Orthoptera Tettigoniidae as indicators of biodiversity hotspots in the Guinean Forests of Central and West Tropical Africa
Author
Massa, Bruno
0000-0003-2127-0715
Department of Agriculture, Food and Forest Sciences, University of Palermo, Viale Scienze 13, 90128 Palermo, Italy (retired). bruno. massa @ unipa. it; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2127 - 0715
bruno.massa@unipa.it
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Zootaxa
2021
2021-05-21
4974
3
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4974.3.1
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Catoptropteryx guttatipes
Karsch, 1890
Material examined
.
Sierra Leone
,
Tiwai Is.
,
Moa River
(
120m
) (
light trap
)
17-22.VI.2016
,
H. Takano
,
W. Miles
,
R. Goff
(
1♂
,
4♀
)
;
Liberia
,
Lofa County
,
Foya Proposed Protected Area
(
530m
)
10-19.XI.2017
(
MV
Light Trap
),
M. Aristophanous
,
S. Safian
,
G. Simonics
,
L. Smith
(
3♂
,
3♀
)
;
Liberia
,
Lofa County
,
Wologizi Mts.
,
Base Camp Forest
(
611m
)
20.XI-1.XII.2017
(
MV
Light Trap
),
M. Aristophanous
,
S. Safian
,
G. Simonics
,
L. Smith
(
2♂
,
4♀
)
;
Liberia
,
Sinoe County
,
Krahn-Bassa Reserve
,
Juboe River
,
7.5 km
SW Pellokon town
,
14-21.I.2018
(
MV
Light Trap
),
M. Geiser
,
S. Safian
,
G. Simonics
(
1♂
,
3♀
)
;
Liberia
,
Sinoe County
,
Krahn-Bassa Reserve
,
Juboe River
,
7.5 km
SW Pellokon town
,
14-21.I.2018
(
Cold Cathode
UV
Bucket Light
),
M. Geiser
,
S. Safian
,
G. Simonics
(
3♀
)
;
Liberia
,
Sinoe County
,
Krahn-Bassa Reserve
,
Juboe River
,
7.5 km
SW Pellokon town
,
14-20.I.2018
(
Blended Bulb
250w
Light Trap
),
M. Geiser
,
S. Safian
,
G. Simonics
(
3♀
)
;
Liberia
,
Sinoe County
,
6.5 km
NW Jacksonville
,
Forest
near
Solve Problem Vill.
(
103m
)
23-27.I.2018
(
MV
Light Trap
),
M. Geiser
,
S. Safian
,
G. Simonics
(
1♂
)
;
Liberia
,
Lofa County
,
Wologizi Mts.
,
Ridge Camp
2 (
883m
) (
Cold Cathode
UV
Trap
),
22-31.XI.2018
,
S. Safian
,
G. Simonics
(
1♂
)
;
Togo
,
Fazao-Malfakassa
NP,
Mare
aux crocodiles campsite (
Sudanian Savannah
/dry
Forest
) (
505m
)
26.VIII-7.IX.2018
(
MV
Light Trap
),
M. Aristophanous
,
M. Geiser
,
P. Moretto
,
B. Sanbena
(
1♂
)
;
Togo
,
Fazao-Malfakassa
NP,
Mare
aux crocodiles campsite next to lake (
Sudanian Savannah
) (
505m
)
5-7.IX.2018
(
Lepiled Light Trap
),
M. Aristophanous
,
M. Geiser
,
P. Moretto
,
B. Sanbena
(
1♀
)
(
ANHRT
).
Distribution
. Known from
Cameroon
(
type
locality),
Uganda
,
Central African Republic
,
Gabon
,
Nigeria
, and
Equatorial Guinea
(
Massa 2021a
); it is newly recorded from
Sierra Leone
,
Liberia
and
Togo
.