Alloteratura (Meconemopsis) longa Gorochov, 2008

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 : 592-594

Alloteratura (Meconemopsis) longa Gorochov, 2008

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Alloteratura longa Gorochov, 2008: 34 .

Alloteratura (Meconemopsis) longa Gorochov, 2008 — Gorochov, 2016: 13, 17.

Material examined. EAST MALAYSIA: Sabah State • 1♂; Trusmadi Entomology Camp ; N5.44373, E116.45203, 1191.0± 7.5 m.a.s.l.; 1 November 2023, 20h25; attracted to light trap near the camp; coll. M.K. Tan, J.L. Yukang & A.Y.C. Chung; SBH.23.90 ( ZRC) • 1♂; Trusmadi Entomology Camp ; N5.44174, E116.45074, 1189.0± 5.2 m.a.s.l.; 2 November 2023, 19h52; attracted to light trap at the ridge; coll. M.K. Tan, J.L. Yukang & A.Y.C. Chung; SBH.23.118 ( ZRC) .

Remarks. Our ♂ specimens show slight variation in the shapes of the male cercus and subgenital plate and genitalic sclerotization ( Fig. 11 ). Gorochov (2016) also found variations in these morphologies among specimens collected from Mount Trus Madi and Mount Kinabalu and these variations overlap with that of our new material from Mount Trus Madi.

Distribution. Borneo (Mount Trus Madi and Mount Kinabalu in Sabah).

Type locality. EAST MALAYSIA, Sabah, Mount Trus Madi .

Figures

FIGURE 10. Alloteratura (Meconemopsis) longa Gorochov, 2008 ♂ attracted to light at Mount Trus Madi.

FIGURE 11. Alloteratura (Meconemopsis) longa Gorochov, 2008 ♂: subgenital plate in ventral view (A, B), abdominal apex in lateral view (C, D) and genitalia sclerotization in dorsal (E, F), posterior (G, H) and lateral (I, J) views of SBH.23.90 (A, C, E, G, I) and SBH.23.118 (B, D, F, H, J). Scale bars: 1 mm.