Biodiversity hotspot in the Sangha Trinational Protected Area revealed through Orthoptera Tettigoniidae Author Massa, Bruno 0000-0003-2127-0715 bruno.massa@unipa.it text Zootaxa 2023 2023-08-18 5331 1 1 67 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5331.1.1 journal article 264218 10.11646/zootaxa.5331.1.1 ebee8044-9130-4ce6-9c05-c0f7c65e7f1e 1175-5326 8260962 85D2BD10-1F94-44DF-98C9-9312A28EE584 Morgenia plurimaculata Massa & Moulin, 2018 Massa & Moulin in Massa et al. 2018 , Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 65(2): 165; type locality: Dzanga-Ndoki National Park , Central African Republic ; depository: MCSN , Genoa ( ♁ holotypus ) . Material examined . Republic of Congo , Sangha prov. , N-N NP, Mombongo bai (marshland) 02°10’14.4”N , 16°08’27.9”E ( 311m ) 28.VI.2022 , Actinic Light Trap , V. Dérozier & P. Mekounou ( 1♁ ) ; Republic of Congo , Sangha prov. , N-N NP, Bomassa camp (secondary forest) ( 353m ), 02°12’36.9”N , 16°11’30.2”E , 18.VI–3.VII.2022 , MV Light Trap , V. Dérozier ( 1♁ ) ; Republic of Congo , Sangha prov. , N-N NP, Mombongo camp ( Moist mixed forest 02°10’30.7”N , 16°08’37.7”E , 28.VI.2022 , MV Light Trap , V. Dérozier ( 1♁ ) ; Republic of Congo , Sangha prov. , N-N NP, Bomassa camp (secondary for.) 02°12’36.9”N , 16°11’30.2”E , 16–23.IX.2022 , MV Light Trap , V. Dérozier , B. Fouka , A. Kirk-Spriggs , H. Takano ( 10♁ ) ; Republic of Congo , Sangha prov. , N-N NP, Makao camp (secondary for.) 02°35’42.2”N , 17°10’08.3”E , 23–29.IX.2022 , MV Light Trap , V. Dérozier , B. Fouka , A. Kirk-Spriggs , H. Takano ( 8♁ ) ; Republic of Congo , Sangha prov. , N-N NP, Ndoki formation (secondary forest), 02°12’47.7”N , 16°23’45.8”E , 29.IX–1.X.2022 , MV Light Trap , V. Dérozier , B. Fouka , A. Kirk-Spriggs , H. Takano ( 13♁ ) ; Republic of Congo , Sangha prov. , N-N NP, Mbeli camp (secondary forest) ( 341m ) 1–10.X.2022 , MV light trap , V. Dérozier , B. Fouka , A. Kirk-Spriggs , H. Takano ( 1♁ , 1♀ with Nematomorpha, Gordiacea) ; Republic of Congo , Sangha prov. , N-N NP, Mbeli camp ( Gilbertiodendron forest) ( 341m ) 02°14’23.8”N , 16°23’52.1”E , 1– 10.X.2022 , Lepiled light trap , V. Dérozier , B. Fouka , A. Kirk-Spriggs , H. Takano ( 1♁ ) ; Republic of Congo , Sangha prov. , N-N NP, Bomassa camp (secondary for.) ( 341m ) 02°12’36.9”N , 16°11’30.2”E , 10–16.X.2022 , MV Light Trap , V. Dérozier , B. Fouka , A. Kirk-Spriggs , H. Takano ( 3♁ ) ; Republic of Congo , Sangha prov. , N-N NP, Mondika camp ( 352m ) 02°21’50.63”N , 16°16’25.82”E , 7–14.II.2023 , Actinic light trap , N.M. Bakala , V. Dérozier , A. Kirk-Spriggs , G. László ( 1♁ ) ; Republic of Congo , Sangha prov. , N-N NP, Mbeli camp ( 372m ) 14–20.II.2023 , Actinic light trap , N.M. Bakala , V. Dérozier , A. Kirk-Spriggs , G. László ( 1♁ ) ; Republic of Congo , Sangha prov. , N-N NP, Mombongo camp 02°10’30.7”N , 16°8’37.7”E ( 352m ) 2–7.II.2023 , MV light trap , N.M. Bakala , V. Dérozier , A. Kirk-Spriggs , G. László ( 1♀ ) ; Republic of Congo , Sangha prov. , N-N NP, Mondika camp 02°21’50.63”N , 16°15’25.82”E , 7–14.II.2023 ( MV light trap ), N.M. Bakala , V. Dérozier , A. Kirk-Spriggs , G. László ( 8♁ ) ; Republic of Congo , Sangha prov. , N-N NP, Makao camp 02°35’42.2”N , 17°10’08.3”E , 15–21.V.2023 , MV Light Trap , V. Dérozier , A. Kirk-Spriggs , G. László , S. Mvouende ( 8♁ ) ; Republic of Congo , Sangha prov. , N-N NP, Mondika camp 02°21’50.63”N , 16°15’25.82”E , 27.IV–6.V.2023 , MV light trap , V. Dérozier , A. Kirk-Spriggs , G. László , S. Mvouende ( 2♁ ) ( ANHRT ) . Distribution . Previously known from Central African Republic , Gabon , Liberia ( Massa 2021b ), Guinea , Ghana , Côte d’Ivoire (as Mangomaloba latipennis Chopard, 1954 ; cf. Massa 2022b ), here recorded also from Republic of Congo .