Stictophaula multa Gorochov & Voltshenkova, 2009

Stictophaula multa Gorochov & Voltshenkova, 2009 View in CoL

( Figs 2F View FIGURE 2 , 12 View FIGURE 12 )

Stictophaula multa Gorochov & Voltshenkova, 2009: 72 View in CoL — Tan & Wahab, 2017: 305; Tan et al., 2024a: 477 View Cited Treatment .

New material examined. EAST MALAYSIA; Sabah State • 1♂; Sinipung Hill, near Long Pasia and Meligan ; N4.44538 E115.71494, 1558.0± 9.9 m.a.s.l.; 21 November 2024, 22h30; foliage of small tree near to light trap; coll. M.K. Tan; SBH.24.214 ( ZRC) GoogleMaps .

Remarks. Our single male specimen mostly resembles S. multa Gorochov & Voltshenkova, 2009 . Its male subgenital plate at its posterior end has lateral lobes that are elongated and slender and medial lobes that are very primitive, almost like nodules, not different from S. multa . But in our specimen, the medial lobes are situated at the middle of the posterior margin distinctly apart from lateral lobes ( Figs 12C, 12D View FIGURE 12 ), unlike that illustrated in Gorochov & Voltshenkova (2009). The median sclerite of the male genitalia is most similar to that of S. multa as suggested by the slender and elongated shape (in ventral view) and bent at nearly 90° (in lateral view) ( Figs 12E–G View FIGURE 12 ). It is similar to Stictophaula aspersa Gorochov & Voltshenkova, 2009 from Mount Trus Madi and Stictophaula bruneii Tan & Wahab, 2017 from Brunei Darussalam, but slenderer and more elongated at apex (in ventral view). The stridulatory area, including the dark patterns on both tegmina, sinuous shape of the stridulatory file ( Fig. 12B View FIGURE 12 ) and shape of mirror on the right tegmen, resembles S. multa more than S. aspersa and S. bruneii .

Type locality. EAST MALAYSIA: Sabah: Mount Trus Madi .

Distribution. Borneo: Sabah State: Mount Trus Madi, Sinipung Hill [new locality record].