Pendleburyella testacea Chopard, 1969

Tan, Ming Kai, Muhammad, Amira Aqilah & Wahab, Rodzay Bin Haji Abdul, 2023, The taxonomy and bioacoustics of the elusive crickets from the genus Pendleburyella Chopard, 1969 (Gryllidae: Pentacentrinae), Zootaxa 5277 (1), pp. 131-148 : 138

Pendleburyella testacea Chopard, 1969

( Figs. 3 , 7A , 8A )

Pendleburyella testacea Chopard 1969: 218

Diagnosis (new). This species is characterised by a medium-sized habitus, the maxillary palps with the apical segment triangular, the mirror longer than broad, the dividing vein of the mirror roundly curved at the basal end, the apical part of FW longer.

Material examined. Holotype: MALAYSIA • 1♁; Selangor, Bukit Kutu , 3300–3500 ft; 24 September 1932; coll. H.M. Pendlebury; 0019 ( MP) . Allotype: EAST MALAYSIA • 1♀; Sabah, Sandakan [N. Borneo, Bettotan, NR. Sandakan]; 7 August 1927; 0020 ( MP) .

Remarks. The male genitalia of the holotype was not dissected and examined to minimise the risk of further damage to the old specimen. The female allotype from Borneo probably belongs a different species.

Distribution. Malay Peninsula (Selangor).

Type locality. MALAYSIA, Selangor, Bukit Kutu .

Figures

FIGURE 3. Pendleburyella testacea J holotype: habitus in dorsal (A) and lateral (B, C) views; labels (D). Scale bars: 2 mm.

FIGURE 7. Pendleburyella J head and pronotum in lateral view: Pendleburyella testacea (A), Pendleburyella vicina (B), Pendleburyella pimela sp. nov. (C), Pendleburyella eirmosa sp. nov. (D), Pendleburyella sp. 1 (E), Pendleburyella sp. 2 (F). Scale bar: 2 mm.

FIGURE 8. Pendleburyella J FWs: Pendleburyella testacea (A), Pendleburyella vicina (B), Pendleburyella pimela sp. nov. (C), Pendleburyella eirmosa sp. nov. (D), Pendleburyella “intermedia” (E), Pendleburyella sp. 1 (F), Pendleburyella sp. 2 (G). Scale bar: 2 mm.