KOTA KINABALU: Two new species of bush cricket (katydids) have been described among other discoveries in an integrated study conducted in Sabah over the last six years, contributing to the state's rainforest biodiversity study.
Tapiena dimidia from the Maliau Basin and Tapiena munae from interior Long Pasia were recorded from the collaborative research project involving the Sabah Forestry Department, Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum (Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore) (LKCNHM) and Natural History Museum of Paris, France (MNHN).
