Kinemania ambulans (Erichson, 1842)

Tan, Ming Kai & Wahab, Rodzay Bin Haji Abdul, 2018, Notes on the taxonomy of poorly known Gryllacrididae (Stenopelmatoidea) from Brunei Darussalam, Borneo, Zootaxa 4462 (4), pp. 579-591 : 581

Kinemania ambulans (Erichson, 1842)

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Species examined: Junior synonyms: Eremus incerta (Walker, 1869) , ‘holotype’ (NHMUK 13454799); Apotrechus insolitus (Walker, 1869) , type, female (NHMUK 13454797) and male (NHMUK 13454798).

Other specimens examined (images): male lectotype and female paralectotype, Orthoptera Species File Online.

The types of Apotrechus insolitus (Walker, 1869) from NHM are similar to Apotrechus by head distinctly wider than pronotum ( Fig. 2A ); male ninth abdominal tergite with subacute apex in the middle ( Figs. 2C, 2D ), and laterally produces into two stout lateral lobes ( Figs. 2C–E ), and male subgenital plate swollen on dorsal surface ( Fig. 2F ). The species Kinemania ambulans (Erichson, 1842) was first described as Gryllacris , before being transferred to Apotrechus by Brunner von Wattenwyl (1888). Rentz & John (1990) placed it in the new genus Kinemania Rentz, 1990 , as this species clearly differs from Apotrechus in its male copulatory structures. The stridulatory apparatus on abdominal tergite was observed as in Fig. 2G . Female subgenital plate and ovipositor as shown in Figs. 2H and 2I . Types of Eremus incerta (Walker, 1869) and A. insolitus ( Fig. 2J ) were correctly identified in NHM as synonyms of K. ambulans (Erichson, 1842) , although these were not published or documented in Orthoptera Species File Online (Cigliano et al., 2018).

Figures

FIGURE 2. Kinemania ambulans (Erichson, 1842): head and pronotum in dorsal view (A); face in anterior view (B), male abdominal apex in posterior (C), dorso-posterior (D) and lateral (E) views; male subgenital plate in dorsal view (F); stridulatory file on abdominal tergite in lateral view (G); female subgenital plate in ventral view (H); ovipositor in lateral view (I); labels of type specimens examined in NHM (J). Scale bars: 5 mm (A, I); 2 mm (B–H).