
Type
locality.
MALAYSIA
,
Selangor
,
Bukit Kutu
.