Katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) of Gorongosa National Park and Central Mozambique
Author
Naskrecki, Piotr
Author
Guta, Ricardo
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-10-04
4682
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1
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journal article
25307
10.11646/zootaxa.4682.1.1
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Materuana eriki
Hemp, 2017
http://lsid.speciesfile.org/urn:lsid:
Orthoptera
.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:492189
(
Figs. 33
H–J)
Diagnostic remarks.
A medium-sized, non-descript green katydid, with hind wings barely surpassing the tegmina (
Fig. 33J
); the tegmina are distinctly shiny and quite strongly sclerotized, rigid. The male cerci are long and slender (
Fig. 33H
), incurved when seen from above (
Fig.
33I
). This species is similar in its overall appearance to
Catoptropteryx aurita
but can be distinguished by much longer cerci in the male and by fully developed, long and slender ovipositor in the female. The tympana on the front tibia are bilaterally closed.
Distribution and natural history.
M. eriki
was recently described from
Tanzania
(
Hemp 2017a
) and finding it in central
Mozambique
significantly extends its known range. In
Gorongosa
this species is uncommon, found only in the canopy of the tall
Brachystegia
miombo woodland. The call of the Mozambican population is unknown.
Measurements (
2 males
).
body w/wings: 48.7–50.1 (49.41); body w/o wings: 28–30.5 (29.31.8); pronotum: 7–7.6 (7.3.4); tegmen: 40.5–41.8 (41.2.9); hind femur: 23.1–23.4 (23.3.2) mm.
Material examined
(
2 specimens
).
Mozambique
:
Sofala
,
Cheringoma
,
Coutada
12,
Chironde
camp, elev.
156 m
(
-18.32780
,
35.35799
),
25.iii.–4.iv.2017
, coll.
P. Naskrecki
, J. Guyton & M. Castene—
2 males
(
EOWL
)
.