The Phlesirtes complex (Orthoptera,Tettigoniidae, Conocephalinae,Conocephalini) reviewed: integrating morphological,molecular, chromosomal and bioacoustic data |
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| Authors: | CLAUDIA HEMP KLAUS‐GERHARD HELLER SIEGFRIED KEHL ELŻBIETA WARCHAłOWSKA‐ŚLIWA JOHANN WOLFGANG WÄGELE ANDREAS HEMP |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Animal Ecology II, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany;2. Institute of Biology, University of Erlangen‐Nürnberg, Germany;3. Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland;4. Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Bonn, Germany;5. Institute Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany |
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| Abstract: | The tettigoniid genus Phlesirtes Bolivar and its allies are reviewed. Morphological, ecological and molecular data prompt the erection of the new genus Chortoscirtes gen.n. with type species Xiphidion meruense Sjöstedt. The genera Phlesirtes, Chortoscirtes, Karniella and Naskreckiella are characterized by morphological characters supported by molecular, acoustic, ecological and chromosomal data. Four species, Chortoscirtes pseudomeruensis sp.n. , C. masaicus sp.n. , C. puguensis sp.n. and C. serengeti sp.n. , are described from localities in northern and coastal Tanzania and one Karniella, K. crassicerca sp.n. , is described from Uganda. The following comb n. are proposed: Phlesirtes kibonotensis (Sjöstedt) and Phlesirtes kilimandjaricus (Sjöstedt). Subtribal status is proposed for the four investigated African genera. A key to the Chortoscirtes species is provided. |
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