The genus Phlesirtes Bolivar, 1922 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae, Conocephalini; Karniellina), a review of the genus with data on its bioacoustics and the description of new species
Author
Hemp, Claudia
Author
Heller, Klaus-Gerhard
text
Zootaxa
2017
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4244.4.1
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Phlesirtes kinangopa
Hemp
n. sp.
(
Fig. 5
. F;
Fig. 10
E,
Fig. 11
C, D;
Fig. 16
)
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Holotype
male.
Kenya
,
Aberdare Range
,
Fishers Lodge
,
2900 m
,
January 2001
. Depository
MfN
.
Paratypes
.
1 female
, same data as holotype. Depository
MfN
.
1 male
,
1 female
, same data as holotype. Depository
EDNMK
.
1 male
,
1 female
, same data as holotype. Depository
BMNH
.
Additional
paratype
material.
19 males
,
17 female
, same data as holotype
.
1 male
,
2 females
,
Kenya
,
Aberdare Range
, grassy roadside vegetation,
2518 m
,
January 2001
.
Collection C.
Hemp.
Description.
Male. Color pattern of green and various shades of brown and black (
Fig. 10
E).
Abdomen
. Processes of 10th abdominal tergite at tips broadly inwardly rolled. Processes forming an oval-shaped gap between them (
Fig. 11
C). Most individuals with pair of dark patches on 10th abdominal tergite. Inner branch of male cercus short, little curved (
Fig. 11
D).
Female. Colour pattern as male. Ovipositor typical for genus. Subgenital plate as in
Fig.
5
F.
Measurements male (mm) (N=10). Length of body 9.5–10.8 (mean: 10.1), length of pronotum 4.5–5.3 (mean: 4.8), length of anterior femur 2.0–2.3 (mean: 2.2), length of posterior femur 8.3–8.8 (mean: 8.6), visible part of elytra from above 0.3–0.7 (mean: 0.5).
Measurements female (mm) (N=10). Length of body 9.5–12.3 (mean: 11.0), length of pronotum 3.2–3.6 (mean: 3.4), length of anterior femur 2.2–2.3 (mean: 2.2), length of posterior femur 8.5–9.2 (mean: 8.9), ovipositor 7.8–8.7 (mean: 8.0).
Diagnosis.
See
P. keniensis
.
Habitat and distribution.
Moorland zone and grasslands on the Aberdare range. Recorded between
2500– 2900 m
.