Phaneroptera nigropunctata Chopard, 1955

Naskrecki, Piotr & Guta, Ricardo, 2019, Katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) of Gorongosa National Park and Central Mozambique, Zootaxa 4682 (1), pp. 1-119 : 60

Phaneroptera nigropunctata Chopard, 1955

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( Figs. 25 D–F)

Diagnostic remarks. A small, nondescript katydid ( Fig. 25F ), very similar to P. sparsa but distinguishable by more slender and more incurved cerci in the male ( Fig. 25E ). The stridulatory area of the tegmina also appears darker than in other species of the genus ( Fig. 25D ).

Bioacoustics. The call of P. nigropunctata is unknown.

Distribution and natural history. This species has previously only been recorded from South Africa ( Chopard 1955b) and Lesotho ( Ragge 1956a), this is the first record of its occurrence in Mozambique.

Material examined (1 specimen). Mozambique: Sofala, Gorongosa Dist., GNP, Community Education Center ( CEC), elev. 129 m (-18.953639, 34.177111), 21.vi.2014, coll. P. Naskrecki— 1 male .

Figures

FIGURE 25. Mozambican Phaneropterinae: A. Phaneroptera sparsa, base of male tegmina, dorsal view; B. ditto, male cerci; C. ditto, male, lateral view; D. P. nigropunctata, base of male tegmina, dorsal view; E. ditto, male cerci; F. ditto, male, lateral view; G. P. parva, base of male tegmina, dorsal view; H. ditto, male cerci; I. ditto, female, lateral view; J. Tylopsis continua, male cerci; K. ditto, male, lateral view; L. Tylopsis bilineolata, male cerci; M. ditto, male, lateral view.