Pendleburyella sp. 2

Tan, Ming Kai, Muhammad, Amira Aqilah & Wahab, Rodzay Bin Haji Abdul, 2023, The taxonomy and bioacoustics of the elusive crickets from the genus Pendleburyella Chopard, 1969 (Gryllidae: Pentacentrinae), Zootaxa 5277 (1), pp. 131-148 : 145-146

Pendleburyella sp. 2

( Figs. 7F , 8G , 14 )

Material examined. MALAYSIA • 1♁ (type); Selangor –Pahang, The Gap , 2700 ft, at light; 21 January 1939; coll. H.M. Pendlebury; ( MP) .

Remarks. This old specimen from Selangor – Pahang shares the greatest resemblance with Pendleburyella eirmosa sp. nov., including the shapes of the apical and subapical segments of the maxillary palps, FWL/FWW, the shape of the dividing vein of mirror at the basal end and the extent of apical area of the FW. But there are also some morphological differences: smaller size, mirror length as long as broad (instead of longer than broad). As the two specimens were collected from two different parts of Southeast Asia and at different altitudes (and hence different habitats), we speculate that they belong to two different species. However, we also avoid describing and naming this species as the male genitalia is not available for the verification of the species status.

Figures

FIGURE 7. Pendleburyella J head and pronotum in lateral view: Pendleburyella testacea (A), Pendleburyella vicina (B), Pendleburyella pimela sp. nov. (C), Pendleburyella eirmosa sp. nov. (D), Pendleburyella sp. 1 (E), Pendleburyella sp. 2 (F). Scale bar: 2 mm.

FIGURE 8. Pendleburyella J FWs: Pendleburyella testacea (A), Pendleburyella vicina (B), Pendleburyella pimela sp. nov. (C), Pendleburyella eirmosa sp. nov. (D), Pendleburyella “intermedia” (E), Pendleburyella sp. 1 (F), Pendleburyella sp. 2 (G). Scale bar: 2 mm.

FIGURE 14. Pendleburyella sp. 2 J: habitus in dorsal (A) and lateral (B, C) views; labels (D). Scale bars: 2 mm.