Katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) of Gorongosa National Park and Central Mozambique Author Naskrecki, Piotr Author Guta, Ricardo text Zootaxa 2019 2019-10-04 4682 1 1 119 journal article 25307 10.11646/zootaxa.4682.1.1 3981e1e7-9d35-4f45-857c-da0bca835157 1175-5326 3472787 430B98EF-BFCB-4608-A562-DEFA9539C8B2 Terpnistria zebrata (Serville, 1838) http://lsid.speciesfile.org/urn:lsid: Orthoptera .speciesfile.org:TaxonName:11295 ( Figs. 37 A–H, 52A–C) Diagnostic remarks. An easily recognizable katydid, characterized by contrastingly light venation of the tegmina ( Fig. 37H ), white accents on the pronotum and abdominal terga, large spines on the ventral margins of hind femora, and a prominent crest on the metazona of pronotum. The male cerci are simple, weakly incurved and armed with a small apical spine ( Figs. 37D, E ). The stridulatory file has 43–47 teeth ( Fig. 37C ). Females in the population in central Mozambique have the ovipositor nearly 5 times shorter than the hind femur ( Fig. 37G ), albeit there appears to be a significant variation in the length of the ovipositor in this species. FIGURE 37. Terpnistria zebrata : A. base of male left tegmen; B. base of male right tegmen; C. stridulatory file; D. male subgenital plate; E. male abdominal apex, dorsal view; F. female subgenital plate; G. ovipositor; H. female, lateral view. Bioacoustics. The call of T. zebrata is a series of single syllables, produced at the rate of 3 syllables/s; mean syllable duration is 0.0411 s (SD=0.00975, n=39); the peak frequency of the call is 11.1–12.8 kHz ( Figs. 52 A–C). The call is audible from a few meters. Distribution and natural history. T. zebrata is distributed widely in southern and East Africa, south of latitude 4°S ( Ragge 1980 ). It is found in Acacia woodland, where it feeds on a number of small-leaved trees of the family Fabaceae . Females lay eggs singly on the surface of tree bark, relatively low to the ground. Similar to females of Arantia , following the deposition of an egg the female covers it with pre-chewed bits of bark. Measurements ( 3 males , 7 females ). body w/wings: male 46–46.5 (46.2.3), female 45–51.4 (48.82); body w/o wings: male 25–26 (25.3.6), female 26–31 (29.31.8); pronotum: male 4–5.5 (4.8.8), female 5–5.5 (5.2.3); tegmen: male 34–35 (34.5.5), female 34.5–37.5 (36.61.1); hind femur: male 21–23.5 (22.21.3), female 22–23.9 (22.9.6); ovipositor: 5–6 (5.5.4) mm. Material examined ( 35 specimens ). Mozambique : Manica , Sussundenga , Moribane Forest , Ndzou Camp , elev. 593 m ( -19.734695 , 33.336130 ), 2–8.xii.2018 , coll. P. Naskrecki & M. Tomás— 1 female , 1 male ; Sofala , Cheringoma , Coutada 12, Chironde camp, elev. 156 m ( -18.32780 , 35.35799 ), 25.iii.–4.iv.2017 , coll. P. Naskrecki , J. Guyton & M. Castene— 1 male ; Gorongosa , Chitengo , elev. 31 m ( -18.97817 , 34.35159 ), 20.xi.2017 , coll. Entomology Class 2017— 1 female ); GNP, Chitengo , elev. 38 m ( -18.981067 , 34.351983 ), 11–31.x.2014 , coll. R. Guta— 1 female , 1 male ; GNP, Chitengo , ( -18.97786 , 34.35123 ), 15.vi.2015 , coll. Jen Guyton— 1 female ; GNP, Bela Vista Outpost , ( -18.69480 , 34.20733 ), 10.v.2015 , coll. R. Guta & T. Massad— 1 female ( EOWL ) ; GNP, Chitengo , E.O. Wilson Laboratory , elev. 48 m ( -18.977722 , 34.351333 ), 12–20.iv.2015 , coll. P. Naskrecki— 1 female , 1 male ( MCZ ) ; same locality, 1–10.xi.2018 , coll. Entomology Class 2018— 1 female ; GNP, Chitengo , New Camp , ( -18.97729 , 34.34425 ), 1–10.xi.2018 , coll. Entomology Class 2018— 1 male ; GNP, Chitengo , Wilson Laboratory , elev. 48 m ( -18.977722 , 34.351333 ), 5.iv.2018 , coll. P. Naskrecki & N. Vicente— 1 male ; same locality, 6.iv.2018 , coll. P. Naskrecki— 1 male ; GNP, Wilson Laboratory , ( -18.977761 , 34.35115 ), 15–30.xi.2016 , coll. P. Naskrecki— 1 female , 1 male ; Gorongosa Dist. , GNP, Chitengo , elev. 38 m ( -18.978808 , 34.352606 ), 5–9.v.2014 , coll. R. Guta— 1 female , 1 male ; Wilson Laboratory , GNP, Chitengo , ( -18.97775 , 34.351333 ), 19.iii.–2.iv.2014 , coll. P. Naskrecki & R. Guta— 1 female ( EOWL ) ; same locality, 20–23.iii.2014 , coll. P. Naskrecki— 1 female ( UEMM ) ; same locality, 1–30.ix.2014 , coll. R. Guta & T. Massad— 1 female ; same locality, 19–28.ii.2017 , coll. P. Naskrecki— 1 female ; same locality, 15.viii.2017 , coll. P. Naskrecki— 1 female ; GNP, Chitengo , elev. 29 m ( -18.98194 , 34.35122 )— 1 female ( EOWL ) ; same locality, 9.v.–29.vi.2012 , coll. P. Naskrecki— 3 females , 2 males ; same locality, 6–31.v.2013 , coll. P. Naskrecki— 1 female ( MCZ ) ; GNP, nr. Nhascuvo outpost, ( -19.062639 , 34.232194 ), 24–28.vi.2014 , coll. G. Daniel , I. Nganhane & R. Guta— 1 female ; Sofala prov, Gorongosa District , CEC to Civeta Post , elev. 96 m ( -18.940333 , 34.193472 ), 29–30.ix.2015 , coll. I. Nganhane & R. Guta— 1 female ; Gorongosa Distr. , GRP, E.O. Wilson Lab Chitengo , ( -18.9783 , 34.3514 ), 14.vii.2014 , coll. P. Naskrecki— 1 male ; same locality, 10.vi.2015 , coll. J. Guyton— 1 male ; same locality, 26–31.iii.2016 , coll. P. Naskrecki— 2 males ( EOWL ) .