Notes on the taxonomy of poorly known Gryllacrididae (Stenopelmatoidea) from Brunei Darussalam, Borneo
Author
Tan, Ming Kai
Author
Wahab, Rodzay Bin Haji Abdul
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Zootaxa
2018
2018-08-29
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10.11646/zootaxa.4462.4.9
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Genus
Phlebogryllacris
Karny, 1937
Remarks:
This genus consists of two known species, one from Borneo and the other from the
Philippines
. The
type
species of the genus is
Phlebogryllacris venosa
(Walker, 1869)
from Borneo. Both species were described from females, although males were subsequently discovered. The female
holotype
P. venosa
was supposed to be deposited in the NHM (Cigliano
et al.
, 2018) but we could not locate it. Instead, we found, among the accession collection, male specimens from
Sarawak
and
Sabah
. Close examination of the original description, deposited specimens and our single male collected from
Brunei Darussalam
suggest that these specimens belong to
P. venosa
. Grifiini (1910) redescribed the female of
P. venosa
with great details,
Griffini (1914)
described the male whereas
Karny (1926
,
1929
) provided a thorough description of the venation, and noted that its venation is unique from many other gryllacridids. However, as there were previously no illustration of this beautiful gryllacridid, we redescribe the species, provide a new diagnosis, and present images of this species of both live and preserved specimens.