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 brachiatus ( Uvarov, 1924 ) ( Fig. 4 A, B; Fig. 16 ) http://lsid.speciesfile.org/urn:lsid: Orthoptera .speciesfile.org:TaxonName:16431 Holotype . Phlesirtes brachiatus , male. Depository: BMNH . Locality: British East Africa . Collector: R. Ford. Description. See Uvarov (1924) . Measurements (mm). Length of body 10, length of pronotum 5, length of anterior femur -, length of posterior femur 10.5, visible portion of elytra from above 1.5. Remarks. P. brachiatus was described on one male labelled by R. Ford “ British East Africa ”. In the collection of the Natural History Museum London more specimens possibly belonging to this species were studied ( Table 2 ). Very likely however, various new species are expected to be found in the different mountainous areas of Ethiopia. TABLE 2. Localities of P. brachiatus specimens in Ethiopia in the collection of the British Museum London, UK. Locality names found at Geonames (http://www.geonames.org).
Locality on labels Locality Elevation
Addis Ababa Addis Ababa city centre to surrounding mountains: 2300–2700 m
Chencha Ch´ench´a, Gamo Gofa Province 2738 m
Djema Djema not found -
Gamo Province Gamo Gofa administrtive division 813–4200 m
Mt Chillalo Ch´ilalo Terara; Arsi region village Asela at mountain foot to top of mountain: 2409–3995 m
Mt Zuquala Mt Zuqualla mountain foot to top: 1694–2989 m
As seen in Table 2 most localities lie at considerable elevations and thus it is very likely that P. brachiatus isas other species of the genus as well—a montane bound species.
Diagnosis. P. brachiatus has a short inner branch of the male cerci and a broadly rounded u-shaped gap between the processes of the 10th abdominal tergite ( Fig. 4 A, B).