Lipotactes (Dialipotactes) maculatus Hebard, 1922

Tan, Ming Kai, Muhammad, Amira Aqilah, Gorochov, Andrei V. & Abdullah, Nurul Ashikin, 2024, An account on some katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigonioidea) from Panti Forest Reserve in Johor, Peninsular Malaysia, Zootaxa 5415 (1), pp. 117-143 : 129

Lipotactes (Dialipotactes) maculatus Hebard, 1922

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Lipotactes maculatus Hebard, 1922: 267 — Ingrisch, 1995: 292; Tan, 2012: 49; Tan, 2017: 75; Tan et al., 2023: 9 (bioacoustics) Lipotactes (Dialipotactes) maculatus Hebard, 1922 — Gorochov, 2021: 18

Specimens examined. PENINSULAR MALAYSIA: Johor State: PFR • 1♁; Bunker Trail; N1.86056, E103.88615, 58.7± 8.5 m.a.s.l.; 16 August 2023, 21h35; on the branch with a female near the ground; coll. M. K. Tan, Amira A. Muhammad & N. Ashikin Abdullah; PANTI.23.9 ( ZRC) • 1♀; Panti Barat; N1.80966, E103.85157, 66.9± 7.5 m.a.s.l.; 17 August 2023, 20h04; on a foliage near the ground; coll. M. K. Tan, Amira A. Muhammad & N. Ashikin Abdullah; PANTI.23.21 ( MZUM) • 1♁; Lukut Trail ; N1.81503, E103.87828, 116.7± 5.7 m.a.s.l.; 18 August 2023, 20h07; on the stem of a small tree; coll. M. K. Tan, Amira A. Muhammad & N. Ashikin Abdullah; PANTI.23.31 ( ZRC) • 1♁; Sisek Trail ; N1.82766, E103.83320, 78.5± 7.5 m.a.s.l.; 19 August 2023, 20h32; on the stem of a sapling; coll. M. K. Tan, Amira A. Muhammad & N. Ashikin Abdullah; PANTI.23.48 ( MZUM)

Remarks. Material from PFR represents a new locality record after Singapore and Tioman Island ( Gorochov, 2021).

Ecology. This is a quite common species found among low vegetation or leaf litters, often among foliages or stems and branches.

Type locality. SINGAPORE

Distribution. PENINSULAR MALAYSIA (Johor State: PFR [new]; Pahang State: Tioman Island); SINGAPORE

Figures

FIGURE 13. Lipotactes (Dialipotactes) maculatus ♀ adult in its natural environment.