46) Pseudoteratura (Pseudoteratura) mittena Liu sp. n.

Holotype ♂ (left front and hind leg, right middle and hind legs lost): SARAWAK: BORNEO:/ Matang / 15.ix.1958 / J.L. Gressitt Coll ../ BISHOP Museum

Paratype 1♂ (all legs and antenna lost, but right front leg): BORNEO: SARAWAK / Gunong Matang / 120 m ., IX-14-’58; J.L. Gressitt/ Collector

Paratype 1♀ (left middle, right front legs and antenna lost): NORTH BORNEO (SE)/ Tawau, Quoin Hill / Cocoa Res. Sta./ 225m, 25.IX.1962; K.J. Kuncheria / Collector / BISHOP

Paratype 1♀ (left front leg lost): BRITISH N. BORNEO/ Tawau Quoin Hill / Cocoa Res. Sta. / 7.IX.1962; Y. Hirashima / Collector / BISHOP

Diagnosis. Overall morphology typical of the genus. Body small and slender, with fully developed wings, similar to Pseudoteratura (Pseudoteratura) tridenta Liu sp. n.

Male 10 th tergite with a small posteriormedian notch. Epiproct moderate lobe with bifurcated apex (Fig. 22c). Cerci broad lobe in mitten-like form, 1 small lobe and 1 large lobe, a sharp and long tooth at base ventrally. Subanal plate in 1 thick lobe with slightly enlarged round apex and fused with subgenital plate (Fig. 22 c–f). Subgenital plate narrow with round posterior margin, styli comparatively short (Fig. 22e).

Female subgenital plate short with smooth and round posterior margin. Ovipositor comparatively short, nearly straight, with acute apex, basal half a bit thick (Fig. 22b).

Measurements (mm). Body: ♂ 9.5–10.0, ♀ 10.0–10.2; Pronotum: ♂ 3.5–3.7, ♀ 3.5–3.9; Tegmina: ♂ 14.7, ♀ 16.9–18.0; Hind femora: ♂ lost, ♀ 9.8–10.7; Ovipositor: 6.9–7.1.

Comparison. This species also close to Pseudoteratura (Pseudoteratura) raggei (Bey-Bienko, 1971) and Pseudoteratura (Pseudoteratura) tridenta Liu sp. n., but male cerci with broader bifurcated lobes in mitten-like shape. Female subgenital plate with smooth and round posterior margin. Etymology. Species name refers to male cerci in mitten-like form.