New genera,species and records of Phaneropterinae (Orthoptera,Phaneropteridae) from sub-Saharan Africa |
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Authors: | Bruno Massa |
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Institution: | 1.Department of Agricultural and Forest Sciences, University of Palermo, V.le Scienze 13, 90128 Palermo, Italy |
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Abstract: | The results of the study of many specimens preserved in different European museums are reported. The tribe Terpnistrini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 is resurrected. The distribution of the following species is enhanced: Pardalota
asymmetrica Karsch, 1896, Diogena
denticulata Chopard, 1954, Diogena
fausta (Burmeister, 1838), Plangiopsis
adeps Karsch, 1896, Poreuomena
sanghensis Massa, 2013 and Tylopsis
continua (Walker, 1869). Further, for their peculiar characteristics, two African representatives of the American genus Symmetropleura Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 are included in two new genera: Symmetrokarschia
africana (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878), comb. n. and Symmetroraggea
dirempta (Karsch, 1889), comb. n. A new genus and species from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Angustithorax
spiniger
gen. n., sp. n., and a new genus and species from Tanzania, Arostratum
oblitum
gen. n., sp. n. are described. Finally Melidia
claudiae
sp. n. and Atlasacris
brevipennis
sp. n. are described and compared with related species. |
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Keywords: | Distribution taxonomy revision tropical Africa |
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