Annotated list of Tettigoniidae (Orthoptera) from the East Usambara Mountains Tanzania and new Tettigoniidae species from East Africa
Author
Hemp, Claudia
text
Zootaxa
2013
3737
4
301
350
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3737.4.1
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Afroanthracites uluguruensis
Hemp & Ünal
n. sp.
(
Fig. 7
E–H,
Fig.
8
I, J)
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Holotype
, male, Uluguru Mountains. Depository: BMNH. The
holotype
is unique.
FIGURE 8.
Morphological details of
Afroanthracites
species.
A.
Lateral view on male left cercus of
A. discolor
n. sp.
C, E, G, I.
Dorsal view on male abdominal apex with stretched out cerci of
A. montium
(
C
),
A. usambaricus
(
E
),
A. viridis
n. sp.
(
G
) and
A. uluguruensis
n. sp.
(
I
).
K.
Dissected left cercus of
A. jagoi
n. sp.
B, D, F, H, J, L.
Titillators of
A. discolor
n. sp.
(
B
),
A. montium
(
D
),
A. usambaricus
(
F
),
A. viridis
n. sp.
(
H
),
A. uluguruensis
n. sp.
(
J
) and
A. jagoi
n. sp.
(
L
).
Description.—male. General colour mixed green and brown to black, a large black patch on rear part of prontal disk.
Head and antennae
.—Fastigium verticis acute conical, only slightly compressed, shorter than scapus. Face uniformly green. Antennae long, more than twice the length of body. Scapus and 2nd (= pedicellus) antennal segment green, following segments long and thin, of dark colour till approximately segment 5–6, remaining segments pale.
Thorax.—
Pronotum rugose, rounded, posterior area (in metazona) slightly inflated. Tegmina completely hidden under pronotum.
Legs.—
Fore femur with 3 inner, mid femur with 3 outer spines.
Hind
femur with 5 outer short ventral spines.
Hind
tibia with 4 apical spurs ventrally.
Abdomen.—
Tenth abdominal tergite at posterior margin incised, forming two broadly rounded lobes (
Fig. 7
F). Subgenital plate elongated, posteriorly upcurved and little incised medially; styli short (
Fig. 7
G, H). Tittilators with narrow acute tip and broad projection (
Fig. 8
J) other details not visible as preparation has not been cleaned.
Female.—Unknown.
Measurements,
male (mm) (N = 1). Body length 22. Length of pronotum 7.5. Length of hind femur 11.
Diagnosis.—
A. uluguruensis
n. sp.
is morphologically related to
A. montium
and
A. usambaricus
with which it shares similar colouration and structure of the male abdominal apex.
A. viridis
n. sp.
and
A. discolor
n. sp.
have a morphological completely different 10th abdominal tergite, being shield-like in
A. viridis
n. sp.
(
Fig. 7
B) and medially divided into two parts in
A. discolor
n. sp.
(
Fig. 7
J) while
A. uluguruenis
n. sp.
has the 10th abdominal tergite medially incurved so that the posterior margin is divided into two rounded lobes (
Fig. 7
F).
A. viridis
n. sp.
is vivid green with a conspicuous pronotal colour pattern and a yellow 10th abdominal tergite (
Fig. 5
,
6
), while
A. discolor
n. sp.
has a contrasting pattern of hazelnut brown, cream and green colours (
Fig. 4
).
A montium
has a male 10th abdominal tergite that is elongate and incised medially at the posterior margin (
Fig. 7
N) but much narrower than in
A. uluguruensis
n. sp.
which has a broad posterior margin. In
A usambaricus
the tenth abdominal tergite is not incised at all but has a narrow and blunt posterior end (
Fig. 7
R).
A. jagoi
n. sp.
has an elongated, very narrow 10th tergite with medially incised posterior margin (
Fig.
7
V).