Morgenia melica Karsch, 1893

Massa, Bruno, Heller, Klaus-Gerhard, Warchalowska-Śliwa, Elzbieta & Moulin, Nicolas, 2018, The tropical African genus Morgenia (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Phaneropterinae) with emphasis on the spur at the mid tibia, Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 65 (2), pp. 161-175 : 165-166

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scientific name

Morgenia melica Karsch, 1893
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Morgenia melica Karsch, 1893 Figs 7 View Figures 5–8 , 17 View Figures 15–18 , 25 View Figures 23–26 , 33 View Figures 27–34 , 47 View Figures 45–50 , 48 View Figures 45–50

Morgenia melica Karsch, 1893. Entom. Nachricht. 19 (13): 196.

Morgenia melica Type locality: Victoria (Cameroon) ( MfN, Berlin).

Material examined.

Cameroon, Victoria (holotype ♂) ( MfN) ; Gabon, Lope National Park Res. Station , Ogooue-Ivindo 28.III.2014, (1♂, BOLD LopeORT14-618) (light), ecotrop 2014 team ; Central African Republic, Dzanga-Ndoki National Park, 31.I.-29.II.2012 (light) (19♂), Sangha 2012 team; Mboki 24.I.2012 (1♂), Sangha 2012 team ; Ivory Coast, Täi National Park, Res. Station 16-20.III.2017 (light) (3♂, 1♀), B. Massa; 22.III-4.IV.2017 (light) (26♂), P. Moretto (BMPC) ; Democratic Republic of the Congo, Hombo 22.XII.1970, T. De Stefani (1♂) ( MRT) .

Distribution.

M. melica is known from Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Uganda, Gabon and Ivory Coast ( Karsch 1893, Massa 2013, Holstein 2015, present paper).

Remarks.

The left tegmen of M. melica has a small brown spot covering only the stridulatory area, costal area of tegmina has regularly spaced crossveins (Fig. 17 View Figures 15–18 ) and cerci are slender, apically flattened and end with a small inner spine (Figs 47 View Figures 45–50 , 48 View Figures 45–50 ). The mirror of the right tegmen is as wide as in M. hamuligera (Fig. 17 View Figures 15–18 ). The stridulatory file is 2.3 mm long, arched and composed of ca. 70 widely spaced teeth (Fig. 25 View Figures 23–26 ). The inner ventral spur of mid tibiae is long and does not exceed the first tarsal article; its length is about 12-12.5% the length of the tibia. On the outer ventral margin of mid tibiae, three close short spines are present (Fig. 33 View Figures 27–34 ).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Orthoptera

Family

Tettigoniidae

Genus

Morgenia

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Morgenia melica Karsch, 1893

Massa, Bruno, Heller, Klaus-Gerhard, Warchalowska-Śliwa, Elzbieta & Moulin, Nicolas 2018
2018
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Morgenia melica

Karsch 1893
1893
Loc

Morgenia melica

Karsch 1893
1893