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Strophiola lugubrina

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, 2 Conservatory Drive, Singapore 117377, Republic of Singapore
  • 2. Department of Biological Sciences, College of Science and Mathematics, Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology, Tibanga, Iligan City 9200, Philippines & Department of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, Visayas State University, Pangasugan, Baybay City, Leyte 6521 - A, Philippines
  • 3. Department of Biological Sciences, College of Science and Mathematics, Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology, Tibanga, Iligan City 9200, Philippines
  • 4. Misamis University Community Extension Program, Misamis University, Ozamiz City, Philippines
  • 5. Institute of Weed Science, Entomology, and Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture and Food Science, University of the Philippines Los Baños, College, Laguna, 4031 Philippines & Museum of Natural History, University of the Philippines Los Baños, College, Laguna, 4031 Philippines
  • 6. Forest Research Centre (Sepilok), Sabah Forestry Department, PO Box 1407, 90715 Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia

Description

Strophiola?lugubrina (Stål, 1877)

(Figs 9, 10)

Strophia lugubrina Stål, 1877: 49 — Bolívar, 1889: 422; Casto de Elera, 1895: 218; Bruner, 1915: 262.

Phaloria lugubrina — Chopard, 1968: 362.

Strophiola lugubrina — Gorochov, 1996: 76; Tan et al., 2023: 339; Tan et al., 2025: 38.

New material examined. PHILIPPINES • 1♂; Lanao del Norte, Iligan, Barangay Rogongon, Sitio Lagkong; N8.22436 E124.46336, 790.8± 9.9 m.a.s.l.; 4 October 2025, 21h48 calling on fern by stream; coll. M.K. Tan et al.; MIN.25.18 • 1♀; Lanao del Norte, Iligan, Barangay Rogongon, Sitio Lagkong; N8.22547 E124.46313, 819.5± 8.3 m.a.s.l.; 4 October 2025, 21h58 among foliage; coll. M.K. Tan et al.; MIN.25.23 • 1♂; Negros Island, Negros Oriental, Valencia, agroforest near Casaroro Falls; N9.27954 E123.20666, 624.0± 18.8 m.a.s.l.; 16 October 2025, 17h41; under rock near stream; coll. M.K. Tan, S.A. Yap & T. Robillard; VSY.25.13 (all ZRC).

Remarks. A female collected from Mindanao allowed us to compare with the redescription by Gorochov (1996) (Figs 10A–E). Our female specimen has outer tympanum small and oval and inner tympanum elongated and larger (Figs 10A, B), very similar to that in Gorochov (1996). The apical part of ovipositor is laterally widened; lateral margin of dorsal valve and lower margin of ventral valve each with around five medium-sized rounded teeth (Figs 10C, 10D); but these teeth appear considerably more laterally protruding and separated than that illustrated in Gorochov (1996).

Males were collected from the same site in Mindanao and in Negros Oriental, and they are not different from the male from Agusan del Sur (Tan et al., 2023), especially in the male genitalia (Figs 10F–K). The male genitalia of Strophiola lugubrina from Mindanao and Negros Islands are very similar to that of Strophiola tangkoko Gorochov, 2011 from northern Sulawesi by the shape of ectophallic fold (somewhat asymmetrical with the right lobe unnotched and left lobe notched) and endophallic sclerite (with two short and wide proximal, and two longer and narrower distal projections). It is possible that the specimens from Mindanao and Negros Islands are Strophiola tangkoko instead, or that Strophiola tangkoko and Strophiola lugubrina belong to the same species. Since it is not possible to ascertain the locality of the female holotype of Strophiola lugubrina (other than that it is from the Philippines), we cannot confirm these propositions. We consider here the specimens from Mindanao and Negros Islands as Strophiola lugubrina simply based on the type locality of this species, as well as to avoid adding a new locality record for Strophiola tangkoko when the identity is not verified.

Note that in Tan et al. (2023, Fig. 35H), the endophallic sclerite was wrongly labelled as ectophallic fold.

Type locality. PHILIPPINES: Luzon Island (de Elera, 1895).

Distribution. Luzon (Los Baños, Manila, Laguna), Mindanao (Agusan del Sur, Lanao del Norte), Negros Island [new locality record].

Notes

Published as part of Tan, Ming Kai, Modina, Ris Menoel R., Alo, Joanna Rose A., Haibil, Helen H., Mapi-Ot, Emmarie F., Macas, Jessie Jay P., Nuñeza, Olga Macas, Yap, Sheryl A., Damit, Dayang Fazrinah Binti Awg, Japir, Razy, Chung, Arthur Y. C. & Robillard, Tony, 2026, Note on Phalangopsidae crickets from Sabah and the Philippines, with description of a new species of Luzonogryllus, pp. 46-60 in Zootaxa 5777 (1) on pages 57-59, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5777.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/19180523

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Cites
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Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.5777.1.2 (DOI)
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Biodiversity

Collection code
T
Event date
2025-10-04 , 2025-10-16
Verbatim event date
2025-10-04 , 2025-10-16
Scientific name authorship
Stal
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Orthoptera
Family
Phalangopsidae
Genus
Strophiola
Species
lugubrina
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Strophiola lugubrina (Stal, 1877) sec. Tan, Modina, Alo, Haibil, Mapi-Ot, Macas, Nuñeza, Yap, Damit, Japir, Chung & Robillard, 2026

References

  • Stal, C. (1877) Orthoptera nova ex Insulis Philippinis descripsit. Ofversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Forhandlinger, 34 (10), 33-58.
  • Bolivar, I. (1889) Enumeracion de Grilidos de Filipinas. Anales de la Sociedad Espanola de Historia Natural, 18, 415-431.
  • de Elera, C. (1895) Ortopteros. In: Catalogo sistematico de toda la fauna de Filipinas. Vol. 2. Imprenta del Colegio de Santo Tomas, Manila, pp. 189-223. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.58548
  • Bruner, L. (1915) Preliminary catalogue of the Orthopteroid insects of the Philippine Islands. University Studies, 15 (2), 195-281, pls. 1 - 87.
  • Chopard, L. (1968) Fam. Gryllidae: Subfam. Mogoplistinae, Myrmecophilinae, Scleropterinae, Cachoplistinae, Pteroplistinae, Pentacentrinae, Phalangopsinae, Trigonidiinae, Eneopterinae; Fam. Oecanthidae, Gryllotalpidae. In: Orthopterorum Catalogus. Pars 12. Dr. W. Junk N. V., ' s-Gravenhage, pp. 213-500.
  • Gorochov, A. V. (1996) New and little known crickets from the collection of the Humboldt University and some other collections (Orthopera: Grylloidea). Part 2. Zoosystematica Rossica, 5 (1), 29-90.
  • Tan, M. K., Salvador, J. A. G., Sabang, A. M. M., Bahoy, D. C. M., Nuneza, O. M. & Robillard, T. (2023) Taxonomy and bioacoustics of little-known Grylloidea crickets (Orthoptera, Ensifera) from Mindanao, Philippines. Zootaxa, 5323 (3), 301-348. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5323.3.1
  • Tan, M. K., Salvador, J. A. G., Bahoy, D. C. M., Sabang, A. M. M., Grumo, K. C., Gono, A. A., Rivera, R. R., Daguplo, J., Mondejar, E. P., Nuneza, O. M., Patano, R. R., Jr., Baroga-Barbecho, J. B. & Yap, S. A. (2025) 110 years after Bruner (1915): An updated checklist of Orthoptera of the Philippines. Zootaxa, 5643 (1), 1-65. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5643.1.1