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,
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,
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,
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(
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(
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<paragraph id="8BEE36ACFFBCFFD6211CC399DD5E07CE" blockId="8.[831,1454,1172,1932]" pageId="8" pageNumber="35">
<emphasis id="B925EABEFFBCFFD6211CC399DC07068E" bold="true" box="[869,1141,1716,1740]" pageId="8" pageNumber="35">Measurements (in mm)</emphasis>
. Males. Body length: 13.5- 14.5; length of pronotum: 3.3-3.4; height of pronotum: 2.7-2.8; length of tegmina: 20.3-23.0; width of tegmina: 3.1-3.5; length of hind femora: 16.5-18.0. Female. Body length: 15.3; length of pronotum: 3.4; height of pronotum: 2.9; length of tegmina: 24.1; width of tegmina: 3.5; length of hind femora: 17.0; length of ovipositor: 5.6.
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<subSubSection id="C34B6527FFBDFFD722D7C599DA87016E" pageId="9" pageNumber="36" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="8BEE36ACFFBDFFD722D7C599DA87016E" blockId="9.[135,759,180,1932]" pageId="9" pageNumber="36">
<emphasis id="B925EABEFFBDFFD722D7C599D96B008E" bold="true" box="[174,281,180,204]" pageId="9" pageNumber="36">Diagnosis</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="B925EABEFFBDFFD7235FC599D9E8008E" box="[294,410,180,204]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="36">Melidia pif</emphasis>
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is very similar to
<taxonomicName id="4C514D2FFFBDFFD720EEC598D95700AE" authority="Stal, 1876" authorityName="Stal" authorityYear="1876" class="Insecta" family="Tettigoniidae" genus="Melidia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Orthoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="36" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="brunneri">
<emphasis id="B925EABEFFBDFFD720EEC598D8C000AE" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="36">M. brunneri</emphasis>
Stål, 1876
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and
<taxonomicName id="4C514D2FFFBDFFD72323C5F8DA1400AE" authority="Massa, 2015" authorityName="Massa" authorityYear="2015" box="[346,614,212,236]" class="Insecta" family="Tettigoniidae" genus="Melidia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Orthoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="36" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="claudiae">
<emphasis id="B925EABEFFBDFFD72323C5F8D9AA00AE" box="[346,472,212,236]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="36">M. claudiae</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFC04B5DFFBDFFD723A7C5F8DA1400AE" author="Massa B." box="[478,614,212,236]" pageId="9" pageNumber="36" pagination="77 - 102" refId="ref10275" refString="Massa B. 2015. New genera, species and records of Phaneropterinae (Orthoptera, Phaneropteridae) from sub-Saharan Africa. Zookeys, 472: 77 - 102." type="journal article" year="2015">Massa, 2015</bibRefCitation>
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, but it differs from them mainly by its very peculiar male cerci, stout, downcurved and provided with an inner long pointed spine.
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<subSubSection id="C34B6527FFBDFFD722D7C419DAAE05CE" pageId="9" pageNumber="36" type="description">
<paragraph id="8BEE36ACFFBDFFD722D7C419D95D054E" blockId="9.[135,759,180,1932]" pageId="9" pageNumber="36">
<emphasis id="B925EABEFFBDFFD722D7C419D940010E" bold="true" box="[174,306,308,332]" pageId="9" pageNumber="36">Description</emphasis>
. Male (
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). Colour. Yellowish with green tegmina, antennae brownish, stridulatory area of left tegmen brown, abdomen yellowish. Head and antennae. Fastigium of vertex very narrow, scarcely furrowed above, separated from the fastigium of frons, which is tuberculated. Eyes rounded, well projecting. Thorax. Pronotum little narrowing anteriorly, flat above, anterior margin straight, posterior rounded, humeral sinus evident, lower margin of lateral lobes of pronotum rounded. Tegmina comparatively narrow with convex fore margin and rounded apex, wings longer than tegmina. Stridulatory area of left tegmen wide. The stridulatory file is widely arched and consists of three parts: the distal with 13 teeth evenly spaced, the central with 5 bigger teeth more spaced, and the proximal with 4-5 small teeth (
<figureCitation id="136A2A29FFBDFFD72343C7D9D9E7034E" box="[314,405,756,780]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="10.[151,182,1885,1904]" captionTargetBox="[250,1366,179,1852]" captionTargetId="figure-8@10.[237,1366,166,1853]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="Fig. 10 a, habitus and b, stridulatory file of Melidia brunneri Stål, 1876; c, habitus and d, stridulatory file of Melidia claudiae Massa, 2015; e, habitus and f, stridulatory file of Melidia pif n. sp." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8148109" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8148109/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="36">Fig. 10f</figureCitation>
