Morgenia melica Karsch, 1893

Massa, Bruno, 2021, Orthoptera Tettigoniidae as indicators of biodiversity hotspots in the Guinean Forests of Central and West Tropical Africa, Zootaxa 4974 (3), pp. 401-458 : 441-442

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4974.3.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D830FF11-A538-4FDB-80C0-E32DE3D10D43
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4778327
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D6753F-1451-FFD2-E89E-F9A3FB52BBF5
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Morgenia melica Karsch, 1893
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Material examined. Sierra Leone, Tiwai Is., Moa River (120m) (light trap) 17-22.VI.2016, H. Takano, W. Miles, R. Goff (2♂) ; Liberia, Lofa County, Foya Proposed Protected Area (530m) 10-19.XI.2017 ( MV Light Trap), M. Aristophanous, S. Safian, G. Simonics, L. Smith (7♂, 1♀) ; Liberia, Lofa County, Foya Proposed Protected Area (530m) 10-19.XI.2017 (8w Actinic Light Trap Bucket), M. Aristophanous, S. Safian, G. Simonics, L. Smith (3♂) ; Liberia, Sinoe County, Krahn-Bassa Reserve, Juboe River , 7.5 km SW Pellokon town, 14-21.I.2018 ( MV Light Trap), M. Geiser, S. Safian, G. Simonics (7♂, 1♀) ; Liberia, Sinoe County, Krahn-Bassa Reserve, Juboe River , 7.5 km SW Pellokon town, 14-20.I.2018 (Blended Bulb 250w Light Trap), M. Geiser, S. Safian, G. Simonics (1♂, 2♀) ; Liberia, Sinoe County, 6.5 km NW Jacksonville, Forest near Solve Problem Vill. (103m) 23-27.I.2018 ( MV Light Trap), M. Geiser, S. Safian, G. Simonics (11♂) ( ANHRT).

Distribution. Previously known from Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Uganda, Gabon and Côte d’Ivoire ( Massa et al. 2018), now recorded also from Liberia.