2026/02/18 by Ming Tan, DAYANG FAZRINAH BINTI AWG DAMIT, RAZY JAPIR +2 · 1 voice
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Orthoptera Research and Taxonomy #Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography #Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies
paper · doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5759.5.3
openalex publication_date 2026/02/18 · openalex created_date 2026/02/19 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/22
Recent fieldwork in Maliau Basin and Meligan in Sabah led to the discovery of a new genus and two new species of Pteroplistinae Chopard, 1936: Erinaplistes incredibilis Tan & Robillard, gen. et sp. nov. and Erinaplistes crumenata Tan & Robillard, gen. et sp. nov. from Sinipung Hill near Meligan. This new genus is characterised by its medium size, being smaller than Pteroplistes but larger than most other genera from Southeast Asia; and the male genitalia are very wide and having very distinguishable and highly modified pseudepiphallic lophi, ectophallic fold and ectophallic apodemes. We also present new locality records for Pteroplistes borneoensis sabahi Gorochov, 2018, Pteroplistes bruneiensis Tan, Gorochov & Wahab, 2019 and Tembelingiola kabili Tan, Gorochov & Robillard, 2024 in Maliau Basin. We also describe the calling song of Pteroplistes borneoensis sabahi here.