Phaneroptera nigropunctata Chopard, 1955

Naskrecki, Piotr & Guta, Ricardo, 2019, Katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) of Gorongosa National Park and Central Mozambique, Zootaxa 4682 (1), pp. 1-119 : 60

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4682.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5629517

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scientific name

Phaneroptera nigropunctata Chopard, 1955
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Phaneroptera nigropunctata Chopard, 1955

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( Figs. 25 View FIGURE 25 D–F)

Diagnostic remarks. A small, nondescript katydid ( Fig. 25F View FIGURE 25 ), very similar to P. sparsa but distinguishable by more slender and more incurved cerci in the male ( Fig. 25E View FIGURE 25 ). The stridulatory area of the tegmina also appears darker than in other species of the genus ( Fig. 25D View FIGURE 25 ).

Bioacoustics. The call of P. nigropunctata is unknown.

Distribution and natural history. This species has previously only been recorded from South Africa ( Chopard 1955b) and Lesotho ( Ragge 1956a), this is the first record of its occurrence in Mozambique.

Material examined (1 specimen). Mozambique: Sofala, Gorongosa Dist., GNP, Community Education Center ( CEC), elev. 129 m (-18.953639, 34.177111), 21.vi.2014, coll. P. Naskrecki— 1 male GoogleMaps .

Chopard, L. (1955 b) Orthoptera Ensifera. In: Hanstrom, B., Brinck, P. & Rudebeck, G. (Eds.), South African Animal Life; Results of the Lund University Expedition in 1950 - 1951, 2, pp. 266 - 300.

Ragge, D. R. (1956 a) A revision of the genera Phaneroptera Serville and Nephoptera Uvarov (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae), with conclusions of zoogeographical and evolutionary interest. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 127 (2), 205 - 283. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1096 - 3642.1956. tb 00471. x

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FIGURE 25. Mozambican Phaneropterinae: A. Phaneroptera sparsa, base of male tegmina, dorsal view; B. ditto, male cerci; C. ditto, male, lateral view; D. P. nigropunctata, base of male tegmina, dorsal view; E. ditto, male cerci; F. ditto, male, lateral view; G. P. parva, base of male tegmina, dorsal view; H. ditto, male cerci; I. ditto, female, lateral view; J. Tylopsis continua, male cerci; K. ditto, male, lateral view; L. Tylopsis bilineolata, male cerci; M. ditto, male, lateral view.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Orthoptera

Family

Phaneropteridae

SubFamily

Phaneropterinae

Tribe

Phaneropterini

Genus

Phaneroptera

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Orthoptera

Family

Tettigoniidae

SubFamily

Phaneropterinae

Tribe

Phaneropterini