Leptophyes peneri HARZ, 1970

Husemann, Martin, Guershon, Moshe, Weinstein, Amir & Dorchin, Netta, 2024, Type catalogue of the Orthoptera collection in the Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel Aviv University, Israel, Zootaxa 5468 (3), pp. 449-467 : 461

24. Leptophyes peneri HARZ, 1970

Fig. 5e, f

Harz, K. 1970. New and little known Tettigoniidae ( Orthoptera ) from Israel and Africa. Israel Journal of Zoology 19: 198.

Holotype ♂: “ Leptophyes / peneri n. spec. / K. Harz det. // Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel / Department of Entomology / Loc: Masaada (Forest) / Date: 22.V.1970 / Col: Ayal & al. // Golan Heights [blue label] // OR 13061 // Caught as a nymph. Reared to / adult; last moult: before 19.VI.1970 / rearing no. 1153. // Holo- / type [round label with red frame] // SMNH-TAUI / 135812”

Paratype ♀: “ Leptophyes / peneri n. spec. / K. Harz det. // Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel / Department of Entomology / Loc: Masaada (Forest) / Date: 22.V.1970 / Col: Ayal & al. // Golan Heights [blue label] // OR 13059 // Caught as a nymph. Reared to / adult; last moult: before 19.VI.1970 / rearing no. 1153. // Allo- / type [round label with yellow frame] // SMNH-TAUI / 389024”

Type Series: Holotype ♂, Paratypes 2♂, 3♀.

Current status: Valid species.

Remarks: Additional paratypes are deposited in the BMNH and in the collection of Kurt Harz (now in the Natural History Museum of Geneva).

Figures

FIGURE 5: Holotypes of Eupholidoptera peneri (a, b—dorsal, lateral, labels), Hermoniana blondheimae (c, d—dorsal, lateral, labels), Leptophyes peneri (e, f—dorsal, lateral, labels), Phaneroptera cleomis (g, h—dorsal, lateral, labels).