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<document ID-DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.472.8575" ID-GBIF-Dataset="938b58e2-c946-4dbb-8f10-d569f5165af0" ID-PMC="PMC4304031" ID-Pensoft-Pub="1313-2970-472-77" ID-PubMed="25632250" ID-ZBK="9B737D7BBDA24049B562A68052317B02" ModsDocAuthor="" ModsDocDate="2015" ModsDocID="1313-2970-472-77" ModsDocOrigin="ZooKeys 472" ModsDocTitle="New genera, species and records of Phaneropterinae (Orthoptera, Phaneropteridae) from sub-Saharan Africa" checkinTime="1451244832014" checkinUser="pensoft" docAuthor="Massa, Bruno" docDate="2015" docId="BC37C1F956D850290B9D449FA198FFF7" docLanguage="en" docName="ZooKeys 472: 77-102" docOrigin="ZooKeys 472" docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.472.8575" docTitle="Melidia claudiae Massa, 2015, sp. n." docType="treatment" docUuid="90BC4041-BD4F-4B19-A729-D66AFD4FE46B" docUuidSource="ZooBank" docVersion="4" lastPageNumber="83" masterDocId="FF96FFBEFFADCB039F79AC441B1DFF5D" masterDocTitle="New genera, species and records of Phaneropterinae (Orthoptera, Phaneropteridae) from sub-Saharan Africa" masterLastPageNumber="102" masterPageNumber="77" pageNumber="83" updateTime="1668159815345" updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
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<mods:title>New genera, species and records of Phaneropterinae (Orthoptera, Phaneropteridae) from sub-Saharan Africa</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Massa, Bruno</mods:namePart>
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<mods:date>2015</mods:date>
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<mods:number>472</mods:number>
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<mods:url>http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.472.8575</mods:url>
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<mods:identifier type="DOI">http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.472.8575</mods:identifier>
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<mods:identifier type="Pensoft-Pub">1313-2970-472-77</mods:identifier>
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<treatment ID-GBIF-Taxon="152057760" LSID="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:90BC4041-BD4F-4B19-A729-D66AFD4FE46B" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/BC37C1F956D850290B9D449FA198FFF7" lastPageNumber="83" pageId="6" pageNumber="83">
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<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="83">Taxon classification Animalia Orthoptera Phaneropteridae</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="6" pageNumber="83" type="nomenclature">
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<taxonomicName LSID="http://zoobank.org/90BC4041-BD4F-4B19-A729-D66AFD4FE46B" class="Insecta" family="Tettigoniidae" genus="Melidia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Melidia claudiae" order="Orthoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="83" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="claudiae">Melidia claudiae</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="6" pageNumber="83">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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Figs 20-26
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<subSubSection pageId="6" pageNumber="83" type="material examined and depository">
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<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="83">Material examined and depository.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="83">
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tettigoniidae" genus="Melidia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Melidia claudiae" order="Orthoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="83" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="claudiae">Melidia claudiae</taxonomicName>
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sp. n.: Democratic Republic of Congo, Lubumbashi (
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<geoCoordinate direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="-11.7002945">11°42'1.06"S</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="27.532518">27°31'57.07"E</geoCoordinate>
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) 1.II.1968 (♂ holotype), 5.II.1968 (♂ paratype), T. De Stefani (MRT).
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tettigoniidae" genus="Melidia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Melidia laminata" order="Orthoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="83" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="laminata">Melidia laminata</taxonomicName>
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Chopard, 1954: Tanzania, Kilimanjaro (♂) (MCNM).
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tettigoniidae" genus="Melidia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Melidia brunneri" order="Orthoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="83" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="brunneri">Melidia brunneri</taxonomicName>
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Stål">Stal</normalizedToken>
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, 1876: Namibia (♂) (MCNM); Namibia, Okahandja (4♂, 2♀); Namibia, Okahandja, near Waterberg 1936, W.Hoesch (1♂, 2♀); Namibia, Gobabis I.1897 (1♂); Namibia, Keetmanshoop (1♂); Namibia (1♂); SW Africa 11.XI.1903 (1♂); South Africa, Rietfontein II.1897, Borchmann (1♂) (MfN).
