Discotettix ( Discotettix ) belzebuth ( Serville, 1838 )

Discotettix ( Discotettix) belzebuth ( Serville, 1838) View in CoL

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Tetrix belzebuth Serville, 1838: 759 View in CoL .

Discotettix belzebuth ( Serville, 1838) View in CoL — Hancock, 1907a: 6; Hancock, 1907b: 213; Kirby, 1910: 2; Hancock, 1915; Willemse, 1930a: 8; Günther, 1938: 301; Günther, 1942: 340; Vanschuytbroeck, 1980: 24; Blackith, 1992: 46; Kočárek et al., 2015: 289 View Cited Treatment ; Muhammad et al., 2018: 20 View Cited Treatment ; Tan & Wahab, 2018: 123 View Cited Treatment ; Skejo et al., 2022: 15 View Cited Treatment , 59; Muhammad & Tan, 2025: 99.

Discotettix armatus Costa, 1864: 59 View in CoL — Blackith, 1992: 46; Kočárek et al., 2015: 289 (synonym); Skejo et al., 2022: 15, 59 (synonym).

Discotettix adenanii Mahmood, Idris & Salmah, 2007: 1276 View in CoL — Kočárek et al., 2015: 289 (synonym); Skejo et al., 2022: 15, 59 (synonym).

New material examined. EAST MALAYSIA; Sabah State • 1♂; Maliau Basin , along Wildlife Trail; N4.74173 E116.97523, 244.7±6.8; 11 November 2024, 10h17; on rotten log; coll. M.K. Tan; SBH.24.19 ( ZRC) ( Fig. 9 View FIGURE 9 ) GoogleMaps • 1♂; Maliau Basin , along Balien Nature Trail; N 4.73809 E116.97415, 247.7±8.0; 13 November, 23h50; on tree trunk; coll. M.K. Tan; SBH.24.69 ( ZRC) GoogleMaps • 1♂, 1 ♀; Maliau Basin , along Knowledge Trail; N 4.74261 E116.97153, 250.6±7.9; 15 November 2024, 19h36; among wood litter/ trunk; coll. M.K. Tan; SBH.24.105, 106 ( ZRC) GoogleMaps • 1♂; Maliau Basin , along EE Trail; N4.73588 E116.97340, 253.6±7.9; 17 November 2024, 18h38; on huge tree trunk; coll. M.K. Tan; SBH.24.124 ( ZRC) GoogleMaps • 5 ♀, 2♂; Maliau Basin , along Knowledge Trail; N4.74189 E116.970, 227 m (GPS24SA4); 10–11 November 2024, day, leaf litter; coll. T. Robillard; TR24-22 ( 2 ♀, 2♂), TR24-52 ( 2 ♀), TR24-103 ( 1 ♀), TR24-79 ( 1♂) ( MNHN) GoogleMaps • 1♀; Maliau Basin , along Wildlife Trail; N4.73977 E116.97669, 260 m (GPS24SA3); 11 November 2024, day; leaf litter; coll. C. Jouault; TR24-42 ( MNHN) GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; Maliau Basin , trail from Agathis–Nepenthes Camps, 1.5 km mark; N4.70213 E116.97256, 616 m (GPS24SA9); 16 November 2024, day; leaf litter; coll. T. Robillard; TR24-98 ( MNHN) GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; forest near Meligan village ; N4.67986 E115.68787, 863 m (GPS24SA16); 24 November 2024, day; leaf litter; coll. T. Robillard; TR24-201 ( MNHN) GoogleMaps .

Remarks. In Sabah, it has been recorded in Crocker Range Keningau, Kinabalu National Park, Mount Trus Madi, Pajau [= Padas?] River, Ranau and Tambunan ( Skejo et al., 2022). Here, we present a new locality record in Maliau Basin. This is the nearest to the known distribution of Discotettix ( Discotettix) kirscheyi Skejo, Pushkar, Tumbrinck et Tan, 2022 from the eastern part of Sabah (Sepilok, Kawag, Kinabatangan and Tabin).

Distribution. Borneo ( Brunei Darussalam, Sabah, Sarawak)