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<document ID-DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.951.53814" ID-GBIF-Dataset="41b12190-69f3-4904-9d02-024d939555e0" ID-PMC="PMC7390807" ID-Pensoft-Pub="1313-2970-951-47" ID-Pensoft-UUID="2711AE3163A55B8B88F332CF80F56935" ID-PubMed="32774105" ID-ZooBank="96D4ECCDECAB49429FE5FB55D6D1C7B3" ModsDocID="1313-2970-951-47" checkinTime="1595481638365" checkinUser="pensoft" docAuthor="Massa, Bruno" docDate="2020" docId="64EABD67B66A54C886DC033C676B9F8C" docLanguage="en" docName="ZooKeys 951: 47-65" docOrigin="ZooKeys 951" docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.951.53814" docTitle="Leiodontocercus muticus Massa 2020, sp. nov." docType="treatment" docUuid="10E50D8E-F830-4D8D-B231-A74919255CB5" docUuidSource="ZooBank" docVersion="4" id="2711AE3163A55B8B88F332CF80F56935" lastPageNumber="47" masterDocId="2711AE3163A55B8B88F332CF80F56935" masterDocTitle="Revision of the Afrotropical genus Leiodontocercus (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Phaneropterinae) with a description of four new species" masterLastPageNumber="65" masterPageNumber="47" pageNumber="47" updateTime="1668169131947" updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
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<mods:title>Revision of the Afrotropical genus Leiodontocercus (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Phaneropterinae) with a description of four new species</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Massa, Bruno</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>Department of Agriculture, Food and Forest Sciences, University of Palermo, Italy</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:nameIdentifier type="email">bruno.massa@unipa.it</mods:nameIdentifier>
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<mods:date>2020</mods:date>
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<mods:number>951</mods:number>
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<treatment ID-GBIF-Taxon="165899710" LSID="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:10E50D8E-F830-4D8D-B231-A74919255CB5" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/64EABD67B66A54C886DC033C676B9F8C" lastPageNumber="47" pageId="0" pageNumber="47">
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<taxonomicName LSID="64EABD67-B66A-54C8-86DC-033C676B9F8C" authority="Massa, 2020" authorityName="Massa" authorityYear="2020" class="Insecta" family="Tettigoniidae" genus="Leiodontocercus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Leiodontocercus muticus" order="Orthoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="47" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="muticus" status="sp. nov.">Leiodontocercus muticus</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="0" pageNumber="47">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 4–8" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figures 4 - 8. Stridulatory file and detail of teeth in the following species of Leiodontocercus: 4 L. vicii sp. nov. 5 L. spinicercatus sp. nov. 6 L. condylus 7 L. philipporum sp. nov. 8 L. muticus sp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.951.53814.figures4-8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/434386" pageId="0" pageNumber="47">Figs 8</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 9–14" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figures 9 - 14. Dorsal view of the head, pronotum and the stridulatory area of the following species of Leiodontocercus: 9 L. vicii sp. nov. 10 L. spinicercatus sp. nov. 11 L. muticus sp. nov. 12 L. philipporum sp. nov. 13 L. condylus 14 L. angustipennis (holotypus)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.951.53814.figures9-14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/434387" pageId="0" pageNumber="47">, 11</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 21–26" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figures 21 - 26. Frontal and lateral view of cerci of the following species of Leiodontocercus: 21, 22 L. vicii sp. nov. 23, 24 L. spinicercatus sp. nov. 25, 26 L. muticus sp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.951.53814.figures21-26" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/434389" pageId="0" pageNumber="47">, 25</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 21–26" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figures 21 - 26. Frontal and lateral view of cerci of the following species of Leiodontocercus: 21, 22 L. vicii sp. nov. 23, 24 L. spinicercatus sp. nov. 25, 26 L. muticus sp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.951.53814.figures21-26" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/434389" pageId="0" pageNumber="47">, 26</figureCitation>
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="47" type="materials_examined">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="47">Material examined.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="47">
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Gabon, Mikongo (Rougier), Mts de Cristal (secondary forest) (430 m)
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<geoCoordinate degrees="0" direction="north" minutes="29" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="47" value="0.49638888">0°29'47"N</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="11" direction="east" minutes="10" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="42" value="11.178333">11°10'42"E</geoCoordinate>
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, 28.VII-12.VIII.2019 (MV Light Trap), Albert, Aristophanous, Bie Mba,
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Dérozier">Derozier</normalizedToken>
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, Moretto (♂ holotypus, 1♂ paratypus) (ANHRT); Gabon, Mikongo (Rougier), Mts de Cristal (secondary forest) (430 m)
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<geoCoordinate degrees="0" direction="north" minutes="29" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="47" value="0.49638888">0°29'47"N</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="11" direction="east" minutes="10" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="42" value="11.178333">11°10'42"E</geoCoordinate>
