Revision of the tropical African genus Tetraconcha (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae) with the description of ten new species
Author
Massa, Bruno
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Journal of Orthoptera Research
2017
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jor.26.21469
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jor.26.21469
1937-2426-2-211
Tetraconcha annoyeri
sp. n.
Figs 49-52, 91, 100
Material examined and depository.
-Central African Republic,
N'Doki
, shore of Lake 1, 11-12.II.2012, 02°28'
51.0N
016°13'
04.5E
(UV trap), P. Moretto (1♂ holotype) (MSNG); same locality 20-23.II.2012, P. Moretto (1♂ paratype); same locality 24-25.II.2012, P. Moretto (1♂ para
type
); Central African Republic,
Dzanga-N'Doki
National Park,
N'Doki
, Lake 1, 21.II.2012 (light trap), P. Annoyer (1♂ paratype) (BMPC); Central African Republic,
Dzanga-N'Doki
National Park, Sangha, camp 3, 6.II.2005, P. Annoyer (1♂ paratype); Central African Republic,
Dzanga-N'Doki
National Park,
N'Doki
, Lake 1, 29.XI.2010, 11.II.2012 (light trap), P. Annoyer (2♂ paratypes); Central African Republic,
Dzanga-N'Doki
National Park,
N'Doki
, Lake 2, 24.II.2012 (light trap), P. Annoyer (1♂ paratype) (PACT).
Figures 49-64.
Tetraconcha annoyeri
sp. n. holotype male (Central African Republic,
N'Doki
): 49. Stridulatory area; 50. Stridulatory file below the left tegmen; 51. Cerci and subgenital plate in dorsal view; 52. Cerci and subgenital plate in ventral view.
Tetraconcha fijalkowskii
sp. n. holotype male (Central African Republic,
N'Doki
): 53. Stridulatory area; 54. Stridulatory file below the left tegmen; 55. Cerci and subgenital plate in dorsal view; 56. Cerci and subgenital plate in ventral view.
Tetraconcha omonomai
sp. n. holotype male (Central African Republic,
N'Doki
): 57. Stridulatory area (the arrow shows the cubital areas); 58. Stridulatory file below the left tegmen; 59. Cerci and subgenital plate in dorsal view; 60. Cerci and subgenital plate in ventral view.
Tetraconcha aristophanousi
sp. n. holotype male (Ivory Coast,
Tai
Nat. Park): 61. Stridulatory area; 62. Stridulatory file below the left tegmen; 63. Cerci and subgenital plate in dorsal view; 64. Cerci and subgenital plate in ventral view.
Color.
-The whole body yellowish, tegmina with a black spot at the base, many yellowish or whitish spots between veinlets; black spots along the veinlets of posterior area of tegmina; ventral side of hind femora generally brownish.
Description.
-Males. Head and antennae: Fastigium of vertex narrow, sulcate above, separated from fastigium of frons. Eyes rounded, well projecting. Antennae long. Legs: Fore coxae armed with a small spine. Fore tibiae furrowed dorsally, distinctly widening above tympanum, conchate on both sides. Fore femora armed on inner ventral side with 7-8 spines, fore tibiae with 5-6 spines + 1 spur on inner and on outer ventral sides, 3 spines + 1 spur on outer dorsal side, mid femora armed with 8-9 spines on outer ventral side, mid tibiae with 15-16 spines on outer and inner ventral sides + 1 spur on each side, and 4-5 spines + 1 spur on inner dorsal side, hind femora armed with 6 small spines on outer and 3 on inner ventral sides, hind tibiae with many spines on ventral and dorsal sides + 3 spurs on each side. Thorax: Pronotum narrowing anteriorly, flat above, anterior margin incurved, posterior margin rounded, humeral sinus well developed, lobes of pronotum rounded. Tegmina narrow with rounded apices. Wings longer than tegmina. Stridulatory area of left and right tegmina shown in Fig. 49, veinlets of left tegmen in Fig. 91; stridulatory file arched and composed by ca. 100 very dense and evenly spaced teeth in the proximal part (ca. 1/3 of the length), and 15 widely spaced teeth in the distal part (ca. 2/3 of the length) (Fig. 50). Abdomen: Subgenital plate short with a wide concavity, cerci slender and incurved (Figs 51-52).
Female. Unknown.
Measurements.
-Cf. Tables 1 and 2.
Diagnosis.
-
T. annoyeri
sp. n. is characterised mainly by the presence of whitish-yellow spots on tegmina (Fig. 91), its stridulatory area of left and right tegmina (Fig. 49), its peculiar stridulatory file (Fig. 50) and its subgenital plate (Figs 51-52).
Etymology.
-This species is named after Philippe Annoyer, President of the Association Insectes du Monde and organizer of the expedition Sangha 2012; he also collected many interesting
Orthoptera
during the expedition to the
Tai
Forest (Ivory Coast) in 2017.
Distribution.
-Known only from Central African Republic.