Pseudolebinthus africanus Robillard, 2006

Jaiswara, Ranjana, Dong, Jiajia & Robillard, Tony, 2018, Revision of the genus Pseudolebinthus (Orthoptera, Gryllidae, Eneopterinae) with the description of a new species from Southeast Africa, Zootaxa 4521 (2), pp. 265-274 : 267-269

Pseudolebinthus africanus Robillard, 2006

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Pseudolebinthus africanus Robillard, 2006: 677 —Cigliano et al. 2018 ( Orthoptera Species File Online)

Material examined. Holotype. ZIMBABWE: ♂, Mt. Melsetter 5000 ft [1500 m], Melsetter Dist. Dept. Agric. S. Rhodesia. xi.1957, accession no. 11776 (Whellan) identified Lebinthus africanus by L. Chopard (NHMUK, Brit Mus 1982–221).

Paratype. ZIMBABWE: 1♂, Chirinda Forest , Melsetter Dist. Dept. Agric. S. Rhodesia. x.1948, accession no. 11774 (Whellan) 1# identified Lebinthus africanus by L. Chopard (MNHN-EO-ENSIF10684) .

Type locality. Zimbabwe, Mount Melsetter 5000 ft.

Distribution. Zimbabwe

Diagnosis. (Emended from Robillard 2006). Coloration contrasted; FIII uniformly brown. Dorsal margin of eyes with small ommatidia thin.

Male. Scutellum basal edge sharply raised. FW dorsal field with strong transverse veins. Mirror small, hardly distinct from surrounding cells and crossed by one strong accessory vein; c1 twice as long as c2. Sc with three projections along its length (four in P. whellani , two in P. gorochovi sp. nov.).

Male genitalia. Pseudepiphallic lophi ( Fig. 5C ) longer and thinner than in P. whellani , their apical lobes almost completely fused, as in P. gorochovi sp. nov. Median part of endophallic sclerite well developed.

Figures

FIGURE 5. Right pseudepiphallic lophi of male genitalia in dorsal view: (A) Pseudolebinthus gorochovi sp. nov.; (B) Pseudolebinthus whellani; (C) Pseudolebinthus africanus. Scale bar: 1 mm.