Gonamytta occidentalis ( Karsch, 1890 )

Naskrecki, Piotr, 2008, New species of arboreal predatory katydids from West Africa (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae), Zootaxa 1732, pp. 1-28 : 21

Gonamytta occidentalis ( Karsch, 1890)

= Xiphidiopsis mitrata Bolivar, 1906 ( Fig. 5 H)

This widely distributed species has been reported from Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, and Mozambique ( Beier 1966).

Material examined. CAMEROON: Kribi, (2°57'N, 9°55'0''E), xii. 1888, coll. Morgan - 1 female (holotype) ( ZMHB); EQUATORIAL GUINEA: Isla de Fernando Poo, Santa Isabel, (3°37'60''N, 8°45'0''E), vii. 1901, coll. Escalera - 1 female (paralectotype of X. mitrata ) ( MNCN); GHANA: Eastern Region, Ajenjua Bepo Forest Reserve, elev. 300–320 m (6°22'2.3''N, 1°1'58''W), 26–30.viii. 2006, coll. P. Naskrecki, V. Awotwe-Pratt and M. Bakowski (Camp 1) - 14 females, 13 males; Mamang Forest Reserve, elev. 130 m (6°15'1.4''N, 1°2'25.4''W), 30.viii.–5.ix. 2006, coll. P. Naskrecki, V. Awotwe-Pratt and M. Bakowski (Camp 2) - 1 male ( MCZ).

Figures

FIGURE 5. A – C. Epiphallus: A. Anepitacta wrightae; B. Amyttopsis palmulicerca; C. A. bakowskii; D – G. Eggs: D & E. Amyttosa insectivora; F. Gonamytta occidentalis; G. Brachyamytta maculipes; H – I. Male pronota: H. G. occidentalis; I. Anepitacta guentheri.