Pachycatantops sp.

Massa, Bruno, 2022, New and less known Orthoptera from biodiversity hotspots of Mozambique and Zambia (Tettigoniidae; Acrididae), Fragmenta entomologica 54 (1), pp. 27-44 : 40

Pachycatantops sp.

Material examined. Zambia: Lakeview Lodge , Sinazongwe (493m), Lepiled Light Trap 23-28.II.2019, V . Dérozier, M. Imakando, W. Miles, L. Mulvaney (1♂) ( ANHRT) .

Remarks. The habitus and size of this specimen ( Fig. 14 ) is quite similar to that of P. crassipes (Ramme, 1929) (described from Kenya and known also from Somalia and Tanzania: Rowell & Hemp 2018). However, the single male collected in Zambia is more brachypterous than O. crassipes , and cerci are pointed and bifurcate, while in P. crassipes they are with subacute obliquely truncate apex ( Dirsh 1965; Rowell & Hemp 2018). In absence of other specimens, it is preferable not to describe it as new.

Figures

Fig. 14 – Pachycatantops sp.: habitus in lateral view and abdominal apex in lateral and dorsal view; the arrow indicates cerci shape.