Psyrana ( Psyrana ) nr. imitativa Gorochov, 2024

Tan, Ming Kai, Damit, Dayang Fazrinah Binti Awg, Japir, Razy, Chung, Arthur Y. C. & Robillard, Tony, 2025, New species, new locality records and descriptions of calling songs of Phaneropterinae from Sabah, Zootaxa 5604 (4), pp. 505-528 : 513-514

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5604.4.4
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scientific name	Psyrana ( Psyrana ) nr. imitativa Gorochov, 2024
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Psyrana ( Psyrana) nr. imitativa Gorochov, 2024

( Figs 2D View FIGURE 2 , 9 View FIGURE 9 )

Psyrana ( Psyrana) imitativa Gorochov, 2024: 739 View in CoL .

New material examined. EAST MALAYSIA; Sabah State • 2♂; Maliau Basin Conservation Area, at Maliau Basin Studies Centre accommodation (Keruing); N4.73588 E116.97442; 17 November 2024, evening; attracted to light; coll. M.K. Tan; SBH.24.139, 147 ( ZRC) GoogleMaps .

Remarks. Our specimens from Maliau Basin ( Fig. 9 View FIGURE 9 ) show similarities with Ps. ( Ps.) melanonota (Stål, 1876) from Sumatra and Malay Peninsula, Ps. ( Ps.) imitativa Gorochov, 2024 from Mindanao ( Philippines) and Ps. ( Ps.) simulator Gorochov, 2024 from Sabah (Borneo). The dark colouration and patterns on the pronotum most resemble Ps. ( Ps.) melanonota , but our specimens differ from all three species by the dorsum of the head completely red, instead of having merely red patterns as in Ps. ( Ps.) imitativa or limited to only the upper rostral tubercle. Each tegmen has a conspicuous reddish stripe along the proximal branch of the Sc vein, resembling those in Ps. ( Ps.) imitativa rather than Ps. ( Ps.) melanonota . The left stridulatory area of our specimens is mostly similar to that of Ps. ( Ps.) simulator in the shape and relative size of the mirror, but is most similar to Ps. ( Ps.) imitativa in the shape of the stridulatory file. The male cercus resembles Ps. ( Ps.) imitativa and Ps. ( Ps.) simulator more than Ps. ( Ps.) melanonota by the shorter relative distance between the two apical and preapical teeth. The male subgenital plate resembles Ps. ( Ps.) melanonota and Ps. ( Ps.) imitativa by the apical notch deeper than that in Ps. ( Ps.) simulator . These suggest that the three species and our specimens may possibly represent a single species or part of a species complex. Here, we tentatively identify our specimens as Ps. ( Ps.) imitativa owing to the overall similarities in the stridulatory file on the left tegmen, cercus, and male subgenital plate.