Phlaurocentrum mecopodoides Karsch, 1891

Massa, Bruno, Annoyer, Philippe, Perez, Cyrille, Danflous, Samuel & Duvot, Guilhem, 2020, Orthoptera Tettigoniidae (Conocephalinae, Hexacentrinae, Phaneropterinae Mecopodinae, Hetrodinae) from some protected areas of Central African Republic, Zootaxa 4780 (3), pp. 401-447 : 420

Phlaurocentrum mecopodoides Karsch, 1891

Material examined. CAR. Dzanga-Ndoki NP, Lake 1, 30.XI–1.XII.2010 (light), SANGHA2012 Team (1♂) ( PAPC); Dzanga-Ndoki NP, Lake 1, 14–15.II.2012, 24–25.II.2012 (light), P. Annoyer (4♂) ( BMPC & PAPC); Dzanga-Ndoki NP, Lake 1, on an Ayous ( Triplochiton scleroxylon , Sterculiaceae ) (platform 40m), 24.II.2012 (light), SANGHA2012 Team (1♂); Lake 3, 25–26.II.2012 (light), P. Annoyer (1♂) ( PAPC).

Distribution. P. mecopodoides was described from Cameroon, and later recorded from CAR and Democratic Republic of Congo ( Karsch 1891, Ragge 1962, Massa 2013).