Provisional checklist of the Tettigonioidea (Insecta: Orthoptera) from São Tomé & Príncipe with taxonomic remarks, bioacoustical data and the description of new taxa
Author
Heller, Klaus-Gerhard
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-02-28
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journal article
28157
10.11646/zootaxa.4563.1.2
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1175-5326
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Phaneroptera sparsa
Stål, 1857
3 males
,
5 females
,
SAO TOME & PRINCIPE
:
Príncipe
,
near
Bom Bom Island
Resort (
1°41'N
,
7°24'E
),
20 m
,
24– 27 iv 2018
, leg.
Martina
& K.-
G. Heller
&
Marianne Volleth
(
CH
8559-66)
;
1 female
,
Príncipe
, near
Nova Estrela
(
1°36'N
,
7°25'E
),
50 m
a.s.l.
, leg.
Martina
& K.-
G. Heller
&
Marianne Volleth
(
CH
8567)
.
New record for the island of
Príncipe
and the state
São Tomé and Príncipe
.
To find this widespread species (see
Ragge 1956
) also in
Príncipe
was not very unexpected. It was relatively common there, perhaps even sometimes the most common tettigoniid. However, we did not see it in
São Tomé
. Surprisingly
Burr (1927)
mentions it neither for
Príncipe
nor for
São Tomé
. So it should be not excluded that it arrived in
Príncipe
relatively recently.