Diversity of Leaf Katydids of Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Republic of Congo, Central Tropical Africa (Insecta: Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae)
The study of specimens collected during the night at a lamp allowed for the description of one new genus <i>Phanreticula</i> n. gen., and six new species, namely <i>Phanreticula fenestrata</i> n. sp., <i>Habrocomes piotri</i> n. sp., <i>Conocephalus</i>...
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2025-02-01
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| Series: | Insects |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/16/3/241 |
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| Summary: | The study of specimens collected during the night at a lamp allowed for the description of one new genus <i>Phanreticula</i> n. gen., and six new species, namely <i>Phanreticula fenestrata</i> n. sp., <i>Habrocomes piotri</i> n. sp., <i>Conocephalus</i> (<i>Anisoptera</i>) <i>mollyae</i> n. sp., <i>Phlaurocentrum armatum</i> n. sp., <i>Tetraconcha danielae</i> n. sp., and <i>Tetraconcha fuscopunctata</i> n. sp. Further, females of <i>Paraeulioptera emitflesti</i> Massa, 2020 (known only from the male sex) have been collected and characteristics of its ovipositor allowed for the inclusion of this species in the tribe Catoptropterigini. In addition, <i>Pleothrix conradti</i> (Bolívar, 1906) has been rediscovered after 118 years from its description from material collected in Cameroon, and the male of <i>Griffinipteryx mukonja</i> (Griffini, 1908), known only from three females collected in Cameroon in 1800s, is described for the first time. Finally, an updating of the species belonging to the genus <i>Tetraconcha</i> Karsch, 1890 has been carried out; presently, 24 species are known, including 2 other new species from the Ivory Coast (west tropical Africa), <i>Tetraconcha alberti</i> n. sp., and <i>Tetraconcha tonkouiensis</i> n. sp. Overall, 108 species of Tettigoniidae are listed here. |
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| ISSN: | 2075-4450 |