A revision of the South African katydid genus Austrodontura Fontana & Buzzetti (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae)
Author
Naskrecki, Piotr
Author
Bazelet, Corinna S.
text
Zootaxa
2011
2873
51
59
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.204801
8c4635d4-8651-4f7c-abcf-8401f97deeae
1175-5326
204801
?
Austrodontura
sp.
A single female specimen from the collection of the Iziko South African Museum differs from other known specimens of the genus
Austrodontura
in having only 1 pair of ventral apical spurs on the apex of the hind tibia. It also lacks discernible ocelli and its fastigium of vertex possesses a distinct longitudinal groove. In other respects this specimen closely resembles
A. capensis
.
It is likely that the specimen represents a distinct species of this or a related genus, but we abstain from describing it until more material becomes available.
Material examined (
1 specimens
).
Republic of South Africa
: Western Cape, Central Karoo DC, Meirings Poort, (
33°24'S
,
22°33'0''E
),
ii.1932
, coll. K.H. Barnard—
1 female
(
SAMC
).