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Proreus simulans

  • 1. Department of Biology, Keio University, Hiyoshi 4 - 1 - 1, Kohoku, Yokohama 2238521, Japan
  • 2. Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Ave, Singapore, 639798, Singapore
  • 3. Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, National University of Singapore, 2 Conservatory Drive, 117377, Singapore

Description

Proreus simulans (Stål, 1860)

Forficula simulans Stål, 1860: 302 (Java).

Forficula modesta Stål, 1860: 302 (Hong Kong).

Lobophora simulans: Dohrn 1865: 74.

Lobophora modesta: Dohrn 1865: 74.

Chelisoches simulans: Scudder 1876 c: 309.

Spongiphora sphinx Burr, 1900 a: 91 (Kuching, Sarawak [= Borneo]).

Spongiphora sphinx: Kirby 1904: 30.

Labidurodes formosanus Shiraki, 1906: 92, fig. 2 (Formosa [= Taiwan]).

Labidurodes okinawaiensis Shiraki, 1907: 189 (Okinawa, Japan).

Erotesis sphinx: Burr 1910 b: 114.

Proreus simulans: Burr 1910 b: 137.

Proreus simulans var. modestus: Borelli 1926 c: 267.

Specimens examined.

ZRC • 1 ♀; 1992; ZRC_DER_0000029. • 1 ♀; Ulu Sembawang; 23 Jan. 1976; D. Bina leg.; Sugar cane; ZRC_DER_0000103. • 1 ♀; same data as for ZRC_DER_0000103; ZRC_DER_0000104. • 1 ♂; Bukit Panjang; 19 Jan. 1976; D. H. Murphy leg.; Sugar cane; ZRC_DER_0000105. • 1 ♂; Bukit Panjang; 11 Jan. 1977; H. M. W. leg.; Sugar cane plantation; ZRC_DER_0000112.

Distribution.

Widely distributed in Indomalayan region. New record to Singapore.

Notes

Published as part of Kamimura, Yoshitaka, Cheah, Shen, Wang, Wendy Yanling & Lam, Weng Ngai, 2026, Annotated checklist of Dermaptera and Zoraptera (Insecta) of Singapore, with redescriptions of several species, pp. 1-47 in ZooKeys 1276 on pages 1-47, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1276.183701

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
ZRC
Material sample ID
ZRC_DER_0000029 , ZRC_DER_0000103 , ZRC_DER_0000104 , ZRC_DER_0000105 , ZRC_DER_0000112
Event date
1976-01-19 , 1976-01-23 , 1977-01-11
Verbatim event date
1976-01-19 , 1976-01-23 , 1977-01-11
Scientific name authorship
Stal
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Dermaptera
Family
Chelisochidae
Genus
Proreus
Species
simulans
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Proreus simulans (Stal, 1860) sec. Kamimura, Cheah, Wang & Lam, 2026

References

  • Dohrn H (1865) Versuch einer Monographie der Dermapteran. Stettiner entomologische zeitung 26: 68–99.
  • Scudder SH (1876 c) Critical and historical notes on Forficulariae, including descriptions of new generic forms, and an alphabetical synonymic list of the described species. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 18: 287–332.
  • Kirby WF (1904) Dermaptera. A synonymic catalogue of Orthoptera. Taylor and Francis London 1: 1–59. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.6745
  • Burr M (1910 b) Dermaptera – Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Taylor and Franis, London, UK, 217 pp. [+ 10 pls] https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.100789
  • Borelli A (1926 c) Dermaptères de Java, Sumatra et îles Voisines. Treubia 8 (3–4): 248–273. https://archive.org/details/CFGEDI1926010100819260001/page/248/mode/2up