TY - JOUR
T1 - The earwig fauna (Insecta
T2 - Dermaptera) of Penang Island, Malaysia, with descriptions of two new species
AU - Kamimura, Yoshitaka
AU - Nishikawa, Masaru
AU - Lee, Chow Yang
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was conducted with the approval of the Economic Planning Unit, Malaysia (Reference No. UPE: 40/ 200/19/2844). We thank the Department of Wildlife and National Parks, Malaysia (PERHILITAN) for permission for sampling in the Penang National Park (Pantai Acheh Forest Reserve) and Highlands Forest Reserve. We also thank H.-S. Tee, L.-H. Ang, C.-C. Lee, and X.-Y. Goh of Universiti Sains Malaysia for their assistance in insect collection, D.V. Logunov for allowing us to examine specimens preserved in Manchester Museum, Y. Matsumura for providing us with useful references, and an anonymous reviewer for their helpful comments on previous versions of the manuscript. This study was partly supported by a grant for overseas research and a Keio Gijuku Academic Development Fund from Keio University, and a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Kakenhi, Nos. 22770058 and 15K07133) from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science to Y.K.
PY - 2016/2/25
Y1 - 2016/2/25
N2 - The earwig (Dermaptera) fauna of Penang Island, Malaysia, was evaluated by means of an extensive field survey together with revision of the few published data. Based on the results of the field survey, 31 species are recognized (2 Diplatyidae, 3 Pygidicranidae, 5 Anisolabididae, 2 Labiduridae, 14 Spongiphoridae, 4 Chelisochidae, 1 Forficulidae). Fifteen of these taxa are new to Peninsular Malaysia (=West Malaysia): Diplatys annandalei Burr, 1911, Diplatys mutiara n. sp., Euborellia philippinensis Srivastava, 1979, Metisolabis punctata (Dubrony, 1879), Pseudovostox brindlei Srivastava, 2003, Chaetospania anderssoni Brindle, 1971, Chaetospania javana Borelli, 1926, Chaetospania huisiangi n. sp., Paralabellula boettcheri (Borelli, 1923), Paralabellula rotundifrons (Hincks, 1954), Nesogaster amoenus (Stål, 1855), Hamaxas crassus Borelli, 1926, Proreus coalescens (Borelli, 1927), Hypurgus humeralis (Kirby, 1891), and an unidentified Echinosoma sp. Species composition of the island are compared with the dermapteran fauna of Thailand. Descriptions of females (or female genitalia) are given for some species for the first time.
AB - The earwig (Dermaptera) fauna of Penang Island, Malaysia, was evaluated by means of an extensive field survey together with revision of the few published data. Based on the results of the field survey, 31 species are recognized (2 Diplatyidae, 3 Pygidicranidae, 5 Anisolabididae, 2 Labiduridae, 14 Spongiphoridae, 4 Chelisochidae, 1 Forficulidae). Fifteen of these taxa are new to Peninsular Malaysia (=West Malaysia): Diplatys annandalei Burr, 1911, Diplatys mutiara n. sp., Euborellia philippinensis Srivastava, 1979, Metisolabis punctata (Dubrony, 1879), Pseudovostox brindlei Srivastava, 2003, Chaetospania anderssoni Brindle, 1971, Chaetospania javana Borelli, 1926, Chaetospania huisiangi n. sp., Paralabellula boettcheri (Borelli, 1923), Paralabellula rotundifrons (Hincks, 1954), Nesogaster amoenus (Stål, 1855), Hamaxas crassus Borelli, 1926, Proreus coalescens (Borelli, 1927), Hypurgus humeralis (Kirby, 1891), and an unidentified Echinosoma sp. Species composition of the island are compared with the dermapteran fauna of Thailand. Descriptions of females (or female genitalia) are given for some species for the first time.
KW - Chaetospania huisiangi
KW - Diplatys mutiara
KW - Semi-urban environments
KW - Southeast Asia
KW - Species catalog
KW - Species diversity
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U2 - 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.2.4
DO - 10.11646/zootaxa.4084.2.4
M3 - Article
C2 - 27394261
AN - SCOPUS:84959420445
VL - 4084
SP - 233
EP - 257
JO - Zootaxa
JF - Zootaxa
SN - 1175-5326
IS - 2
ER -