Orthoptera (Insecta: Tettigonioidea, Pyrgomorphoidea, Acridoidea) of Kafa Biosphere Reserve, Bale Mountains National Park and other areas of conservation interest in Ethiopia
Author
Felix, Rob P. W. H.
Author
Massa, Bruno
text
Zootaxa
2016
4189
1
1
59
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4189.1.1
2f313cb8-d57b-43ac-a1d5-f6cefc2c1ce2
1175-5326
165634
3C3C1242-82BC-4C73-B95E-0232F9603BA4
Abisares viridipennis dromedarius
(Rhen, 1914)
http://lsid.speciesfile.org/urn:lsid:
Orthoptera
.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:57601
Material
examined
.
ETHIOPIA
:
SNNPR
,
Bench Maji
,
Bebeka Plantation
(
1370 m
),
14.IV.2015
,
B. Massa
(1Ƌ,
BMPC
).
Remarks.
Our specimen has bright yellow spines with black tips on the hind tibiae, as is described for subspecies
dromedarius
from
Ethiopia
. The hind wings however are green-bluish basally, as is the case in
Abisares v. viridipennis
(Burmeister, 1838)
, which is widespread in different countries of
East, Central and West
Africa (cf. also
Uvarov 1943
). Based on the color of the spines on the hind tibiae, we identified our specimen as
dromedarius
.