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New species, locality records and calling songs of crickets of the subfamily Phaloriinae (Orthoptera: Grylloidea: Phalangopsidae) from Malaysia

Ming Kai Tan, Amira Aqilah Muhammad, Nurul Ashikin Abdullah, Razy Japir, Arthur Y C Chung, Tony Robillard

Published on 12/08/2024 — ZOOTAXA

Tan MK, Muhammad AA, Abdullah NA, Japir R, Chung AYC, Robillard T. New species, locality records and calling songs of crickets of the subfamily Phaloriinae (Orthoptera: Grylloidea: Phalangopsidae) from Malaysia. Zootaxa. 2024 Aug 12;5493(3):246-258.

Abstract Specimens representing three genera of Phaloriinae—Borneloria Gorochov, 2018, Phaloria (Papuloria) Gorochov, 1996 and Trellius (Zatrellius) Gorochov, 1999—were collected from Peninsular and East Malaysia and examined here. We report a new locality record for Borneloria moorei (Chopard, 1940) in Johor, Peninsular Malaysia, the first record of this genus in Malay Peninsula. From Sandakan, East Malaysia, we discovered a new species of Trellius (Zatrellius) and describe here: Trellius (Zat...

DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5493.3.2

ANALYSIS OF TROPICAL SOIL BACTERIAL COMMUNITIES IN SABAH USING HIGH-THROUGHGPUT SEQUENCING

Grace Xin Hui Lau, Hui Yin Fan, Clemente Michael Vui Ling Wong

Published on 15/03/2024

Lau, G. X. H., Fan, H. Y., & Wong, C. M. V. L. (2024). Analysis of tropical soil bacterial communities in Sabah using high-throughput sequencing. Malaysian Journal of Microbiology, 20(3), 340–346. https://doi.org/10.21161/mjm.230326

ABSTRACT Aims: Soils contain a diverse bacterial population that is essential in various ecological processes such as biogeochemical cycling, soil quality improvement, plant growth and the maintenance of a balanced ecosystem. Hence, there is a need to understand the bacterial diversity and sustainability of various geographical regions. Nonetheless, despite growing knowledge of soil microbial diversity in many parts of the world, there is little data on the bacterial diversity of tr...

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21161/mjm.230326

Three new species of the ant genera Ooceraea and Syscia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dorylinae) from Sabah, Borneo

Seiki Yamane1, Riou Mizuno2

Published on 01/01/2024 — ASIAN MYRMECOLOGY

Seiki Yamane & Riou Mizuno (2024). Three new species of the ant genera Ooceraea and Syscia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dorylinae) from Sabah, Borneo. Asian Myrmecology 17: e017004

ABSTRACT Two new species of Syscia and one new species of Ooceraea (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) are described from Sabah, Borneo, East Malaysia. The queens available for two species of Syscia, and the male of one Syscia species are described. The brachypterous queen of S. yekzoeae has large eyes, a complete set of ocelli, a normal female thorax, and vestigial wings with no closed cell. This represents the first record of a brachypterous Syscia queen from the Old World. A short note on the behavi...

DOI: 10.20362/am.017004

Two new species of tropical blueberry (Vaccinium L., Ericaceae) from central Sabah, Malaysian Borneo

Maverick N. Tamayo1, Joan T. Pereira2, Peter W. Fritsch3

Published on 01/01/2024 — SANDAKANIA 25 (2024)

Tamayo, Maverick & Pereira, Joan & Fritsch, Peter. (2024). Two new species of tropical blueberry (Vaccinium L., Ericaceae) from central Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. 25. 1-15.

Summary Two new species of tropical blueberry from central Sabah, Malaysian Borneo, are described and illustrated. Vaccinium madanii resembles V. clementis but is distinct by the presence of glands along the leaf blade margin, a longer inflorescence, longer pedicels, a pubescent hypanthium, and anther spurs longer than the tubules. Vaccinium maliauense resembles V. phillyreoides but is distinct by the absence of glands on the leaf blade base, a cuneate leaf blade base, non-dimorphic filaments...

A new species of the phasmid genus Lonchodes from sabah (Insecta: Phasmida: Lonchodinae)

P.E Bragg

Published on 01/01/2024 — Sepilok Bulletin

Bragg, P.E. (2024) A new species of the phasmid genus Lonchodes from sabah (Insecta: Phasmida: Lonchodinae). Sepilok Bulletin, 33, 81–90.

