Molpa emarginata ( Dohrn, 1892 )

Tan, Ming Kai, Liu, Chunxiang, Ingrisch, Sigfrid, Japir, Razy & Chung, Arthur Y. C., 2024, An account on the Phaneropterinae (Tettigonioidea: Tettigoniidae) from the highlands of western Sabah, Zootaxa 5443 (4), pp. 451-494 : 471-473

Molpa emarginata ( Dohrn, 1892)

( Fig 22 , 23 )

Pyrgophylax emarginatus Dohrn, 1892: 68

Molpa emarginata ( Dohrn, 1892) — Kirby, 1906: 423

Material examined. EAST MALAYSIA: Sabah State • 1♂; Mount Trus Madi, Trusmadi Entomology Camp ; N5.44242, E116.45113, 1199.0± 5.6 m.a.s.l.; 31 October 2023, 19h50; on grass; coll. M.K. Tan, J.L. Yukang & A.Y.C. Chung; SBH.23.10 ( FRC) • 1♂; Mount Trus Madi , Trusmadi Entomology Camp ; N5.44307, E116.45155, 1192.0± 5.6 m.a.s.l.; 31 October 2023, 20h33–20h49; attracted to light trap near camp; coll. M.K. Tan, J.L. Yukang & A.Y.C. Chung; SBH.23.39 ( FRC) • 2♂; Mount Trus Madi , Trusmadi Entomology Camp ; N5.44292, E116.45129, 1189.0± 5.6 m.a.s.l.; 2 November 2023, 8h30; attracted to light at camp; coll. M.K. Tan, J.L. Yukang & A.Y.C. Chung; SBH.23.104, 105 ( FRC)

Remarks. This species is easily recognised from other species found in Mount Trus Madi by the projection of the fastigium.

Distribution. Borneo

Type locality. Borneo

Figures

FIGURE 22. Molpa emarginata (Dohrn, 1892) ♂: attracted to light (A) and on grass (B) at Mount Trus Madi.

FIGURE 23. Molpa emarginata (Dohrn, 1892) ♂: stridulatory area on the left (A) and right (B) tegmina in dorsal view; stridulatory file on the left tegmen in ventral view (C); abdominal apex in dorsal (D) and lateral (E) views; subgenital plate in ventral view (F). Scale bars: 1 mm.