Ultrasonic bioacoustics and stridulum morphology reveal cryptic species among Lipotactes big-eyed katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Lipotactinae) from Borneo

Lipotactinae is an elusive monophyletic subfamily of katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) unique to Asia and comprising two genera – Lipotactes and Mortoniellus. Nearly nothing is known beyond their original descriptions. The stridulum morphology is rarely examined and described in taxonomy and their acoustics are only known for six species, none of which is from Borneo. New Lipotactes specimens collected from Borneo – Belait and Kuala Belalong in Brunei and Sandakan in Sabah – were initially identified as Lipotactes alienus and/or Lipotactes virescens based on traditional morphological charac... Mehr ...