Abstract A new species of stick insect, Lonchodes robertongi n.sp., is described and illustrated from Kawag Gibong Forest Reserve, Lahad Datu, Sabah. The female has an elongated lamina supraanalis similar to that of Lonchodes everetti (Kirby, 1896) but they are easily distinguished by the eggs and males. A distribution map is provided for the species of Lonchodes which have an elongated lamina supraanalis (11th abdominal tergite). Keywords: Borneo, distribution, Kawag Gibong, Lonchodes eve...

A new species of phasmid genus Lonchodes from Sabah (Insecta: Phasmida: Lonchodinae)

P.E. Bragg

Published on 01/01/2024 — Sepilok Bulletin

Bragg, P.E. (2024) A new species of the phasmid genus Lonchodes from sabah (Insecta: Phasmida: Lonchodinae). Sepilok Bulletin, 33, 81–90.

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A New Record of Panulirus homarus homarus (Panulirus spp.) from Malaysia Waters with its Molecular Phylogeny

WEI-LING NG, CHENG-ANN CHEN, SING-TUNG TENG, AUDREY DANING TUZAN, MUHAMMED NAYEEM MULLUNGAL, TIN-YAM CHAN

Published on 01/12/2023 — Borneo Journal of Resource Science and Technology

Ng, Wei Ling & Chen, Cheng Ann & Teng, Sing Tung & Tuzan, Audrey & Mullungal, Nayeem & Chan, Tin-Yam. (2023). A New Record of Panulirus homarus homarus (Panulirus spp.) from Malaysia Waters with its Molecular Phylogeny. Borneo Journal of Resource Science and Technology. 13. 175-185. 10.33736/bjrst.6033.2023.

ABSTRACT Spiny lobsters Panulirus spp. of the family Palinuridae Latreille, 1802 occupies the shallow tropical and subtropical waters (

DOI: https://doi.org/10.33736/bjrst.6033.2023

A review of the genus Monseremus Ingrisch, 2018 (Orthoptera, Stenopelmatoidea, Gryllacrididae) from Borneo

MING KAI TAN1, *, RAZY JAPIR4, ARTHUR Y.C. CHUNG4, 6 & TONY ROBILLARD2

Published on 13/07/2022 — ZOOTAXA

Tan MK, Japir R, Chung AYC, Robillard T. A review of the genus Monseremus Ingrisch, 2018 (Orthoptera, Stenopelmatoidea, Gryllacrididae) from Borneo. Zootaxa. 2022 Jul 13;5165(1):107-114.

Abstract We review the taxonomy of the gryllacridids from a small genus Monseremus Ingrisch, 2018. Monseremus bellus (Tan & Wahab, 2018) comb. nov., previously described from Brunei Darussalam before the description of Monseremus, is now added as a second known species in this genus. From a recent field trip, we also added new locality record for the type species Monseremus appendiculatus Ingrisch, 2018. First described from Mount Kinabalu in western Sabah, this species has now been reporte...

DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5165.1.5

Stem girth changes in response to soil water potential in lowland dipterocarp forest in Borneo: An individualistic time-series analysis

David M. Newbery, Marcus Lingenfelder

Published on 30/06/2022 — PLOS ONE

Newbery DM, Lingenfelder M (2022) Stem girth changes in response to soil water potential in lowland dipterocarp forest in Borneo: An individualistic time-series analysis. PLoS ONE 17(6): e0270140.

Abstract Time-series data offer a way of investigating the causes driving ecological processes as phenomena. To test for possible differences in water relations between species of different forest structural guilds at Danum (Sabah, NE Borneo), daily stem girth increments (gthi), of 18 trees across six species were regressed individually on soil moisture potential (SMP) and temperature (TEMP), accounting for temporal autocorrelation (in GLS-arima models), and compared between a wet and a dry pe...

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal. pone.0270140

Contribution to the taxonomy of Uvarovia (Orthoptera: Chorotypidae: Mnesicleinae) from Borneo and Malay Peninsula

MING KAI TAN, RAZY JAPIR, ARTHUR Y. C. CHUNG

Published on 01/02/2022 — ZOOTAXA

Tan MK, Japir R, Chung AYC. Contribution to the taxonomy of Uvarovia (Orthoptera: Chorotypidae: Mnesicleinae) from Borneo and Malay Peninsula. Zootaxa. 2022 Feb 1;5093(5):533-546.

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 Bor...

DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5093.5.3

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