Contribution to the taxonomy of Uvarovia (Orthoptera: Chorotypidae: Mnesicleinae) from Borneo and Malay Peninsula
MING KAI TAN, RAZY JAPIR, ARTHUR Y. C. CHUNG
ZOOTAXA
01/02/2022
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5093.5.3
Abstract
Abstract Mnesicleinae is a little-known subfamily of Chorotypidae and consists of 19 genera distributed throughout the Malay Archipelago, including Uvarovia Bolívar, 1930. For many species from this subfamily, nearly nothing is known after their original descriptions. Based on new materials from recent surveys, we were able to examine specimens from two species: Uvarovia longipennis Bolívar, 1930 from Malay Peninsula (also type species for genus) and Uvarovia gracilipes Bolívar, 1931 from Borneo. Only female specimens were known for the two species. Here, we describe for the first time males specimens of Uvarovia longipennis and Uvarovia gracilipes. We also present an updated key to species of Uvarovia and a key to genera of Mnesicleinae from Borneo and Malay Peninsula. Key words: key, Malaysia, monkey grasshopper, redescription, Singapore, Southeast Asia