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<mods:titleid="8D83C3404D2B17C3C29116A85ED9AAF1">The tropical African genus Morgenia (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Phaneropterinae) with emphasis on the spur at the mid tibia</mods:title>
<mods:affiliationid="FC116EB58E8E994F24F67482517662B7">Department of Agricultural, Food and Forest Sciences, University of Palermo, Viale Scienze Bd. 5 A, 90128 Palermo, Italy</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="184602B97E1792701A08F9FEB8C4AA48">Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals, Polish Academy of Sciences, Slawkowska 17, 31515 Krakow, Poland</mods:affiliation>
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<figureCitationid="DF9039CB6CBAB645122A03432E591D48"captionStart="Figures 9–14"captionStartId="F3"captionText="Figures 9 - 14. Stridulatory area of left tegmen and mirror of right tegmen of the male of Morgenia hamuligera (9), M. rubricornis (10), M. spathulifera (11), M. lehmannorum sp. n. (12); habitus of M. hamuligera after Brunner von Wattenwyl (1878) (13) and of M. rubricornis after Sjoestedt (1913) (14). Arrow shows the particular net of small cells in the costal area of tegmina of M. spathulifera, present also in M. lehmannorum sp. n."figureDoi="10.3897/dez.65.26693.figures9-14"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/220910"pageId="1"pageNumber="162">, 9</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="2B6497DB4747D9903728350FEDE2AAE5"captionStart="Figures 9–14"captionStartId="F3"captionText="Figures 9 - 14. Stridulatory area of left tegmen and mirror of right tegmen of the male of Morgenia hamuligera (9), M. rubricornis (10), M. spathulifera (11), M. lehmannorum sp. n. (12); habitus of M. hamuligera after Brunner von Wattenwyl (1878) (13) and of M. rubricornis after Sjoestedt (1913) (14). Arrow shows the particular net of small cells in the costal area of tegmina of M. spathulifera, present also in M. lehmannorum sp. n."figureDoi="10.3897/dez.65.26693.figures9-14"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/220910"pageId="1"pageNumber="162">, 13</figureCitation>
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<figureCitationid="F857C8A7E8AAAD6BB1092154B1B536FC"captionStart="Figures 9–14"captionStartId="F3"captionText="Figures 9 - 14. Stridulatory area of left tegmen and mirror of right tegmen of the male of Morgenia hamuligera (9), M. rubricornis (10), M. spathulifera (11), M. lehmannorum sp. n. (12); habitus of M. hamuligera after Brunner von Wattenwyl (1878) (13) and of M. rubricornis after Sjoestedt (1913) (14). Arrow shows the particular net of small cells in the costal area of tegmina of M. spathulifera, present also in M. lehmannorum sp. n."figureDoi="10.3897/dez.65.26693.figures9-14"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/220910"pageId="1"pageNumber="162">9</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="D2582904A6EA0433FC749DDC44E7FDBE"captionStart="Figures 9–14"captionStartId="F3"captionText="Figures 9 - 14. Stridulatory area of left tegmen and mirror of right tegmen of the male of Morgenia hamuligera (9), M. rubricornis (10), M. spathulifera (11), M. lehmannorum sp. n. (12); habitus of M. hamuligera after Brunner von Wattenwyl (1878) (13) and of M. rubricornis after Sjoestedt (1913) (14). Arrow shows the particular net of small cells in the costal area of tegmina of M. spathulifera, present also in M. lehmannorum sp. n."figureDoi="10.3897/dez.65.26693.figures9-14"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/220910"pageId="1"pageNumber="162">10</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="6A374FA8BFE5439AA65DEF3FD49B891A"captionStart="Figures 9–14"captionStartId="F3"captionText="Figures 9 - 14. Stridulatory area of left tegmen and mirror of right tegmen of the male of Morgenia hamuligera (9), M. rubricornis (10), M. spathulifera (11), M. lehmannorum sp. n. (12); habitus of M. hamuligera after Brunner von Wattenwyl (1878) (13) and of M. rubricornis after Sjoestedt (1913) (14). Arrow shows the particular net of small cells in the costal area of tegmina of M. spathulifera, present also in M. lehmannorum sp. n."figureDoi="10.3897/dez.65.26693.figures9-14"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/220910"pageId="1"pageNumber="162">13</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="BF5CA1EA14CE2762493D98881A3436EC"captionStart="Figures 9–14"captionStartId="F3"captionText="Figures 9 - 14. Stridulatory area of left tegmen and mirror of right tegmen of the male of Morgenia hamuligera (9), M. rubricornis (10), M. spathulifera (11), M. lehmannorum sp. n. (12); habitus of M. hamuligera after Brunner von Wattenwyl (1878) (13) and of M. rubricornis after Sjoestedt (1913) (14). Arrow shows the particular net of small cells in the costal area of tegmina of M. spathulifera, present also in M. lehmannorum sp. n."figureDoi="10.3897/dez.65.26693.figures9-14"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/220910"pageId="1"pageNumber="162">14</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="5660BF10725A1B242BE9D7886E159D1C"captionStart="Figures 9–14"captionStartId="F3"captionText="Figures 9 - 14. Stridulatory area of left tegmen and mirror of right tegmen of the male of Morgenia hamuligera (9), M. rubricornis (10), M. spathulifera (11), M. lehmannorum sp. n. (12); habitus of M. hamuligera after Brunner von Wattenwyl (1878) (13) and of M. rubricornis after Sjoestedt (1913) (14). Arrow shows the particular net of small cells in the costal area of tegmina of M. spathulifera, present also in M. lehmannorum sp. n."figureDoi="10.3897/dez.65.26693.figures9-14"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/220910"pageId="1"pageNumber="162">9</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="F958EC08A5989CB56C929834F955F7E8"captionStart="Figures 9–14"captionStartId="F3"captionText="Figures 9 - 14. Stridulatory area of left tegmen and mirror of right tegmen of the male of Morgenia hamuligera (9), M. rubricornis (10), M. spathulifera (11), M. lehmannorum sp. n. (12); habitus of M. hamuligera after Brunner von Wattenwyl (1878) (13) and of M. rubricornis after Sjoestedt (1913) (14). Arrow shows the particular net of small cells in the costal area of tegmina of M. spathulifera, present also in M. lehmannorum sp. n."figureDoi="10.3897/dez.65.26693.figures9-14"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/220910"pageId="1"pageNumber="162">9</figureCitation>
). The stridulatory file is 3.5 mm long, arched and composed of ca. 80 dense and evenly spaced teeth in the proximal part, followed by ca. 70 more or less widely spaced teeth in the distal part (Fig.
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). The inner ventral spur of the mid tibiae is long and does not exceed the first tarsal article; its length is about 18-20% of the tibia length. On the outer ventral margin of the mid tibiae, three close short spines are present (Fig.
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