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, 28.VII-12.VIII.2019 (Actinic Light Trap), Albert, Aristophanous, Bie Mba,
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Dérozier">Derozier</normalizedToken>
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, Moretto (1♀) (ANHRT); Gabon,
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Nyonié">Nyonie</normalizedToken>
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(lowland forest)
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<geoCoordinate degrees="0" direction="south" minutes="2" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="22" value="-0.039444447">0°2'22"S</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate degrees="9" direction="east" minutes="20" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="25" value="9.340278">9°20'25"E</geoCoordinate>
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(10 m) 23-28.VIII.2019 (LepiLED Light Trap), Albert, Aristophanous, Bie Mba,
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Dérozier">Derozier</normalizedToken>
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, Moretto (1♂ paratypus) (BMPC); Gabon, Lope National Park 4.IV.2014 (light), N. Moulin (1♀) (BMPC); Cameroon, Campo
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Ma’an">Ma'an</normalizedToken>
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National Park (lowland rainforest) (950 m) 10-22.III.2018 (MV Light Trap), Fotsing, Ishmael, Miles, Safian (1♂ paratypus, 1♀) (ANHRT); Cameroon, Mundame (1♀) (NHW).
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="47" type="description">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="47">Description.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="47">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="47">
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Male.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="47">General habitus and colour.</emphasis>
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</emphasis>
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Green-brown, tegmina brownish, abdomen yellow, last abdominal tergite brown, cerci brown, antennal segments reddish, legs yellowish.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="47">Head and antennae.</emphasis>
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Eyes oval-roundish, prominent, antennae long and thin.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="47">Thorax.</emphasis>
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Anterior margin of pronotum slightly concave, posterior margin rounded. Lower margin of pronotal lobes rounded.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="47">Tegmina</emphasis>
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very narrow. Central part of the stridulatory file consists of ca 100 teeth (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 4–8" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figures 4 - 8. Stridulatory file and detail of teeth in the following species of Leiodontocercus: 4 L. vicii sp. nov. 5 L. spinicercatus sp. nov. 6 L. condylus 7 L. philipporum sp. nov. 8 L. muticus sp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.951.53814.figures4-8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/434386" pageId="0" pageNumber="47">8</figureCitation>
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). The stridulatory area of the left tegmen wider than the rest of tegmen (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 9–14" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figures 9 - 14. Dorsal view of the head, pronotum and the stridulatory area of the following species of Leiodontocercus: 9 L. vicii sp. nov. 10 L. spinicercatus sp. nov. 11 L. muticus sp. nov. 12 L. philipporum sp. nov. 13 L. condylus 14 L. angustipennis (holotypus)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.951.53814.figures9-14" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/434387" pageId="0" pageNumber="47">11</figureCitation>
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). Mirror absent on the right tegmen.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="47">Legs.</emphasis>
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Fore coxae armed. Tympana on fore tibiae open on outer, closed on inner side. Fore femora with 9 inner ventral spines, fore tibiae with 6 inner and outer ventral spines. Mid femora armed with 8 outer ventral spines, mid tibiae dorsally with 2 inner spines, 6 spines on outer and inner ventral margins. Hind femora with 9-10 outer and inner ventral spines, hind tibiae straight with many ventral spines. 2 pairs of small spines on the outer and inner knees of hind femora.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="47">Abdomen.</emphasis>
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Cerci stout and hairy, in frontal view slightly incurved with an apical bulge just serrated on inner margin (Figs
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 21–26" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figures 21 - 26. Frontal and lateral view of cerci of the following species of Leiodontocercus: 21, 22 L. vicii sp. nov. 23, 24 L. spinicercatus sp. nov. 25, 26 L. muticus sp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.951.53814.figures21-26" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/434389" pageId="0" pageNumber="47">25</figureCitation>
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,
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 21–26" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figures 21 - 26. Frontal and lateral view of cerci of the following species of Leiodontocercus: 21, 22 L. vicii sp. nov. 23, 24 L. spinicercatus sp. nov. 25, 26 L. muticus sp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.951.53814.figures21-26" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/434389" pageId="0" pageNumber="47">26</figureCitation>
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). Posterior margin of the subgenital plate nearly straight, styli absent.
