The diversity of Orthoptera in the northwestern parts of Mount Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

By

Muhammad, Amira Aqilah
Tan, Ming Kai

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025-2-25

Original Publication

Journal of orthoptera research : JOR

Volume

34

Series / Issue

Issue: 1

Pages

95--118

Subjects

Checklist , Marai Parai , new record , Southeast Asia , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Philadelphia, Penn Orthopterists' Society 1992-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/jor.34.128225

 

Abstract

The Orthoptera from Borneo require further research since some areas have never been studied, including parts of Mount Kinabalu in Ranau, Sabah. A five-day survey at Marai Parai and Nunuk in October 2023 revealed 32 species of Orthoptera from nine families. There are at least nine new species records for the Mount Kinabalu region and four new species records for the state of Sabah. Twenty-one out of the 32 species collected are singletons, indicating that many species on Mount Kinabalu are rare and of low abundance or collected during the wrong season. Hence, an annotated and illustrated checklist of the Orthoptera of this region is presented with notes on their taxonomy and, where data are available, on their natural history. With extended sampling, it is expected that more species will be discovered than in this preliminary checklist.