Macroscirtus kanguroo kanguroo Pictet, 1888

Simeu-Noutchom, Alain, Heller, Klaus-Gerhard, Affa’A, Glwadys Zang, Wandji, Alain Christel & Nzike, Marcelle Mbadjoun, 2022, Review of the genus Macroscirtus Pictet, 1888 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) with the description of a new species, Zootaxa 5188 (2), pp. 133-144 : 137-138

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5188.2.3

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7087534

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Macroscirtus kanguroo kanguroo Pictet, 1888
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Macroscirtus kanguroo kanguroo Pictet, 1888 View in CoL

Material studied: ♂ Cameroon, Akonolinga forest (N 2° 59’ 57.724’’; E 12° 0’ 3.534’’) GoogleMaps

Description ( Table 1 View TABLE 1 ), ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 ) ( Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4 ) (largely based on Cameroon material): Body dark brown, somewhat mottled with light yellow; head 1.4 longer than wide ( Table 1 View TABLE 1 ), weakly globose; fastigium fairly wide, slightly protuberant, yellowish. Eyes rounded, protruding, 4.9 mm apart, ocellus visible between compound eyes, on the front’ extension of a yellow spot ( Fig. 3f View FIGURE 3 ) ( Fig. 4c View FIGURE 4 ). Antennae thin, 3 times longer than the body. Pronotum little longer than wide ( Table 1 View TABLE 1 ), with a straight anterior edge, slightly concave posterior edge; meso- and metanotum protruding and with a pointed apex, slightly angular ( Fig. 4d View FIGURE 4 ). Abdomen brown to black; subgenital plate elongated upward, 2.2 times longer than cerci ( Table 1 View TABLE 1 ), indentation 2 times deeper than broad, indentation edge little or more concave; styles almost nil. Cerci not reaching half of the subgenital plate, rather thick at the base, abruptly thinned, curved laterally and internally towards the apical third, the apex ending in fine points and cross ( Fig. 3c View FIGURE 3 ) or almost touching ( Fig. 4b View FIGURE 4 ). Fore and mid legs long, reddish brown to black. Fore tibia usually with 3-4 spines on either sides, sometimes inwardly unarmed; Posterior legs strongly developed, hind femurs robust, almost long as tibia, with mottled yellow external face and reddish brown internal face; lower edges armed with 4 external and 5 internal spines in the apical half; hind tibia almost as long as the femur ( Table 1 View TABLE 1 ), bearing on average 16 spines both on its internal and external face. Tegmina dark brown with some yellow spots, exceeding beyond the abdomen, rounded at the apex, weakly veined, comprising a single thick vein dividing the tegmina obliquely ( Figs 3a, b View FIGURE 3 ). Hind wings reaching half of tegmina ( Fig. 4d View FIGURE 4 ).

Distribution ( Fig. 6 View FIGURE 6 ): Gabon ( Pictet 1888, Coll. Brunner; Kirby 1896); Ghana: Ashanti ( Redtenbacher, 1892); Cameroon, Lolodorf ( Bruner, 1922)

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