Afrophisis pseudoflagellata Hemp

Hemp, Claudia, 2013, Annotated list of Tettigoniidae (Orthoptera) from the East Usambara Mountains Tanzania and new Tettigoniidae species from East Africa, Zootaxa 3737 (4), pp. 301-350 : 324

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3737.4.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:16B3744F-D3A5-45DB-85A4-A9201EDB5A2A

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5682338

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A3881C-9035-F40B-FF28-AD67FE4BFA4D

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Afrophisis pseudoflagellata Hemp
status

sp. nov.

Afrophisis pseudoflagellata Hemp View in CoL n. sp. ( Fig. 13 View FIGURE 13 , Fig. 14B View FIGURE 14. A, C, G , D, E, F)

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Holotype male, Tanzania, East Usambara Mountains, Amani, forest track near Park Headquarters, 1000 m, March 2012. Depository: ZMHB.

The holotype is unique.

Description.—Male. Habitus as typical for Afrophisis , green in life with dark marking on stridulatory area and few dark dots on tegmina ( Fig. 13 View FIGURE 13 ); medium sized, comparatively robust. Head and antennae.—Fastigium verticis short, conical, much shorter than scapus. Antennae very long and thin. Thorax.— Pronotum with pair of reddishbrown fasciae; median transverse sulci faint; anterior margin of pronotum slightly concave, posterior margin slightly incurved. Tegmina and wings well developed, surpassing apex of abdomen about 1/3 of their length. Stridulatory area of male as in Fig. 14B View FIGURE 14. A, C, G ; Legs.— Fore coxa with spine. Fore legs with 4 inner and 5 outer long predatory spines on femur and 6 inner and 7 outer on tibia, mid femora with 3–4 outer spines and 3–4 on inner side which are short and stout. Hind femora unarmed at base where femur is inflated, one row of few spines at slender posterior part ventrally. Hind tibiae with 4 rows of numerous small spines along whole length. Supra-anal plate much elongated divided into two parts medially, apical parts curled downwards. On apical inner and dorsal side of lobes a short process. Flagellate-like end part of inner genitalia produced between lobes of supra-anal plate and subgenital plate (Fig. Fig. 14 View FIGURE 14. A, C, G E, F). Tips of cerci laterally protruding where supra-anal plate is curled down. Subgenital plate elongated, deeply medially incised, with tiny styli ( Fig. 14 View FIGURE 14. A, C, G D).

Female.—Unknown.

Measurements, male (mm) (N = 1). Body length 16. Length of pronotum 3.7. Length of elytra 16.5. Length of hind femur 13.

Diagnosis: Similar to A. flagellata n. sp. but with differently shaped supra-anal and subgenital plate (see diagnosis A. flagellata n. sp.)

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Orthoptera

Family

Tettigoniidae

SubFamily

Hexacentrinae

Genus

Afrophisis

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