Oxya hyla Serville, 1831

Felix, Rob P. W. H. & Massa, Bruno, 2016, Orthoptera (Insecta: Tettigonioidea, Pyrgomorphoidea, Acridoidea) of Kafa Biosphere Reserve, Bale Mountains National Park and other areas of conservation interest in Ethiopia, Zootaxa 4189 (1), pp. 1-59 : 38

Oxya hyla Serville, 1831

http://lsid.speciesfile.org/urn:lsid: Orthoptera .speciesfile.org:TaxonName:47135 Figure 32

Material examined. ETHIOPIA: Gambella , Baku Lake (1425 m), 16.IV.2015, R.P.W.H. Felix (2Ƌ, 1♀, RFPC), B. Massa (2Ƌ, 1♀, BMPC) ; SNNPR, Bench Maji, Bebeka Plantation (1370 m), 14.IV.2015, R.P.W.H. Felix (4Ƌ, 4♀, RFPC), B. Massa (4Ƌ, BMPC) ; Bench Maji, Dembi Forest (1260 m), 14.IV.2015, R.P.W.H. Felix (1♀, RFPC) ; Bench Maji, Sheko Forest (1570 m), 13.IV.2015, B. Massa (1♀, BMPC) ; Keffa, Shorori wetland (1610 m), 21.IV.2015, R.P.W.H. Felix (2Ƌ, brachypterous, RFPC) .

Distribution. This is a widespread species in tropical Africa and Asia.

Habitat. Associated with grass and herb vegetations on moist soils at lower elevations ( Figure 2 d, 4a).

Remarks. We collected two brachypterous specimens ( Figure 32 ) at Shorori wetland ( Figure 4 a). The existence of brachypterous forms in Ethiopia was already mentioned by Jago (1977).

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FIGURE 2. Habitats at collecting sites. a: Sheko Forest (1570 m); b: Makira Forest (1615 m); c: Dembi Forest (1260 m); d: Bebeka Plantation (1370 m).

FIGURE 4. Habitats at collecting sites. a: Shorori Wetland (1610 m); b: waterfall at Dembi Forest (1260 m); c: inside the bamboo forest at Bamboo Forest (2620 m).

FIGURE 32. Oxya hyla brachypterous form, Shorori wetland (1610 m), Ethiopia. Scale bar represents 1 cm.