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</paragraph>
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<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.951.53814.figures21-26" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/434389" pageId="0" pageNumber="47" start="Figures 21–26" startId="F5">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="47">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="47">Figures 21-26.</emphasis>
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Frontal and lateral view of cerci of the following species of
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Chopard" authorityYear="1954" class="Insecta" family="Tettigoniidae" genus="Leiodontocercus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Leiodontocercus" order="Orthoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="47" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="47">Leiodontocercus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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:
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="47">21, 22</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName lsidName="L. vicii" pageId="0" pageNumber="47" rank="species" species="vicii">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="47">L. vicii</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp. nov.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="47">23, 24</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName lsidName="L. spinicercatus" pageId="0" pageNumber="47" rank="species" species="spinicercatus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="47">L. spinicercatus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp. nov.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="47">25, 26</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName lsidName="L. muticus" pageId="0" pageNumber="47" rank="species" species="muticus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="47">L. muticus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp. nov.
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.951.53814.figure27" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/434390" pageId="0" pageNumber="47" start="Figure 27" startId="F6">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="47">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="47">Figure 27.</emphasis>
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Multi-stratified canopy of the forest of the Dzanga-Ndoki National Park (Central African Republic), where
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Chopard" authorityYear="1954" class="Insecta" family="Tettigoniidae" genus="Leiodontocercus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Leiodontocercus" order="Orthoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="47" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="47">Leiodontocercus</emphasis>
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species may occur exploiting different ecological niches (Photo by P. Annoyer).
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="47">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="47">Female.</emphasis>
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Interestingly, the females collected with males of
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<taxonomicName lsidName="L. muticus" pageId="0" pageNumber="47" rank="species" species="muticus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="47">L. muticus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp. nov. have black spots on the pronotum and black rings on the hind legs, like the other species of the genus. In addition, an alive female specimen photographed by P. Moretto (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 28, 29" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figures 28, 29. Mimicry of Leiodontocercus condylus Ragge, 1962, Central African Republic, Dzanga-Ndoki National Park, 25 th November 2010 (Photo by S. Danflous) (above) and of L. muticus sp. nov., Gabon, Mikongo, 12 th August 2019 (Photo by P. Moretto) (below)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.951.53814.figures28-29" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/434391" pageId="0" pageNumber="47">29</figureCitation>
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) shows alternate black and white abdominal sternites. In the males of
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<taxonomicName lsidName="L. muticus" pageId="0" pageNumber="47" rank="species" species="muticus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="47">L. muticus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp. nov. these black markings are absent. The female from Mundame (Cameroon) at NHW is tentatively identified, in absence of males.
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</paragraph>
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<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.951.53814.figures28-29" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/434391" pageId="0" pageNumber="47" start="Figures 28, 29" startId="F7">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="47">
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="47">Figures 28, 29.</emphasis>
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Mimicry of
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Ragge" authorityYear="1962" class="Insecta" family="Tettigoniidae" genus="Leiodontocercus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Leiodontocercus condylus" order="Orthoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="47" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="condylus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="47">Leiodontocercus condylus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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Ragge, 1962, Central African Republic, Dzanga-Ndoki National Park, 25th November 2010 (Photo by S. Danflous) (above) and of
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<taxonomicName lsidName="L. muticus" pageId="0" pageNumber="47" rank="species" species="muticus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="47">L. muticus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp. nov., Gabon, Mikongo, 12th August 2019 (Photo by P. Moretto) (below).
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="47" type="description">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="47">Measurements (mm).</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="47">Body length: 12.9-14.9; length of pronotum: 2.9-3.2; depth of pronotum: 3.0-3.2; length of hind femora: 19.6-19.7; length of tegmina: 24.4-24.6; width of tegmina: 3.4-3.5.</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="47" type="etymology">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="47">Etymology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="47">
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Massa" authorityYear="2020" class="Insecta" family="Tettigoniidae" genus="Leiodontocercus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Leiodontocercus muticus" order="Orthoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="47" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="muticus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="47">Leiodontocercus muticus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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sp. nov. is named after the complete absence of any spine or appendage on the male cerci.
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="47" type="distribution">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="47">Distribution.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="47">This species is known from some forested areas in Gabon and in Cameroon, situated about 300 km apart.</paragraph>
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