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tettigoniidae" genus="Melidia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Melidia kenyensis" order="Orthoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="83" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kenyensis">Melidia kenyensis</taxonomicName>
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Chopard, 1954: Kenya (♀ holotype in OSF).
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="6" pageNumber="83" type="general habitus and colour">
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<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="83">General habitus and colour.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="83">Yellow with green tegmina, antennae brownish. The stridulatory region of left tegmen is brown. Abdomen yellowish with brown vertical stripes on posterior margins of tergites.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="6" pageNumber="83" type="description">
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<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="83">Description.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="83">Male. Medium sized (Fig. 26). Head and antennae: fastigium of vertex very narrow, scarcely furrowed above, separated from the fastigium of frons, which is tuberculated. Eyes rounded, well projecting (Fig. 20). Legs comparatively long, green. Fore coxae armed with a well-developed spine. Fore tibiae furrowed on upper margin, distinctly widening above tympanum, which is open on inner and outer sides. Fore femora armed on inner ventral margin with 3-4 spines, fore tibiae with 1 spine plus 1 spur on inner and outer ventral margins, 1 spur on outer dorsal margin, mid femora armed with 2 spines on outer ventral margin, mid tibiae with 8 on outer and 5 spines on inner ventral margins, plus 1 spur on each side, hind femora armed with 3-4 small spines on outer and 2 on inner ventral margins, hind tibiae with many spines on ventral and dorsal margins and 3 spurs on each side. Thorax: pronotum little narrowing anteriorly, flat above, anterior margin straight, posterior margin rounded, humeral sinus evident, lobes of pronotum rounded (Fig. 20). Tegmina comparatively narrow with convex fore margins and rounded apices. Wings longer than tegmina (Fig. 26). The stridulatory region of left tegmen is long (Fig. 20). Abdomen: tenth tergite with a straight hind margin; sub-genital plate long and deeply divided into two robust in-curved lobes; styli absent (Figs 24-25). Cerci long, fine and decussate, longer than the sub-genital plate (Figs 21-23).</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="83">Female. Unknown.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="6" pageNumber="83" type="etymology">
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<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="83">Etymology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="83">
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tettigoniidae" genus="Melidia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Melidia claudiae" order="Orthoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="83" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="claudiae">Melidia claudiae</taxonomicName>
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is dedicated to the German orthopterist Claudia Hemp, who is working with competence and great interest on the
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<taxonomicName lsidName="Scudderiae" order="Orthoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="83" rank="order">Orthoptera</taxonomicName>
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of tropical Africa,
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<taxonomicName family="Phaneropteridae" lsidName="" pageId="6" pageNumber="83" rank="family">Phaneropteridae</taxonomicName>
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in particular.
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<subSubSection pageId="6" pageNumber="83" type="distribution">
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<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="83">Distribution.</paragraph>
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Democratic Republic of Congo. Considering that other species are currently known from Kenya, Tanzania, Nigeria, Botswana, South Africa and Namibia (
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<bibRefCitation author="Chopard, L" journalOrPublisher="Memoires Institut francais Afrique noire" pageId="13" pageNumber="90" pagination="25 - 97" title="La Reserve Naturelle Integrale du Mont Nimba. II. Orthopteres Ensiferes." volume="40" year="1954">Chopard 1954</bibRefCitation>
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,
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<bibRefCitation author="Ragge, DR" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin British Museum (Natural History) Entomology" pageId="14" pageNumber="91" pagination="1 - 192" title="A review of the African Phaneropterinae with open tympana (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae)." url="http://www.archive.org/details/bulletinofbritis40entolond" volume="40" year="1980">Ragge 1980</bibRefCitation>
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,
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<bibRefCitation author="Hemp, C" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="14" pageNumber="91" pagination="301 - 342" title="Annotated list of Ensifera (Orthoptera) and further records on Caelifera (Orthoptera) of Mt Kilimanjaro, Tanzania." url="10.11646/zootaxa.3737.4.1" volume="3613" year="2013">Hemp 2013</bibRefCitation>
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), it is likely that the genus covers a wider distribution and further species will be found.
