Pteropera descampsi Donskoff, 1981

Yetchom Fondjo, Jeanne Agrippine, Nzoko Fiemapong, Armand Richard, Tindo, Maurice, Duressa, Tarekegn Fite, Ivković, Slobodan & Husemann, Martin, 2024, Taxonomic review of the grasshopper genus Pteropera Karsch, 1891 (Orthoptera, Acrididea, Catantopinae) with description of three new species and a preliminary phylogeny of the Cameroonian species, ZooKeys 1216, pp. 219-264 : 219-264

Pteropera descampsi Donskoff, 1981

Figs 3 G, H , 8 G, H

Type materials examined.

Holotype. Cameroon • ♂; Yaoundé, Ongot [Onguot]; 3 ° 50.899 ' N, 11 ° 30.133 ' E; 2–4 Nov. 1975; M. Descamps leg.; MNHN, MNHN - EO-CAELIF 11456 .

Other material examined.

Cameroon • 4 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀; Ongot ; 3 ° 51.517 ' N, 11 ° 22.367 ' E; 15 Jun. 2020; J. A. Yetchom Fondjo & A. R. Nzoko Fiemapong leg.; SMNK . Cameroon • 1 ♀; Meyomessala ; 3 ° 6.431 ' N, 12 ° 14.703 ' E; 18 Aug. 2021; J. A. Yetchom Fondjo leg.; SMNK) . Cameroon • 5 ♀♀; Ongot ; 3 ° 51.517 ' N, 11 ° 22.367 ' E; 5 Dec. 2021; J. A. Yetchom Fondjo leg.; SMNK . Cameroon • 6 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀; Ongot ; 3 ° 51.517 ' N, 11 ° 22.367 ' E; 20 Mar. 2022; J. A. Yetchom Fondjo & A. R. Nzoko Fiemapong leg.; SMNK .

Redescription.

Subocellar facial spot V-shaped, wide; dark median longitudinal band on the pronotum disc not very distinct; the two contiguous pale bands present; lower part of body very pale on living specimen; pronotum disc shiny brownish; pale basal posterior spots on the lateral lobes of the pronotum extending almost to the lower margin; lower half of elytra shiny black, upper half brown; meso- and metathoracic episternites with pale, narrow, median and basal band; front and middle legs pale green; outer and inner sides of hind femora pale, greenish yellow with apical third gradually darkening towards the pregenicular black ring; knees pale brown; hind tibiae green, sometimes very dark; male subgenital plate truncated; male cerci with a small inner preapical lobe. Epiphallus (15 E): of smaller size, ancorae small, anterior projections and lateral plates wide. Phallic complex (Fig. 15 F – H ): dorsal arch of cingulum V-shaped, open, apodemes reaching apex of endophallic sclerites; rami bent; upper ectophallic sheath short; lower ectophallic sheath not capping base of rami; latero-ventral sclerite subtriangular.

Distribution.

Cameroon (Fig. 16 B ).

Figures

Figure 3. Images of holotypes and allotypes of Pteropera species in lateral view A P. carnapi (holotype ♂) B P. carnapi (paratype ♀) C P. congoensis (holotype ♂) D P. congoensis (allotype ♀) E P. cornici (holotype ♂) F P. cornici (allotype ♀) G P. descampsi (holotype ♂) H P. descampsi (allotype ♀) I P. descarpentriesi (holotype ♂) J P. descarpentriesi (allotype ♀).

Figure 8. Images of holotypes, allotypes and paratype of Pteropera species in dorsal view A P. carnapi (holotype ♂) B P. carnapi (paratype ♀) C P. congoensis (holotype ♂) D P. congoensis (allotype ♀) E P. cornici (holotype ♂) F P. cornici (allotype ♀) G P. descampsi (holotype ♂) H P. descampsi (allotype ♀) I P. descarpentriesi (holotype ♂) J P. descarpentriesi (allotype ♀).

Figure 15. Internal genitalia of P. carnapi (A – D), P. descampsi (E – H), P. karschi zenkeri (I – L), P. uniformis (M – P) and P. verrucigena (O – T).

Figure 16. Distribution of Pteropera species in African rainforests.