Revision of the genus Amytta (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae, Meconematinae) and new species from East Africa
Author
Hemp, Claudia
Author
Heller, Klaus-Gerhard
text
Zootaxa
2017
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4263.2.5
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Key to species of
Amytta
(males)
1 Alate species with tegmina and wings slightly shorter, as long or longer than body length.............................2
1´Flightless species with tegmina shortened.................................................................. 6
2 Tegmina not reaching end of abdomen, covering about 2/3 of abdomen; last abdominal tergite unmodified.
Tanzania
, North Pare Mountains..........................................................................
A. mramba
n. sp.
2´Tegmina about body length or longer......................................................................3
3 Last abdominal tergite with elongated strongly down-curved process; tegmina and alae about body length or slightly longer.
Tanzania
, North Pare Mountains.............................................................
A. judithae
n. sp.
3´Last abdominal tergite without elongated down-curved process; tegmina and alae surpassing body length by about ½ of their length..............................................................................................4
4 Posterior margin of last abdominal tergite with two thorn-like processes forming broad “u” medially; cerci differentiated into two large branches. Central Tanzania, Iringa province.................................................
A. ukamica
4´Posterior margin of last abdominal tergite without processes, male cerci not differentiated into two branches............. 5
5 Male cerci with finger-like process basally.
Tanzania
,
West
Usambara Mountains......................
A. digitata
n. sp.
5´Male cerci without finger-like process basally.
Tanzania
,
East Usambara Mountains
and coastal
Tanzania
.......
A. pellucida
6 Last abdominal tergite with process.......................................................................7
6´Last abdominal tergite without process.....................................................................8
7 Last abdominal tergite with elongated, strongly bulging and down-curved process (
Fig. 4
,
5 A
).
Tanzania
, North Pare Moun- tains...................................................................................
A. kilomeni
n. sp.
7´Last abdominal tergite with short process (
Fig. 12
B).
Tanzania
, Mt
Kilimanjaro
......................
A. savannae
n. sp.
8 Posterior margin of last abdominal tergite broadly incurved (
Fig. 1
B; 2 A, C)......................................9
8´Posterior margin of last abdominal tergite with median incision (
Fig. 1
C–E)...................................... 11
9 Cerci laterally compressed and folded, forming hollow space; subapically with blade-like projection and inwardly curved, hol- low apices. Tanzania, submontane zone Mt Kilimanjaro.................................................
A. olindo
9´Cerci not as strongly laterally compressed, subapical dorsal blade prominent and apical branch differentiated into twisted three dimensional structure.................................................................................10
10 Subapical blade of cerci large with broad base; apical structure of inner cercal branch with acute apex and knob-like structure subapically (
Fig. 2
C, D). Tanzania, montane forest Mt Meru..................................
A. merumontana
n. sp.
10´Subapical blade of cerci not as large and more slender as in
A. merumontana
n. sp.
; apex of inner cercal branch long and slen- der and well-developed conus-like structure subapically (
Fig. 2
A, B). Tanzania, montane zone of Mt Kilimanjaro................................................................................................
A. kilimandjarica
11 Apices of cerci strongly folded and apically pointed.........................................................12
11´Apices of cerci not as strongly folded, more open.
Tanzania
, Mt Hanang..........................
A. hanangensis
n. sp.
12 Tips of cerci bidentate with two acute apices. Kenya, Taita Hills...................................
A. taitensis
n. sp.
12´Tips of cerci not bidentate..............................................................................13
13 Cerci strongly folded with subapical dorsal blade large and almost inwardly curled apices; median incision of posterior margin of last abdominal tergite deep. Central
Kenya
, lower foothills of Aberdare Range.........................
A. abbreviata
13´Cerci not as strongly folded with smaller subapical dorsal blade; apices of cerci more open; median incision smaller, not as deep as in
A. abbreviata
. Tanzania, Mt Meru..................................................
A. meruensis
n. sp.