Lipotactes undetermined
Year: 2025
Type: other
Abstract: Lipotactes sp. (Fig. 8) Material examined. EAST MALAYSIA, Sabah, Sandakan, Sepilok, Rainforest Discovery Centre • 1♀; N5.87383 E117.94169, 49.4± 5.9 m.a.s.l.; 2 October 2019, 20h00, on foliage; coll. M.K. Tan, M. Binti, J.L. Yukang; SDK.19.93 (ZRC. ENT74311) • 1♀ (Fig. 8A); N5.87562 E117.93951, 57.2± 5.5 m.a.s.l.; 19 May 2022, 21h33, on foliage of small tree; coll. M.K. Tan & T. Robillard; SBH.22.168 (ZRC). Remarks. Our female specimens from Sandakan are very similar to the holotype of Mortoniellus chopardi Zeuner, 1936 (synonym of Mortoniellus karnyi Griffini, 1909) from Peninsular Malaysia in the dark colour patterns, although there are also some differences: pronotal disc with black band along anterior and posterior margins broad and clearly defined (instead of narrow and vaguely defined, respectively); fore and middle femora black except basal third (instead of completely pale coloured), hind femora at apical half black with a pale green ring near knee (instead of mostly pale coloured). The female subgenital plate appears to be rather variable, even between intrapopulation individuals (Figs 8B, 8C). Without male specimens, it is not clear whether our specimens from Sandakan represent a distinct species.
Authors: Tan, Ming Kai, Damit, Dayang Fazrinah Binti Awg, Japir, Razy, Chung, Arthur Y. C., Robillard, Tony, Ingrisch, Sigfrid
Institutions: National University of Singapore, Sabah Forestry Department, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, École Pratique des Hautes Études, Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change
Language: English
Topic: Hemiptera Insect Studies
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6949377443
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