Poecilogramma cloetensi ( Griffini, 1908 )

Massa, Bruno, 2017, New genera, species and records of Afrotropical Phaneropterinae (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae) preserved at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Bruxelles, Zootaxa 4358 (3), pp. 401-429 : 413-414

Poecilogramma cloetensi ( Griffini, 1908)

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Griffini, 1908. Mem. Soc. entomol. Belgique, 15: 77.

Material examined. Democratic Republic of Congo, Beni Bendi Sankuru 1895, L. Cloetens (♀ holotype) ( RBINS) ; Democratic Republic of Congo, Hombo 31.XII.1960, T. De Stefani (1♀) (MRT) ; Gabon, Sette Cama , VII.1976, P. Moretto (1♀) ( BMCP) .

Remarks. Described within the genus Pardalota , it was transferred to Poecilogramma by Ragge (1980) for its very narrow shape of the fastigium of vertex.

Distribution. Described from the Democratic Republic of Congo ( Griffini 1908), found in Gabon ( Massa 2013); according to Ragge (1980) it is present from Cameroon to Zaire.

Figures

FIGURE 9. A) Poecilogramma cloetensi (Griffini, 1908) holotype female in lateral view. B) Poecilogramma striatifemur KarSch, 1887 male in lateral view. C) DorSal view of the laSt tergite and cerci of the Same. D) Poecilogramma annulifemur KarSch, 1887 male in lateral view. E) DorSal view of the head and pronotum of the Same.F) DorSalview of the laSt tergite and cerci of the Same.