). Legs comparatively long. Fore coxae armed with a small spine, fore tibiae sulcate on upper margin, distinctly widening on tympanum area. Tympana open on inner and outer sides. Fore femora armed on inner ventral margin with 3-4 spines, fore tibiae with 2 spines + 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 5-6 on outer and inner ventral margins + 1 spur on each side; hind femora armed with 1-2 small spines on outer ventral margin, hind tibiae with many spines on ventral and dorsal margins + 3 spurs on each apical side. Abdomen. Tenth tergite with a straight margin, subgenital plate long and apically deeply divided into two in-curved lobes, styli absent (
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). Cerci stout, downcurved and apically flattened and blunt; a long inner spine sinuous spine present in their middle (
<figureCitation id="136A2A29FFBDFFD722E9C1D9D951054E" box="[144,291,1268,1292]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="11.[136,167,1858,1877]" captionTargetBox="[278,1295,174,1830]" captionTargetId="figure-4@11.[278,1295,166,1833]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="Fig. 11 Dorso-lateral view of cerci and subgenital plate of a, Melidia brunneri, b, M. claudiae, c, M. pif n. sp.; d, dorsal view of cerci of M. pif n. sp.; ventral view of the male subgenital plate of e, M. brunneri, f, M. claudiae, g, M. pif n. sp.; ventral view of the female subgenital plate of h, M. brunneri, i, M. claudiae (l), l, M. pif n. sp." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8148113" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8148113/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="36">Figs 11c, 11d</figureCitation>
).
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<paragraph id="8BEE36ACFFBDFFD722D7C039DAAE05CE" blockId="9.[135,759,180,1932]" pageId="9" pageNumber="36">
Female (
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). Same characters as the male, with the exception of the subgenital plate which is narrow and apically divided (
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Fig.
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), and the ovipositor, gently upcurved and with two lateral bulges at its base (
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).
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<subSubSection id="C34B6527FFBDFFD722D7C0B9DB8001AE" pageId="9" pageNumber="36" type="etymology">
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<emphasis id="B925EABEFFBDFFD722D7C0B9D95B05EE" bold="true" box="[174,297,1428,1452]" pageId="9" pageNumber="36">Etymology</emphasis>
. This species is friendly dedicated to Pif, nickname of Pierfrancesco Diliberto, director, radio-television host, screenwriter and actor, highly appreciated for his proximity to social and environmental problems;
<emphasis id="B925EABEFFBDFFD720B5C0D9DA81064E" box="[716,755,1524,1548]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="36">pif</emphasis>
should be treated as a noun in apposition.
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<paragraph id="8BEE36ACFFBDFFD722D7C319DB8001AE" blockId="9.[135,759,180,1932]" lastBlockId="9.[815,1437,180,1132]" pageId="9" pageNumber="36">
<emphasis id="B925EABEFFBDFFD722D7C319D964060E" bold="true" box="[174,278,1588,1612]" pageId="9" pageNumber="36">Affinities</emphasis>
. The most related species are
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<emphasis id="B925EABEFFBDFFD72016C318DA86060E" box="[623,756,1588,1612]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="36">M. brunneri</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B925EABEFFBDFFD722CDC378D941062E" box="[180,307,1620,1644]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="36">M. claudiae</emphasis>
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, whose males have a subgenital plate very similar to that of
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<emphasis id="B925EABEFFBDFFD72333C358D9FE06CE" box="[330,396,1652,1676]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="36">M. pif</emphasis>
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(
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Figs 11f,
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). However, in
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<emphasis id="B925EABEFFBDFFD722DCC3B8D89406EE" box="[165,230,1684,1708]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="36">M. pif</emphasis>
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the apical lobes are short, more similar to those of
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<emphasis id="B925EABEFFBDFFD72295C398D902068E" box="[236,368,1716,1740]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="36">M. brunneri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and cerci are very different, their diagnosis is immediate (
<figureCitation id="136A2A29FFBDFFD723E1C3F9DA4606AE" box="[408,564,1748,1772]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="11.[136,167,1858,1877]" captionTargetBox="[278,1295,174,1830]" captionTargetId="figure-4@11.[278,1295,166,1833]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="Fig. 11 Dorso-lateral view of cerci and subgenital plate of a, Melidia brunneri, b, M. claudiae, c, M. pif n. sp.; d, dorsal view of cerci of M. pif n. sp.; ventral view of the male subgenital plate of e, M. brunneri, f, M. claudiae, g, M. pif n. sp.; ventral view of the female subgenital plate of h, M. brunneri, i, M. claudiae (l), l, M. pif n. sp." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8148113" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8148113/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="36">Figs 11c, 11d</figureCitation>
