Katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) of Gorongosa National Park and Central Mozambique
Author
Naskrecki, Piotr
Author
Guta, Ricardo
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Zootaxa
2019
2019-10-04
4682
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10.11646/zootaxa.4682.1.1
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Catoptropteryx aurita
Huxley, 1970
http://lsid.speciesfile.org/urn:lsid:
Orthoptera
.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:12669
(
Figs. 33
E–G, 53D–F)
Diagnostic remarks.
A medium-sized, non-descript green katydid, with hind wings slightly surpassing the tegmina (
Fig. 33G
). The pronotum is bordered with a thin yellow line and the lateral carinae are also yellow. The male cerci are simple, incurved, ending in a small spine (
Fig. 33F
). The ovipositor is strongly reduced, barely surpassing the tips of the female cerci (
Fig. 33E
). The tympana on the front tibia are usually bilaterally open although in some individuals the inner side of the tympanum may have a visible auricle. Among central Mozambican katydids this species can be confused with
Materuana eriki
Hemp, 2017
, from which it differs in much shorter cerci.
Bioacoustics.
The call of
C. aurita
consists of short 3-syllable echemes; mean syllable duration is
0.0263 s
(SD=0.00236, n=10); the peak frequency of the call is 12.9–15.8 kHz (
Figs. 53
D–F).
Distribution and natural history.
C. aurita
is widely distributed in East and southern Africa, having been recoded from
Tanzania
,
Kenya
,
Zambia
,
Zimbabwe
,
Mozambique
, and
South Africa
(
Huxley 1970
). It is a canopy inhabitant associated primarily with the miombo woodland. In
Gorongosa
adults can be seen all year round.
Measurements (
3 males
,
3 females
).
body w/wings: male 46–49 (47.71.5), female 49–52 (50.31.5); body w/o wings: male 22–25 (23.71.5), female 22–27 (252.6); pronotum: male 7, female 6–7 (6.7.6); tegmen: male 35–39 (36.32.3), female 35–40 (37.32.5); hind femur: male 23–25 (241), female 25–26 (25.5.7); ovipositor:
4 mm
.
Material examined
(
50 specimens
).
Mozambique
:
Manica
,
Sussundenga
,
Moribane Forest
,
Ndzou Camp
, elev.
593 m
(
-19.734695
,
33.336130
),
2–8.xii.2018
, coll.
P. Naskrecki
& M. Tomás—
1 female
,
1 male
;
Nhahomba
Rang- er
Station
,
Mussapa
, elev.
606 m
(
-19.585799
,
33.084969
),
26.xi.–2.xii.2018
, coll.
P. Naskrecki
& M. Tomás—
2 females
,
1 male
;
Sofala
,
Coutada
12,
Nyago
hunting camp, elev.
70 m
(
-18.660767
,
35.455603
),
8–16.iv.2016
, coll.
P. Naskrecki
& J. Guyton—
1 female
;
Cheringoma
, nr.
Codzo
(
Khodzue
), cave and nearby, elev.
216 m
(
-18.564
,
34.872222
),
14–25.iv.2017
, coll. P. Naskrecki—
1 female
;
Gorongosa
,
Massiabosa
,
Swanepoel Concession
, elev.
240 m
(
-18.55157
,
35.03004
),
10–14.iv.2017
, coll. P. Naskrecki—
1 male
(
EOWL
)
;
GNP,
Bela Vista
ranger outpost, elev.
26 m
(
-18.69470
,
34.20853
),
5–12.v.2015
, coll. P. Naskrecki—
2 females
,
2 males
(
EOWL
,
MCZ
)
;
GNP,
Chitengo
,
E.O. Wilson Laboratory
, elev.
48 m
(
-18.977722
,
34.351333
),
12–20.iv.2015
, coll. P. Naskrecki—
1 female
(
MCZ
)
;
same locality,
25–31.xii.2016
, coll. P. Naskrecki—
1 male
;
same locality,
15–30.ix.2017
, coll. P. Naskrecki—
1 female
(
EOWL
)
;
Gorongosa
Dist.
,
Archway Gorge
, campsite, elev.
63 m
(
-18.95336
,
34.61089
),
22–29.iv.2013
, coll. P. Naskrecki—
3 females
,
1 male
(
MCZ
)
;
GNP,
Chitengo
, elev.
38 m
(
-18.982867
,
34.35185
),
1–18.ix.2013
, coll. P. Naskrecki—
1 male
);
same locality,
5–9.v.2014
, coll. R. Guta—
1 male
(
EOWL
)
;
Claud’s Waterfall
campsite (
Site
3), elev.
94 m
(
-19.03011
,
34.67592
),
1–6.v.2013
, coll. P. Naskrecki—
6 females
,
4 males
(
MCZ
)
;
Wilson Laboratory
, GNP,
Chitengo
, (
-18.97775
,
34.351333
),
19.iii.–2.iv.2014
, coll.
P. Naskrecki
& R. Guta—
1 female
(
UEMM
)
;
same locality,
1–31.viii.2014
, coll. R. Guta—
1 female
;
same locality,
1–30.ix.2014
, coll.
R. Guta
& T. Massad—
1 female
;
same locality,
19–28.ii.2017
, coll. P. Naskrecki—
1 female
,
2 males
;
GNP,
Community Education Center
, elev.
129 m
(
-18.953639
,
34.177111
),
18–22.vi.2014
, coll.
G. Daniel
,
I. Nganhane
& R. Guta—
2 males
(
EOWL
)
;
GNP,
Chitengo
, elev.
29 m
(
-18.98194
,
34.35122
),
9.v.–29.vi.2012
, coll. P. Naskrecki—
1 female
;
same locality,
17.iii.–5.iv.2013
, coll. P. Naskrecki—
2 females
,
1 male
;
same locality,
6–31.v.2013
, coll. P. Naskrecki—
1 female
;
GNP, on
Rd.
11, elev.
22 m
(
-19.00469
,
34.41064
),
4.vi.–25.vii.2012
, coll. P. Naskrecki—1 nymph male
;
Nhagutua
, elev.
221 m
(
-18.64339
,
34.81425
),
16–20.iv.2013
, coll. P. Naskrecki—
1 female
;
Nhagutua
, bottom of the gorge, elev.
133 m
(
-18.63239
,
34.80725
),
11–14.vi.2012
, coll. P. Naskrecki—1 nymph female (
MCZ
)
;
Sofala Prov.
, CEC_GRP, elev.
114–134 m
(
-18.953767
,
34.178283
),
30.vii.–3.viii.2015
, coll.
Bioinformatics Workshop
Participants—
2 females
;
Gorongosa
Distr.
, GRP,
E.O. Wilson Lab Chitengo
, (
-18.9783
,
34.3514
),
10.vi.2015
, coll. J. Guyton—
1 female
(
EOWL
)
.