Lipotactes (Sublipotactes) khmericus Gorochov, 1998

Gorochov, A. V., 2021, Taxonomy of the katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from East Asia and adjacent islands. Communication 14, Far Eastern Entomologist 434, pp. 1-25 : 22-23

Lipotactes (Sublipotactes) khmericus Gorochov, 1998

Figs 49–55

MATERIAL. Cambodia: 7 ♂, 6 ♀ , western part, environs of Sihanoukville Town near Siam Bay , secondary forest, 22–26.VIII 2003, A. Gorochov, L. Anisyutkin; 2 ♂ ,

1 ♀, 10–15 km NEE of Sihanoukville Town , environs of waterfall, ~ 200 m, secondary forest, 11–12.IX 2003, A. Gorochov ; 3 ♂, 2 ♀, southern part of Elefan Mts ,

Bokor National Park on Phnom-Bokor Mt, 700–1000 m, forest, 18–22.IX 2003, A.

Gorochov, M. Berezin; 4 ♂, 3 ♀, central part of Elefan Mts, ~ 100 km NE of Sihanoukville Town , environs of Styeng-Chkhral Vill., 300–500 m, forest, 27.VIII–6.IX

2003, A. Gorochov, L. Anisyutkin; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, northern part of Elefan Mts , ~ 150 km

NNE of Sihanoukville Town, Kiri-Rom National Park, ~ 600–800 m, remnants of forest, 7–10.X 2003, A. Gorochov, M. Berezin.

NOTE. These specimens are very similar to the holotype of L. (S.) khmericus ,

but the medial cercal lamella of their males are less deeply notched near its apical spinule (compare Figs 49 and 52, 54 ). The males from Elefan Mts have the genital plate styles almost as long as in this holotype ( Figs 50, 53 ), and some of them are practically indistinguishable from males of L. samkos Ingrisch, 2021 in the cercal lamella ( Fig. 52 ). The other males from my material are with these styles somewhat shorter ( Fig. 55 ), and these males are very similar to those of L. saengeri Ingrisch, 2021

in the shape of this lamella ( Fig. 54 ). However, all these differences are very insig-

nificant and only imply a subspecies status. So, here I subdivide L. (S.) khmericus into three subspecies: nominotypical one ( Figs 49, 50 ) characteristic of the eastern part of Cambodia; L. (S.) kh. samkos stat. n. ( Figs 52, 53 ) living in mountains of the western part of Cambodia; L. (S.) kh. saengeri stat. n. ( Figs 54, 55 ) distributed in the western sea coast of Cambodia and the nearest part of Thailand.

Figures

Figs 41–65. Lipotactes spp., schematically: 41 – L. (Prolipotactes) hamatus wartabone