Phalangopsidae crickets from Tropical Africa (Orthoptera, Grylloidea), with descriptions of new taxa and an identification key for African genera
Author
Desutter-Grandcolas, Laure
text
Zootaxa
2015
3948
3
451
496
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3948.3.5
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1175-5326
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Afrophaloria
sp.
(
Fig. 4
B–I,
Table 2
)
I separate here female specimens originating from the
Central African Republic
,
Gabon
and the
Congo
, which all present a very long ovipositor, longer than TIII and than FIII (except in the female from Odzala, see measurements below), a subgenital plate (
Fig. 4
A–E) and a copulatory papilla more deeply emarginate than in the other species of
Afrophaloria
Desutter-Grandcolas
, n. gen. here described (
Fig. 4
F–I). They are globally lightly coloured (head, pronotum, legs); their tergites are brown, more or less marked with dark (last tergites darker, first tergites lighter with their posterior margins bordered by dark brown, planely or as a line of spots, this coloration being highly variable). No corresponding males have been found.
Material examined.
Central African Republic
, Salo,
40km
S Nola, W Sangha, forêt sempervirente,
23.iii.1995
, nuit,
1 female
, fn49;
30.iii.1995
, jour,
2 females
, fn6, 60, litière;
30.iii.1995
, nuit,
1 female
, fn113, litière;
31.iii.1995
, jour,
1 female
, fn1, litière;
31.iii.1995
, nuit,
1 female
, fn39, litière;
4.iv.1995
, jour,
1 female
, fn2, litière, L. Desutter-Grandcolas,
MNHN
.
Central African Republic
,
75km
WNW Mbaiki, N'Gotto, W Lobaye, forêt galerie,
17.iii.1995
, jour,
1 female
, fn25, litière;
18.iii.1995
, nuit,
1 female
, fn20, sur amadou, L. Desutter-Grandcolas,
MNHN
.
Central African Republic
,
75km
WNW Mbaiki, N'Gotto, W Lobaye, forêt galerie inondable,
21.iii.1995
, jour,
2 females
, fn5, 6, litière;
25.iii.1995
, jour,
4 females
, fn2, 5–7, litière;
25.iii.1995
, nuit,
1 female
, fn16, sur plante, L. Desutter-Grandcolas,
MNHN
.
Central African Republic
,
110km
W Mbaiki, Bambio, W Lobaye, forêt semi-décidue,
21.iii.1995
, nuit,
1 female
, fn36, L. Desutter-Grandcolas,
MNHN
.
Congo
, Odzala, Mbamo,
21.xi.1996
,
1 female
, P. Deleporte,
MNHN
.
Gabon
, Ivindo,
8 km
SW Makokou, Plateau d'Ipassa, forêt,
7.vii.1989
, jour,
1 female
, fn1, litière, P. Grandcolas,
MNHN
.
Variation.
The female from Ipassa has a very small copulatory papilla, compared to other females (
Fig. 4
G).