). Concerning the stridulatory file, very small differences are detectable in
<taxonomicName id="4C514D2FFFBDFFD722F1C238D97A076E" authorityName="Stal" authorityYear="1876" box="[136,264,1812,1836]" class="Insecta" family="Tettigoniidae" genus="Melidia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Orthoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="36" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="brunneri">
<emphasis id="B925EABEFFBDFFD722F1C238D97A076E" box="[136,264,1812,1836]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="36">M. brunneri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C514D2FFFBDFFD72345C238D9C9076E" authorityName="Massa" authorityYear="2015" box="[316,443,1812,1836]" class="Insecta" family="Tettigoniidae" genus="Melidia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Orthoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="36" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="claudiae">
<emphasis id="B925EABEFFBDFFD72345C238D9C9076E" box="[316,443,1812,1836]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="36">M. claudiae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="136A2A29FFBDFFD723B0C239DA2D076E" box="[457,607,1812,1836]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="10.[151,182,1885,1904]" captionTargetBox="[250,1366,179,1852]" captionTargetId="figure-8@10.[237,1366,166,1853]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="Fig. 10 a, habitus and b, stridulatory file of Melidia brunneri Stål, 1876; c, habitus and d, stridulatory file of Melidia claudiae Massa, 2015; e, habitus and f, stridulatory file of Melidia pif n. sp." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8148109" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8148109/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="36">Figs 10b, 10d</figureCitation>
).
<taxonomicName id="4C514D2FFFBDFFD7200BC238D957070E" authority="Chopard, 1954" authorityName="Chopard" authorityYear="1954" class="Insecta" family="Tettigoniidae" genus="Melidia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Orthoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="36" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="laminata">
<emphasis id="B925EABEFFBDFFD7200BC238DA86076E" box="[626,756,1812,1836]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="36">M. laminata</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFC04B5DFFBDFFD722F1C219D957070E" author="Chopard L." box="[136,293,1844,1868]" pageId="9" pageNumber="36" pagination="25 - 97" refId="ref9793" refString="Chopard L. 1954. La reserve naturelle integrale du Mont Nimba. II. Orthopteres Ensiferes. Memoires Institut francais Afrique noire, 40: 25 - 97." type="journal article" year="1954">Chopard, 1954</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
(
<collectingCountry id="F346763CFFBDFFD7234AC219D908070E" box="[307,378,1844,1868]" name="Kenya" pageId="9" pageNumber="36">Kenya</collectingCountry>
and
<collectingCountry id="F346763CFFBDFFD723D5C219DA7C070E" box="[428,526,1844,1868]" name="Tanzania" pageId="9" pageNumber="36">Tanzania</collectingCountry>
) has a longer subgenital plate and cerci similar to
<taxonomicName id="4C514D2FFFBDFFD723C2C278DA49072E" authorityName="Stal" authorityYear="1876" box="[443,571,1876,1900]" class="Insecta" family="Tettigoniidae" genus="Melidia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Orthoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="36" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="brunneri">
<emphasis id="B925EABEFFBDFFD723C2C278DA49072E" box="[443,571,1876,1900]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="36">M. brunneri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C514D2FFFBDFFD72017C278DA9F072E" authorityName="Massa" authorityYear="2015" box="[622,749,1876,1900]" class="Insecta" family="Tettigoniidae" genus="Melidia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Orthoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="36" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="claudiae">
<emphasis id="B925EABEFFBDFFD72017C278DA9F072E" box="[622,749,1876,1900]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="36">M. claudiae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<taxonomicName id="4C514D2FFFBDFFD722F1C258D9F407CE" authority="Hemp, 2019" authorityName="Hemp" authorityYear="2019" box="[136,390,1908,1932]" class="Insecta" family="Tettigoniidae" genus="Melidia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Orthoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="36" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="adfinia">
<emphasis id="B925EABEFFBDFFD722F1C258D88B07CE" box="[136,249,1908,1932]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="36">M. adfinia</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFC04B5DFFBDFFD72378C258D9F407CE" author="Hemp C. &amp; Heller K-G." box="[257,390,1908,1932]" pageId="9" pageNumber="36" pagination="151 - 194" refId="ref10134" refString="Hemp C., Heller K-G. 2019. Orthoptera (Tettigoniidae and Acridoidea) from Miombo woodlands of Central Tanzania with the description of new taxa. Zootaxa. 4671 (2): 151 - 194. Doi: 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4671.2.1." type="journal article" year="2019">Hemp, 2019</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
