Falcerminthus sandakan ( Tan, Japir, Chung & Robillard, 2019 )

Robillard, Tony, Tan, Ming Kai, Japir, Razy & Chung, Arthur Y. C., 2023, Notes on the Eneopterinae (Orthoptera, Grylloidea, Gryllidae) from eastern Sabah, Zootaxa 5315 (3), pp. 231-250 : 245-248

Falcerminthus sandakan ( Tan, Japir, Chung & Robillard, 2019)

( Figs 12–14 )

Lebinthus sandakan Tan et al., 2019a: 350 (original description and calling song) – Tan et al., 2019b: 302 .

Falcerminthus sandakan – Tan et al., 2021b: 1077 (phylogeny); Tan & Robillard, 2021b: 470–489 (circadian rhythm of calling activity).

New locality records

Borneo: Sabah: Tabin Wildlife Reserve, Sepagaya Forest Reserve, Mount Silam, Kawag Forest Reserve.

Ecology

Very abundant species in eastern Sabah. Juveniles and adults are readily spotted in the forest floor, either among leaf litters or on foliage of low-lying plants. They can be observed both in the day or at night ( Fig. 12 ). This species was also observed to feed on leaves among the leaf litters ( Fig. 13 ).

Distribution ( Fig. 14 )

Borneo (Sabah: Sepilok, Mount Silam, Kawag Forest Reserve, Sepagaya Forest Reserve, Tabin Wildlife Reserve)

Figures

FIGURE 12. Falcerminthus sandakan in their natural habitat: J adult on a foliage on the leaf litter in Tabin Wildlife Reserve (A); ♀ adult on a foliage of a low-lying plant in Mount Silam (B); juvenile among the leaf litter in Mount Silam.

FIGURE 13. Falcerminthus sandakan in their natural habitat: ♀ adult feeding on a leaf fragment among the leaf litter in Sepilok.

FIGURE 14. Map of Sabah State showing the current known distribution of Falcerminthus sandakan.