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Issue: Vol. 5683 No. 4: 22 Aug. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-08-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5683.4.5
Page range: 543-560
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A new species and notes of some pygmy grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) from Sabah

Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum; Faculty of Science; National University of Singapore; 2 Conservatory Drive; Singapore 117377; Republic of Singapore
Institute of Biological Sciences; Faculty of Science; Universiti Malaya; Kuala Lumpur 50603; Malaysia
Forest Research Centre (Sepilok); Sabah Forestry Department; PO Box 1407; 90715 Sandakan; Sabah; Malaysia
Forest Research Centre (Sepilok); Sabah Forestry Department; PO Box 1407; 90715 Sandakan; Sabah; Malaysia
Forest Research Centre (Sepilok); Sabah Forestry Department; PO Box 1407; 90715 Sandakan; Sabah; Malaysia
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 Bolotettix Borneo new locality record taxonomy variations

Abstract

A recent orthopteran collection was conducted in Meligan and Maliau Basin, Sabah State (East Malaysia) in Borneo. We describe a new species of Bolotettix from Meligan: Bolotettix adik Tan & Muhammad, sp. nov. We also record Mazarredia (Prosoaltus) cephalica (Haan, 1843) and Falconius pseudoclavitarsis Günther, 1938 in Sabah and Tripetalocera ferruginea Westwood, 1834 in Maliau Basin for the first time. We also present colour variations of Bolivaritettix apterus (Rehn, 1904).

 

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How to Cite

Tan, M.K., Muhammad, A.A., Damit, D.F.B.A., Japir, R., Chung, A.Y. & Robillard, T. (2025) A new species and notes of some pygmy grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) from Sabah. Zootaxa, 5683 (4), 543–560. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5683.4.5