Paracinipe theryi ( Werner, 1931 )

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 theryi ( Werner, 1931) ( Figs. 1J–L )

Type locality: Morocco, Grand Atlas , Asni .

Material examined. W of Bigoudine , 30.74828°N, 9.27477°W (1400 m), 14.VI.2013 (1♀); Biougra-Tafraout, 29.99501°N, 9.03187°W (1050 m), 23.V.2013 (2♂♂, 2♀♀); pass in Antiatlas to Tafraout, 29.83124°N, 9.03740°W (1560-1800 m), 23.V.2013 (2♂♂, 3♀♀, 1♀ nymph); NE Taliouine, 30.56452°N, 7.95019°W (1140 m), 29.III.2019 (1♂); S Taroudant, 30.53051°N, 8.4124°W (600 m), 29.III.2019 (1♂) .

Distribution. P. theryi , described as species by Werner (1931) and considered subspecies of P. dolichocera by Descamps & Mounassif (1972), has been reinstated at species level by Massa (2013), who also pointed out that it is distributed in a more southern Moroccan area than the previous one.

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).