(central
<collectingCountry id="F346763CFFBDFFD7239EC259DA3B07CE" box="[487,585,1908,1932]" name="Tanzania" pageId="9" pageNumber="36">Tanzania</collectingCountry>
) has the subgenital plate similar to that of
<taxonomicName id="4C514D2FFFBDFFD72622C598DD07008E" authority="(Hemp 2021)" baseAuthorityName="Hemp" baseAuthorityYear="2021" box="[1115,1397,180,204]" class="Insecta" family="Tettigoniidae" genus="Melidia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Orthoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="36" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="brunneri">
<emphasis id="B925EABEFFBDFFD72622C598DCA9008E" box="[1115,1243,180,204]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="36">M. brunneri</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFC04B5DFFBDFFD72693C599DD1C008E" author="Hemp C." box="[1258,1390,180,204]" pageId="9" pageNumber="36" refId="ref10105" refString="Hemp C. 2021. A Field Guide to the Bushcrickets, Wetas and Raspy Crickets of Tanzania and Kenya. Senckenberg Gesellschaft fur Naturforschung, 452 pp." type="book" year="2021">Hemp 2021</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
.
<taxonomicName id="4C514D2FFFBDFFD727F9C598DCE900AE" authority="Chopard, 1954" authorityName="Chopard" authorityYear="1954" class="Insecta" family="Tettigoniidae" genus="Melidia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Orthoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="36" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kenyensis">
<emphasis id="B925EABEFFBDFFD727F9C598DBE400AE" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="36">M. kenyensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFC04B5DFFBDFFD721E7C5F9DC4E00AE" author="Chopard L." box="[926,1084,212,236]" pageId="9" pageNumber="36" pagination="25 - 97" refId="ref9793" refString="Chopard L. 1954. La reserve naturelle integrale du Mont Nimba. II. Orthopteres Ensiferes. Memoires Institut francais Afrique noire, 40: 25 - 97." type="journal article" year="1954">Chopard, 1954</bibRefCitation>
(
<collectingCountry id="F346763CFFBDFFD72632C5F9DCE600AE" box="[1099,1172,212,236]" name="Kenya" pageId="9" pageNumber="36">Kenya</collectingCountry>
)
</taxonomicName>
is known only from the
<typeStatus id="54EA880EFFBDFFD72148C5D9DBFC014E" box="[817,910,244,268]" pageId="9" pageNumber="36" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
female (
<figureCitation id="136A2A29FFBDFFD72197C5D9DCF0014E" box="[1006,1154,244,268]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="14.[151,182,1885,1904]" captionTargetBox="[192,1420,167,1863]" captionTargetId="figure-9@14.[188,1423,161,1865]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="Fig. 12 a, Habitus of the female and b, ovipositor of Melidia kenyensis; c, habitus of the female and d, ovipositor of M. claudiae; e, habitus of the female and f, ovipositor of M. pif n. sp." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8148115" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8148115/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="36">Figs 12a, 12b</figureCitation>
) and the comparison with the general habitus of the female of
<taxonomicName id="4C514D2FFFBDFFD726D4C438DD5E016E" authorityName="Massa" authorityYear="2015" box="[1197,1324,276,300]" class="Insecta" family="Tettigoniidae" genus="Melidia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Orthoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="36" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="claudiae">
<emphasis id="B925EABEFFBDFFD726D4C438DD5E016E" box="[1197,1324,276,300]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="36">M. claudiae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="136A2A29FFBDFFD72743C439DB2B010E" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="14.[151,182,1885,1904]" captionTargetBox="[192,1420,167,1863]" captionTargetId="figure-9@14.[188,1423,161,1865]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="Fig. 12 a, Habitus of the female and b, ovipositor of Melidia kenyensis; c, habitus of the female and d, ovipositor of M. claudiae; e, habitus of the female and f, ovipositor of M. pif n. sp." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8148115" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8148115/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="36">Figs 12c, 12d</figureCitation>
) and
<taxonomicName id="4C514D2FFFBDFFD721EFC418DBA4010E" authority="Massa, 2022" authorityName="Massa" authorityYear="2022" box="[918,982,308,332]" class="Insecta" family="Tettigoniidae" genus="Melidia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Orthoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="36" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pif" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B925EABEFFBDFFD721EFC418DBA4010E" box="[918,982,308,332]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="36">M. pif</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A21657C5FFBDFFD721A4C418DC64010E" box="[989,1046,309,332]" pageId="9" pageNumber="36" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
(
