Amigus nigroadspersus (Bolivar, 1907)

Massa, Bruno, 2013, Pamphagidae (Orthoptera: Caelifera) of North Africa: key to genera and the annotated check-list of species, Zootaxa 3700 (3), pp. 435-475 : 444-445

Amigus nigroadspersus (Bolivar, 1907)

Material examined. Morocco, Marrakech, 21♂, 5♀ syntypes (MNCN); 30 km N Marrakech 14. IV.1995, 3 ♂, 2♀ (BMCP).

Bolivar (1914) established nigroadspersus as the type-species of this genus; I agree with La Greca (1993) who moved again this species to the genus Amigus , previously synonymized with Paraeumigus by Dirsh (1958). The shape of the pronotum, tegmina, prosternal tubercle and genitalia ( Figs. 146–148 ) consent to establish that it is not related to Paraeumigus nor to Euryparyphes , but to Acinipe and related genera; thus, it belongs to the tribe Pamphagini .

Figures

FIGURES 123 – 148. 123 – 145. Characters of species of the Moroccan genus Paraeumigus, included P. lopezi n. sp. (141 – 145, holotype and allotype, BMCP). 146 – 148. Lateral view of Amigus nigroadspersus and its phallic complex. Figs. 124, 135 – 137, 139 – 140 after La Greca (1993).