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<subSubSection pageId="6" pageNumber="83" type="measurements">
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<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="83">Measurements.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="83">Body length: 15.1-15.2; pronotum length: 3.6-3.9; pronotum height: 3.0-3.2; hind femur: 17.0-17.5; tegmina: 25.9-26.5.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="6" pageNumber="83" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="83">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="6" pageNumber="83">
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tettigoniidae" genus="Melidia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Melidia kenyensis" order="Orthoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="83" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kenyensis">Melidia kenyensis</taxonomicName>
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Chopard, 1954 was described from Kenya (
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<bibRefCitation author="Chopard, L" journalOrPublisher="Memoires Institut francais Afrique noire" pageId="13" pageNumber="90" pagination="25 - 97" title="La Reserve Naturelle Integrale du Mont Nimba. II. Orthopteres Ensiferes." volume="40" year="1954">Chopard 1954</bibRefCitation>
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). Although only the female is known, it has a different shape of tegmina than
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tettigoniidae" genus="Melidia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Melidia claudiae" order="Orthoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="83" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="claudiae">Melidia claudiae</taxonomicName>
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sp. n. (Fig. 31).
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tettigoniidae" genus="Melidia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Melidia laminata" order="Orthoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="83" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="laminata">Melidia laminata</taxonomicName>
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Chopard, 1954 (Fig. 30), described from Kenya (Wajir, El Katulo) and recorded from Kilimanjaro (Tanzania) by
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<bibRefCitation author="Hemp, C" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="14" pageNumber="91" pagination="301 - 342" title="Annotated list of Ensifera (Orthoptera) and further records on Caelifera (Orthoptera) of Mt Kilimanjaro, Tanzania." url="10.11646/zootaxa.3737.4.1" volume="3613" year="2013">Hemp (2013)</bibRefCitation>
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is more similar in tegmina shape to the new species, but the male sub-genital plate is longer, surpassing the cerci (Fig. 29).
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tettigoniidae" genus="Melidia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Melidia brunneri" order="Orthoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="83" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="brunneri">Melidia brunneri</taxonomicName>
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Stål">Stal</normalizedToken>
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, 1876 (Fig. 27) from southern and central Africa (
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<bibRefCitation author="Ragge, DR" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin British Museum (Natural History) Entomology" pageId="14" pageNumber="91" pagination="1 - 192" title="A review of the African Phaneropterinae with open tympana (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae)." url="http://www.archive.org/details/bulletinofbritis40entolond" volume="40" year="1980">Ragge 1980</bibRefCitation>
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) is more similar to
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tettigoniidae" genus="Melidia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Melidia claudiae" order="Orthoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="83" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="claudiae">Melidia claudiae</taxonomicName>
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sp. n., but differs from it in the shape of the male sub-genital plate, which is longer than cerci (Fig. 28). Further, the cerci of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tettigoniidae" genus="Melidia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Melidia brunneri" order="Orthoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="83" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="brunneri">Melidia brunneri</taxonomicName>
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are more robust and shorter than those of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tettigoniidae" genus="Melidia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Melidia claudiae" order="Orthoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="83" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="claudiae">Melidia claudiae</taxonomicName>
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sp. n. (compare Figs 23 and 28), and the tegmina are broader than those of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Tettigoniidae" genus="Melidia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Melidia claudiae" order="Orthoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="83" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="claudiae">Melidia claudiae</taxonomicName>
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sp. n. (compare Figs 26 and 27).
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