Nisitrus hyalinus Saussure, 1878

Tan, Ming Kai, Wahab, Rodzay bin Haji Abdul, Japir, Razy, Chung, Authur Y. C. & Robillard, Tony, 2021, Revision of the cricket genus Nisitrus Saussure (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Eneopterinae) and descriptions of five new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 761 (1), pp. 1-75 : 37-38

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2021.761.1449

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5170013

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scientific name

Nisitrus hyalinus Saussure, 1878
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Nisitrus hyalinus Saussure, 1878 View in CoL

Fig. 21 View Fig ; Table 2 View Table 2

Nisitrus hyalinus Saussure, 1878: 516 View in CoL .

Nisitrus hyalinus View in CoL – Chopard 1968: 353. — Hollier et al. 2013: 487 View Cited Treatment (no types in MHNG). — Cigliano et al. 2020 ( Orthoptera View in CoL Species File online).

Nisitra hyalina – Kirby 1906: 87. — Chopard 1969: 313.

non Nisitrus hyalinus View in CoL – Chopard 1929: 110 (record in Siberut may be N. insignis View in CoL ). — Robillard &

Desutter-Grandcolas 2004a: 276 (morphological phylogeny).

Type locality

Borneo: Kalimantan, “Benjermassing” [Banjarmasin].

Type details

Syntypes, RMNH (missing).

Remarks

The syntypes in RMNH are missing. L. Chopardʼs records ( Chopard 1929) of this species in Mentawai, North Pagi, Siberut and Padang (all part of or related to Sumatra, Indonesia) correspond to specimens of N. insignis , while N. hyalinus is known only from Borneo. We cannot revise this species owing to the absence of type material and of other specimens from the region of the type locality in the south of Borneo. Nonetheless, we have found images of specimens from Sungai Utik, Embaloh Hulu, Kapuas Hulu Regency, West Kalimantan, albeit not exactly near the type locality in Banjarmasin in South Kalimantan, which could possibly correspond to N. hyalinus . These photographs ( Fig. 21 View Fig ) match the description by Saussure (1878): “ Les élytres latéralement hyalins dans leur partie marginale, dʼun noir opaque luisant dans leur partie médiastino-humérale; le champ dorsal brunâtre, réticulé en jaune par mailles plus grandes que chez le N. vittatus . Ailes assez courtes, hyalines, nébuleuses, surtout le long du limbe. Fémurs postérieurs très longs; leur moitié apicale linéaire, comme chez le N. insignis ”. [The elytra laterally hyaline in their marginal part, a shiny opaque black in their medial-humeral part; the dorsal field brownish, reticulated in yellow with larger meshes than in N. vittatus . Wings rather short, hyaline, nebulous, especially along the limbus. Very long FIII; their apical half linear, as in N. insignis .]

We can also confirm that none of the Bornean specimens examined in this study match the description of N. hyalinus . Saussure (1878) repeatedly compared N. hyalinus with N. vittatus , but not with other Bornean species which differ distinctly from N. vittatus (i.e., N. brunnerianus ). Nisitrus danum sp. nov. differs from N. hyalinus by dorsal field clearly not brownish; lateral field humeral stripe whitish, not shining black; lateral field is not hyaline either. Furthermore, the type locality of N. hyalinus from Banjarmasin in southern Kalimantan is quite far from Danum Valley and of a different forest type (Danum Valley is lowland forest, whereas Banjarmasin would have been peat swamp forest). Nisitrus rindu sp. nov. also differs by medial-humeral part not shining black opaque. Given the fact that very few specimens of Nisitrus are known from Southern Borneo, it is likely that N. hyalinus is a valid species but rarely collected.

RMNH

National Museum of Natural History, Naturalis

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Orthoptera

Family

Gryllidae

Genus

Nisitrus

Loc

Nisitrus hyalinus Saussure, 1878

Tan, Ming Kai, Wahab, Rodzay bin Haji Abdul, Japir, Razy, Chung, Authur Y. C. & Robillard, Tony 2021
2021
Loc

Nisitrus hyalinus

Hollier J. & Bruckner H. & Heads S. W. 2013: 487
Chopard L. 1968: 353
1968
Loc

Nisitrus hyalinus

Chopard L. 1929: 110
1929
Loc

Nisitra hyalina

Chopard L. 1969: 313
Kirby W. F. 1906: 87
1906
Loc

Nisitrus hyalinus

Saussure H. 1878: 516
1878
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