Borneratura kinabaluana ( Bey-Bienko, 1971 )

Tan, Ming Kai, Japir, Razy & Chung, Arthur Y. C., 2024, An account on some katydids of the tribes Agraeciini (Conocephalinae) and Meconematini (Meconematinae) from the highlands of western Sabah, Zootaxa 5419 (4), pp. 584-600 : 594-596

Borneratura kinabaluana ( Bey-Bienko, 1971)

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Xiphidiopsis kinabaluana Bey-Bienko, 1971: 474 .

Borneratura kinabaluana ( Bey-Bienko, 1971) — Jin et al., 2020: 38 ; Gorochov, 2022: 23.

Material examined. EAST MALAYSIA: Sabah State • 1♂; Bukit Hampuan ; N5.99614, E116.67578, 929.8± 7.7 m.a.s.l.; 3 November 2023, 19h48; under the foliage of a small tree; coll. M.K. Tan, R. Japir, M.A.B. Asidi & D.F.A. Damit; SBH.23.132 ( ZRC) • 1♂; Bukit Hampuan ; N5.99257, E116.66994, 990.5± 9.1 m.a.s.l.; 4 November 2023, 18h48; under the foliage of a rattan; coll. M.K. Tan, R. Japir, M.A.B. Asidi & D.F.A. Damit; SBH.23.148 ( FRC) .

Remarks. We present the first live images of this species and a new locality record in Bukit Hampuan.

Distribution. Borneo (Mount Kinabalu, Tenompok, Tenom and Bukit Hampuan [new locality record] in Sabah).

Type locality. EAST MALAYSIA, Sabah, Kinabalu National Park .

Figures

FIGURE 12. Borneratura kinabaluana (Bey-Bienko, 1971) ♂ in their natural environment under the foliage of a small tree (A) and rattan (B) at Bukit Hampuan.