Euryparyphes laetus (Bolívar, 1907)

Chobanov, Dragan & Massa, Bruno, 2022, On some Moroccan Pamphagidae, with the description of a new species of Euryparyphes (Orthoptera: Caelifera), Zootaxa 5104 (3), pp. 409-425 : 417

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5104.3.3

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6333122

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scientific name

Euryparyphes laetus (Bolívar, 1907)
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Euryparyphes laetus (Bolívar, 1907) View in CoL

Type locality: Morocco, Essaouira (Mogador) .

Material examined. Thar-Es-Souk, 34.65847°N, 4.24169°W (650 m), 5.VI.2013 (2♂♂, 1♀); E Fes, 34.05163°N, 5.26574°W (310 m), 20.III.2019 (4♂♂, 2♀♀, 2♀♀ nymphs; adults and nymphs last instar collected and some moulted in captivity).

Remarks. E. laetus is among the most polymorphic species of the genus Euryparyphes . Pronotum of both sexes is moderately raised, laterally compressed, interrupted by the sulcus, enlarged posteriorly (mainly in the male), with the hind lower margin just bulging. Lateral keels are callused, hind margins festooned, mainly in the hind angle.

Distribution. E. laetus is distributed in central Morocco, from the Middle Atlas to Fès, Meknès, Rabat and Casablanca, and the area of Agadir, where the types were collected; it is one of the most southern species of Euryparyphes .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Orthoptera

SubOrder

Caelifera

Family

Pamphagidae

SubFamily

Pamphaginae

Tribe

Euryparyphini

Genus

Euryparyphes

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