Lipotactes (Lipotactes) kabili Tan, Japir et Chung, 2020

Gorochov, A. V., 2021, Taxonomy of the katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from East Asia and adjacent islands. Communication 14, Far Eastern Entomologist 434, pp. 1-25 : 8

Lipotactes (Lipotactes) kabili Tan, Japir et Chung, 2020

Fig. 81

MATERIAL. Malaysia: 2 ♂, 2 ♀, Borneo I., Sabah State, Tawau Hills National

Park near Tawau Town, 200–400 m, forest, 14–20. V 2013, A. Gorochov, M. Berezin,

V. Gorochova, E. Tkatsheva ; 1 ♀, same data, but 6–14.III 2014, M. Berezin .

NOTE. The characters of these specimens are very similar to those indicated by

Tan et al. (2020) in the first description of this species. However: my males have uniformly light proximal halves of the hind femora, and the left tegmen with the proximedial lobe somewhat more angularly projecting; my females have a clearly lighter (light brown) stripe on the outer surface of the hind femur, and the genital plate lacking a notch at the apex. Thus, my specimens and the types of this species from Sandakan District of Sabah may belong to more than one subspecies. It is interesting that the male cercal proximedial hooks of this species are almost identical to those of L. (L.) a. alienus and L. (L.) a. similajau, although the male tegminal stridulatory apparati of these species are very different (see Figs 77–79 and 81 ).

Figures

Figs 77–87. Lipotactes spp.: 77 – L. (Lipotactes) alienus lambir subsp. n.; 78 – L. (L.) a.