New species of little-known crickets from the subfamily Pteroplistinae (Orthoptera, Grylloidea) from Sabah and contribution to their bioacoustics

Tan MK 1 , Gorochov A 2 , Japir R 3 , Chung AYC 4 , Robillard T 5

Affiliations 

  • 1 Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum; Faculty of Science; National University of Singapore; 2 Conservatory Drive; Singapore 117377; Republic of Singapore; Institut de Systématique; Evolution; Biodiversité (ISYEB); Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle; CNRS; SU; EPHE-PSL; UA; 57 rue Cuvier; CP 50; 75231 Paris Cedex 05; France. orthoptera.mingkai@gmail.com
  • 2 Zoological Institute; Russian Academy of Sciences; 1 Universitetskaya Emb.; St Petersburg 199034; Russia. gorochovandrei3@gmail.com
  • 3 Forest Research Centre (Sepilok); Sabah Forestry Department; PO Box 1407; 90715 Sandakan; Sabah; Malaysia. razy.japir@sabah.gov.my
  • 4 Forest Research Centre (Sepilok); Sabah Forestry Department; PO Box 1407; 90715 Sandakan; Sabah; Malaysia. arthur.chung@sabah.gov.my
  • 5 Institut de Systématique; Evolution; Biodiversité (ISYEB); Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle; CNRS; SU; EPHE-PSL; UA; 57 rue Cuvier; CP 50; 75231 Paris Cedex 05; France. tony.robillard@mnhn.fr
Zootaxa, 2024 Sep 06;5506(2):205-226.
PMID: 39646662 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5506.2.3

Abstract

Recent fieldwork in eastern Sabah led to the discovery of new little-known crickets from the subfamily Pteroplistinae (Orthoptera, Grylloidea). Three new species are described: Tembelingiola biaculeata sp. nov. and Tembelingiola kabili sp. nov. from Sepilok; Pteroplistes silam sp. nov. from Mount Silam. Previously, the calling song of only one species of Pteroplistinae was known. Here, the calling songs of the three new species, as well as that of Pteroplistes lagrecai Gorochov, 2004, are also described for the first time. Therefore, distinctive calling songs for five species and three genera of Pteroplistinae are presently known.

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