<figureCitation id="136A2A29FFBDFFD7265DC419DCC1010E" box="[1060,1203,308,332]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="14.[151,182,1885,1904]" captionTargetBox="[192,1420,167,1863]" captionTargetId="figure-9@14.[188,1423,161,1865]" captionTargetPageId="14" captionText="Fig. 12 a, Habitus of the female and b, ovipositor of Melidia kenyensis; c, habitus of the female and d, ovipositor of M. claudiae; e, habitus of the female and f, ovipositor of M. pif n. sp." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8148115" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8148115/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="36">Figs 12e, 12f</figureCitation>
) confirms differences in the tegmina shape and the ovipositor. The subgenital plate of the female of
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<emphasis id="B925EABEFFBDFFD72664C458DC2F01CE" box="[1053,1117,372,396]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="36">M. pif</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A21657C5FFBDFFD7261DC458DCEF01CE" box="[1124,1181,373,396]" pageId="9" pageNumber="36" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
(
<figureCitation id="136A2A29FFBDFFD726D5C459DD7F01CE" box="[1196,1293,372,396]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="11.[136,167,1858,1877]" captionTargetBox="[278,1295,174,1830]" captionTargetId="figure-4@11.[278,1295,166,1833]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="Fig. 11 Dorso-lateral view of cerci and subgenital plate of a, Melidia brunneri, b, M. claudiae, c, M. pif n. sp.; d, dorsal view of cerci of M. pif n. sp.; ventral view of the male subgenital plate of e, M. brunneri, f, M. claudiae, g, M. pif n. sp.; ventral view of the female subgenital plate of h, M. brunneri, i, M. claudiae (l), l, M. pif n. sp." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8148113" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8148113/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="36">
Fig.
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) differs from that of
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<emphasis id="B925EABEFFBDFFD721F8C4B8DC7601EE" box="[897,1028,404,428]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="36">M. brunneri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which is widely divided at the apex (
<figureCitation id="136A2A29FFBDFFD72141C499DBFE018E" box="[824,908,436,460]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="11.[136,167,1858,1877]" captionTargetBox="[278,1295,174,1830]" captionTargetId="figure-4@11.[278,1295,166,1833]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="Fig. 11 Dorso-lateral view of cerci and subgenital plate of a, Melidia brunneri, b, M. claudiae, c, M. pif n. sp.; d, dorsal view of cerci of M. pif n. sp.; ventral view of the male subgenital plate of e, M. brunneri, f, M. claudiae, g, M. pif n. sp.; ventral view of the female subgenital plate of h, M. brunneri, i, M. claudiae (l), l, M. pif n. sp." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8148113" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8148113/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="36">Fig. 11i</figureCitation>
) and from that of
<taxonomicName id="4C514D2FFFBDFFD72628C498DCA3018E" authorityName="Massa" authorityYear="2015" box="[1105,1233,436,460]" class="Insecta" family="Tettigoniidae" genus="Melidia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Orthoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="36" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="claudiae">
<emphasis id="B925EABEFFBDFFD72628C498DCA3018E" box="[1105,1233,436,460]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="36">M. claudiae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
which is short and pointed (
<figureCitation id="136A2A29FFBDFFD721F6C4F9DB9701AE" box="[911,997,468,492]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="11.[136,167,1858,1877]" captionTargetBox="[278,1295,174,1830]" captionTargetId="figure-4@11.[278,1295,166,1833]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="Fig. 11 Dorso-lateral view of cerci and subgenital plate of a, Melidia brunneri, b, M. claudiae, c, M. pif n. sp.; d, dorsal view of cerci of M. pif n. sp.; ventral view of the male subgenital plate of e, M. brunneri, f, M. claudiae, g, M. pif n. sp.; ventral view of the female subgenital plate of h, M. brunneri, i, M. claudiae (l), l, M. pif n. sp." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8148113" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8148113/files/figure.png" pageId="9" pageNumber="36">Fig. 11l</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="C34B6527FFBDFFD7212FC4D9DCD0042E" pageId="9" pageNumber="36" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BEE36ACFFBDFFD7212FC4D9DCD0042E" blockId="9.[815,1437,180,1132]" pageId="9" pageNumber="36">
<emphasis id="B925EABEFFBDFFD7212FC4D9DBBF024E" bold="true" box="[854,973,500,524]" pageId="9" pageNumber="36">Discussion</emphasis>
. The genus
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<emphasis id="B925EABEFFBDFFD7263EC4D9DCEB024E" box="[1095,1177,500,524]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="36">Melidia</emphasis>
Stål, 1876
</taxonomicName>
is also related to
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<emphasis id="B925EABEFFBDFFD72132C739DBAF026E" box="[843,989,532,556]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="36">Phaneroptera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but it is more robust, has relatively broader tegmina, a different ratio hind wings length / tegmina length (1.2 on average), and a brown patch in the stridulatory area of the left tegmen. When
