New genera, species and records of Afrotropical Phaneropterinae (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae) preserved at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Bruxelles
Author
Massa, Bruno
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Zootaxa
2017
2017-11-30
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Plangiopsis adeps
Karsch, 1896
KarSch, 1896
. Stett. Entomol. Z., 57: 338.
Type locality: Cameroon, Lolodorf, L. Conradt (SyntypeS femaleS) (MfN).
Plangiopsis shoutedeni
Griffini, 1908
n
. syn.
Griffini, 1908
. Mem. Soc. entom.
Belgique
, 15: 218.
Type
locality:
Cameroon
,
Mukonje Farm, R
. Rohde (
holotype
female) (
RBINS
).
Material
examined
.
P. adeps
.
Cameroon
,
Lolodorf, L
.
Conradt
(
2♀
syntypes
) (
MfN
)
;
Ivory
Coast
,
Sassandra
I.1998
,
P. Moretto
(
1♂
)
;
Ivory
Coast
,
Bondoukou
,
Zamou
VII.2004
(light),
P. Moretto
(
2♂
,
3♀
)
;
Ivory
Coast
,
Zamou
6–7.VI.2015
,
P. Moretto
(
1♂
,
1♀
)
;
Ivory
Coast
,
Mt Tonkoui
(
1200 m
)
1–2.VII.2014
,
18–20.VI.2015
,
24– 28.VII.2015
,
21.X.2015
(light),
P. Moretto
(
4♀
)
;
Ivory
Coast
,
Taï Nat. Park
,
Res. Station
,
14–24.III.2017
(light),
B. Massa
(
6♂
,
6♀
)
;
Togo
,
Fazao
4.VIII.2013
,
P. Moretto
(
2♀
)
;
Togo
,
Kpalimé
,
Ft. of Missahoha
29–30.VII.2013
,
P. Moretto
(
1♂
)
;
Central
African Republic
,
Ndoki
10.II.2012
,
28–29.II.2012
,
29.II–1.III.2012
(light),
P. Moretto
(
1♂
,
2♀
) (
BMPC
)
.
P. shoutedeni
.
Cameroon
,
Mukonje Farm, R
.
Rohde
(
♀
holotype
) (
RBINS
)
.
Remarks
.
P. shoutedeni
was described from only one female. According to
Griffini (1908)
it differs from
P. adeps
Karsch, 1896
by the number of veinlets branching off from the radial vein of tegmina (
Figs 14A, 14B
). They are three, all placed after the centre of tegmina; however, in
P. adeps
this character is variable, generally there are three, but some specimens may have two or four. The fastigium of vertex of
P. shoutedeni
is ca. two times as large as the first antennal segment (
Fig. 14C
), while in most
P. adeps
it is three times as large as the first antennal segment (
Fig. 14D
); however, this character may be also variable and some specimens of
P. adeps
may present a fastigium less large. Also the ovipositor of the two species resulted very similar (
Figs 14E, 14F
). For these reasons it is here that a new synonymy is proposed:
Plangiopsis shoutedeni
Griffini, 1908
=
Plangiopsis adeps
Karsch, 1896
.