Potua coronata Bolívar, 1887

Muhammad, Amira Aqilah, Tan, Ming Kai, Azizan, Izz Amirul & Abdullah, Nurul Ashikin, 2025, Pygmy grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) from Sekayu, Terengganu; with the description of a new species, Zootaxa 5666 (2), pp. 151-174 : 159-160

Potua coronata Bolívar, 1887

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Potua coronata Bolívar, 1887: 208 .

Material examined (only images). • 1♂; PENINSULAR MALAYSIA; Malacca, Tengah Mountains ; coll. P. Zobris ( MfN) .

New material examined. PENINSULAR MALAYSIA; Terengganu; Kuala Berang, Sekayu • 1♂; N4.972248 E102.957732, 102.4 m.a.s.l.; 9 October 2024, 09h44; on rotten tree trunk by the stream; coll. A.A. Muhammad, I.A. Azizan, Badrulhadza Amzah, Izzuddin Abdullah, Akmal Hidayat, Mohamad Iman; HSHTT2024.067 ( MZUM) .

Remarks. Our specimen represents a new locality record in Terengganu, Peninsular Malaysia. This species is a master of camouflage, found on decaying trees and logs, and moves minimally to avoid detection. Although P. coronata coronata Bolívar, 1887 is distributed in Peninsular Malaysia, our specimens resemble more closely P. coronata sumatrensis Bolívar, 1898 from Borneo and Sumatra by the more pronounced rugosity of the pronotum. However, the genus is still in need of a taxonomic revision ( Tumbrinck, 2014), and we refrain from assigning subspecies status to the specimen.

Distribution. Peninsular Malaysia [type locality], Borneo ( Sarawak), Sumatra.

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FIGURE 6. Potua coronata Bolívar, 1887 in its natural environment in Sekayu, Terengganu.