Orthoptera Tettigoniidae as indicators of biodiversity hotspots in the Guinean Forests of Central and West Tropical Africa Author Massa, Bruno 0000-0003-2127-0715 Department of Agriculture, Food and Forest Sciences, University of Palermo, Viale Scienze 13, 90128 Palermo, Italy (retired). bruno. massa @ unipa. it; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2127 - 0715 bruno.massa@unipa.it text Zootaxa 2021 2021-05-21 4974 3 401 458 journal article 6215 10.11646/zootaxa.4974.3.1 f4836c21-a062-4226-8865-1c2fbbbbbbe3 1175-5326 4778159 D830FF11-A538-4FDB-80C0-E32DE3D10D43 Opisthodicrus cochlearistylus Karsch, 1891 Material examined . Liberia , Lofa County , Foya Proposed Protected Area ( 530m ) 10-19.XI.2017 ( MV Light Trap ), M. Aristophanous , S. Safian , G. Simonics , L. Smith ( 1♀ ) ; Côte d’Ivoire , Mt. Tonkoui Peak ( 1171m ) 9-16.IV.2016 ( light Trap ), M. Aristophanous , P. Moretto ( 2♀ ) ; Côte d’Ivoire , Abidjan , Banco Forest ( Banco PN) ( 39-48m ) ( MV Light Trap ) 21-30.IV.2017 , A. Aristophanous , M. Aristophanous , M. Geiser , P. Moretto ( 1♀ ) ( ANHRT ) ; Côte d’Ivoire , Man , Mt. Tonkoui ( 1171m ) 1.VII.2014 (light) ( 2♀ ) , 8.IX.2016 (light) ( 1♂ ) , 21.X.2016 (light) ( 2♂ , 2♀ ), 23.III.2017 (light) ( 1♀ ), III. IV.2017 (light) ( 1♀ ), 4.IV.2017 (light) ( 3♀ ) , 23.V.2017 (light) ( 1♀ ), 19.VII.2017 (light) ( 1♀ ), P. Moretto; Côte d’Ivoire , Taï National Park , Res. Station ( 174m ) 18.III.2017 (light), B. Massa ( 3♂ , 5♀ ) ; Central African Republic , Dzanga-Ndoki Nat. Park , 20-23.II.2012 (light), P. Moretto ( 3♂ , 5♀ ) ( BMPC ). Distribution . Previously known from Cameroon , Gabon , Angola , Equatorial Guinea ( Fernando Poo ), and Côte d’Ivoire ( Naskrecki 2008 ), here recorded also from Liberia and Central African Republic .