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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Zootaxa
2023
2023-05-01
5277
1
131
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5277.1.6
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5277.1.6
1175-5326
CD726173-9C2E-4E33-91BF-DD3D47A791D6
Pendleburyella
sp. 2
(
Figs. 7F
,
8G
,
14
)
Material examined.
MALAYSIA
• 1♁ (
type
);
Selangor
–Pahang,
The Gap
,
2700 ft
, at light;
21 January 1939
; coll.
H.M. Pendlebury
; (
MP
)
.
FIGURE 14.
Pendleburyella
sp. 2
♂
: habitus in dorsal (A) and lateral (B, C) views; labels (D). Scale bars: 2 mm.
Remarks.
This old specimen from
Selangor
–
Pahang
shares the greatest resemblance with
Pendleburyella eirmosa
sp. nov.
, including the shapes of the apical and subapical segments of the maxillary palps, FWL/FWW, the shape of the dividing vein of mirror at the basal end and the extent of apical area of the FW. But there are also some morphological differences: smaller size, mirror length as long as broad (instead of longer than broad). As the
two specimens
were collected from two different parts of Southeast Asia and at different altitudes (and hence different habitats), we speculate that they belong to two different species. However, we also avoid describing and naming this species as the male genitalia is not available for the verification of the species status.