Diogena fausta (Burmeister, 1838)

Massa, Bruno, 2015, New genera, species and records of Phaneropterinae (Orthoptera, Phaneropteridae) from sub-Saharan Africa, ZooKeys 472, pp. 77-102 : 78-79

Taxon classification Animalia Orthoptera Phaneropteridae

Diogena fausta (Burmeister, 1838) Figs 4, 5

Material examined.

Burkina Faso, Pama VIII.2004, P.Moretto (♀); Burkina Faso, Yako VIII.2005, P.Moretto (♂); Burkina Faso, Gorom Gorom, Essakane 10-13.IX.2012, 22-24.VIII.2012, 2-4.X.2012, 14.X.2012 (UV trap), P.Moretto (6♂, 9♀); Burkina-Faso, Boromo, Ft. of Sorobouli 4-5.VII.2013 (UV trap), P.Moretto (1♂, 1♀); Burkina-Faso, Dori 23-27.VIII.2013, 30. VIII– 5.IX.2013 (UV trap), P.Moretto (6♂, 3♀); Senegal, Niokolo Korba VIII.2008, P.Moretto (♀); Senegal, Niolo du Rip VII.2008, P.Moretto (♂); Guinea, Ziama Forest near Seredou 7.VII.2004, A.Kudrna (♀); Central African Republic, Dzanga-Ndoki National Park, Lac 3, 25-26.II.2012 (UV trap), P.Moretto (♀) (BMCP); Democratic Republic of Congo, Yangambi IV.1964, M.Pavan (2♀) (MSNP).

Distribution.

Diogena fausta is known from a wide area covering the Middle East, North Africa, from Egypt to Mauritania, the Arabian Peninsula, semi-desert regions of south of the Sahara, East Africa and West Africa (Senegal, the Ivory Coast); the presence in the Central African Republic and Burkina Faso was hitherto unknown ( Chopard and Mc Kevan 1954, Ragge 1968a, 1980, Popov 1981).