Pendleburyella vicina 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 vicina Chopard, 1969

( Figs. 7B , 8B , 10 )

Pendleburyella vicina Chopard 1969: 219

Diagnosis (new). This species is characterised by a small-sized habitus, the maxillary palps with the apical segment somewhat cylindrical to tear-shaped, the mirror about as long as broad, the dividing vein of the mirror broadly and roundly curved at the basal end, the apical part of FW shorter.

Material examined. Holotype: MALAYSIA • 1♁; Kuala Lumpur, at light; 13 September 1932; coll. H.M. Pendlebury; 0018 ( MP).

Remarks. The type specimen is mouldy and badly damaged in the abdomen area.

Distribution. Malay Peninsula (Selangor).

Type locality. MALAYSIA, Selangor, Kuala Lumpur .

Figures

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.

FIGURE 10. Pendleburyella vicina J holotype: habitus in dorsal (A) and lateral (B, C) views; labels (D). Scale bars: 2 mm.