The genus Phlesirtes Bolivar, 1922 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae, Conocephalini; Karniellina), a review of the genus with data on its bioacoustics and the description of new species Author Hemp, Claudia Author Heller, Klaus-Gerhard text Zootaxa 2017 4244 4 451 477 journal article 36222 10.11646/zootaxa.4244.4.1 7f9f2005-aec5-45c4-a97e-86d3172537bf 1175-5326 437214 2519494F-5998-4CD1-AFF1-78ADB4DEEB46 Phlesirtes timboroa Hemp n. sp. ( Fig. 1 ; Fig. 3 ; Fig. 5 N; Fig. 13 K,L; Fig. 16 ) http://lsid.speciesfile.org/urn:lsid: Orthoptera .speciesfile.org:TaxonName:496077 Holotype male. Kenya, between Eldoret and Londiani A 104, near Timboroa about 800 m west of Equator, open grassland, 2700 m , November 2011 . Depository MfN. Paratypes . 1 female , same data as holotype. Depository MfN . 1 male , same data as holotype. Depository EDNMK . 1 male, 1 female. 1 male, Timboroa , coll. G. N. D. Beale, 5.1948. Depository EDNMK. 1 male , 1 female , same data as holotype, Depository BMNH . Additional paratype material: 6 males , 1 female , 2 female nymphs, same data as holotype. Collection C. Hemp. Description. Male. Mix of green and brown colours, abdomen with black lateral fasciae. Abdomen . The space between the processes of the 10th abdominal tergite is u-shaped or almost rectangular, the apices of the processes of the 10th abdominal tergite with acute tips. The median depression of the 10th abdominal tergite shallow ( Fig. 15 K). The male cerci have a comparatively short inner branch which is moderately curved at its tip ( Fig. 15 L). Female. Ovipositor slightly shorter than body length, otherwise typical for Phlesirtes . Subgenital plate as in Fig. 5 N. Measurements male (mm) (N=6). Length of body 9.5–11.0, length of pronotum 4.5–5.0, length of anterior femur 2.2–2.3, length of posterior femur 9.5–10.2, visible part of elytra from above 0.6–1.3. Measurements female (mm) (N=3). Length of body 9.5–12.0, length of pronotum 3.5–4.0, length of anterior femur 2.3–2.6, length of posterior femur 11, ovipositor 8.5–9.0. Diagnosis. P. kilimontanus n. sp. and P. merumontanus both also have a depression medially on the 10th abdominal tergite which is however, deeper than in P. timboroa n. sp. In P. kilimontanus n. sp. the space between the processes of the 10th abdominal tergite is rhombic while it is narrow u-shaped or almost rectangular in P. timboroa n. sp. and thus very similar to P. merumontanus . Both species are geographically separated. P. timboroa n. sp. occurs on the central Kenyan highlands around Eldoret while P. merumontanus is distributed throughout northern Tanzania . Habitat and distribution. Kenya , highlands around Eldoret; montane grasslands 2700 m .