Paracinipe alticola ( Werner, 1932 )

Chobanov, Dragan & Massa, Bruno, 2022, On some Moroccan Pamphagidae, with the description of a new species of Euryparyphes (Orthoptera: Caelifera), Zootaxa 5104 (3), pp. 409-425 : 412

Paracinipe alticola ( Werner, 1932) ( Figs. 1F, G )

Type locality: Morocco, Tadlest .

Material examined. Achahoud towards road Marrakesh-Ouarzazad, 31.26094°N, 7.38826°W (2150 m), 27.V.2013 (1♂); N of Achahoud, 31.28659°N, 7.18926°W (2000 m), 27.V.2013 (1♀) .

Distribution. This species is known from central Morocco; the type-locality (Tadlest) is located north of Ouarzazad, Achahoud lies not far from Ouarzazad.

Remarks. According to Werner (1932), this montane species differs from P. crassicornis by the less yellow apically colored hind tibiae, and Chopard (1943) added that the male genitalia allow to identify it correctly.According to Descamps & Mounassif (1972), P. alticola has not the bilobate hind margin in the epiphallus; in addition, P. alticola differs from P. crassicornis by its lower pronotum and higher tegmina. P. alticola is very similar to P. luteomaculata , but differs from it by the male cerci shape (ca. 2 times longer than wide, while in P. luteomaculata they are 1.2 times longer than wide), the hind tibiae yellow or red (in P. luteomaculata they are yellow), always hairy, and the epiphallus, which generally is not bilobate on the hind margin (in P. luteomaculata it is always bilobate).

Figures

FIG. 1. General view and habitat of selected species of Moroccan Pamphagidae. A–C—Tmethis cisti (A, male; B, female; C, habitat of this species and Tuarega insignis W of Tindite); D, E—Acinipe tubericollis (D, female; E, habitat near Zaio); F, G—Paracinipe alticola (F, female; G, habitat near Achahoud); H, I—Paracinipe dolichocera (H, female; I, habitat of this species and Euryparyphes flexuosus near El Kebab); J–L—Paracinipe theryi (J, K, females of different color; L, habitat between Biougra and Tafraout).