<bibRefCitation id="EFC04B5DFFBDFFD726E8C758DD5002CE" author="Ragge D. R." box="[1169,1314,628,653]" pageId="9" pageNumber="36" pagination="1 - 192" refId="ref10537" refString="Ragge D. R. 1980. A review of the African Phaneropterinae with open tympana (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Bulletin British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 40: 1 - 192. http: // www. archive. org / details / bulletinofbritis 40 entolond" type="journal article" year="1980">Ragge (1980)</bibRefCitation>
revised the African Phaneropterinae with open tympana, three specie of
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<emphasis id="B925EABEFFBDFFD72134C799DBED028E" box="[845,927,692,716]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="36">Melidia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
were known:
<taxonomicName id="4C514D2FFFBDFFD7264FC798DCC4028E" baseAuthorityName="Hemp" baseAuthorityYear="2021" box="[1078,1206,692,716]" class="Insecta" family="Tettigoniidae" genus="Melidia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Orthoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="36" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="brunneri">
<emphasis id="B925EABEFFBDFFD7264FC798DCC4028E" box="[1078,1206,692,716]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="36">M. brunneri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C514D2FFFBDFFD726BAC798DD3E028E" authorityName="Chopard" authorityYear="1954" box="[1219,1356,692,716]" class="Insecta" family="Tettigoniidae" genus="Melidia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Orthoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="36" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kenyensis">
<emphasis id="B925EABEFFBDFFD726BAC798DD3E028E" box="[1219,1356,692,716]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="36">M. kenyensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C514D2FFFBDFFD727F9C798DBFC02AE" authorityName="Chopard" authorityYear="1954" class="Insecta" family="Tettigoniidae" genus="Melidia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Orthoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="36" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="laminata">
<emphasis id="B925EABEFFBDFFD727F9C798DBFC02AE" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="36">M. laminata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; other two species were recently described:
<taxonomicName id="4C514D2FFFBDFFD72706C7F8DBF9034E" authorityName="Massa" authorityYear="2015" class="Insecta" family="Tettigoniidae" genus="Melidia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Orthoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="36" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="claudiae">
<emphasis id="B925EABEFFBDFFD72706C7F8DBF9034E" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="36">M. claudiae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C514D2FFFBDFFD721C4C7D8DC58034E" authorityName="Hemp" authorityYear="2019" box="[957,1066,756,780]" class="Insecta" family="Tettigoniidae" genus="Melidia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Orthoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="36" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="adfinia">
<emphasis id="B925EABEFFBDFFD721C4C7D8DC58034E" box="[957,1066,756,780]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="36">M. adfinia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Males of all described species (
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<emphasis id="B925EABEFFBDFFD72706C7D8DBE7036E" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="36">M. kenyensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is known only from the female sex) are characterized by a more or less elongate subgenital plate with the apex divided into two lobes, and thin and incurved cerci. Only the newly discovered Zambian
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<emphasis id="B925EABEFFBDFFD726C0C658DC8B03CE" box="[1209,1273,884,908]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="36">M. pif</emphasis>
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has cerci completely different from the general model, but its habitus is the same of the others.
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<emphasis id="B925EABEFFBDFFD72647C699DCE2038E" box="[1086,1168,948,972]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="36">Melidia</emphasis>
species
</taxonomicName>
are generally uncommon (probably except for
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<emphasis id="B925EABEFFBDFFD7260AC6F8DC8103AE" box="[1139,1267,980,1004]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="36">M. brunneri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, well present in the museum collections), and small series of specimens are difficult to be obtained. The use of light traps in the present study allowed to capture in
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and
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three of the six presently known species.
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