Afrophisis pseudoflagellata Hemp

Hemp, Claudia, 2013, Annotated list of Tettigoniidae (Orthoptera) from the East Usambara Mountains Tanzania and new Tettigoniidae species from East Africa, Zootaxa 3737 (4), pp. 301-350 : 324

Afrophisis pseudoflagellata Hemp n. sp. ( Fig. 13 , Fig. 14B , D, E, F)

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Holotype male, Tanzania, East Usambara Mountains, Amani, forest track near Park Headquarters, 1000 m, March 2012. Depository: ZMHB.

The holotype is unique.

Description.—Male. Habitus as typical for Afrophisis , green in life with dark marking on stridulatory area and few dark dots on tegmina ( Fig. 13 ); medium sized, comparatively robust. Head and antennae.—Fastigium verticis short, conical, much shorter than scapus. Antennae very long and thin. Thorax.— Pronotum with pair of reddishbrown fasciae; median transverse sulci faint; anterior margin of pronotum slightly concave, posterior margin slightly incurved. Tegmina and wings well developed, surpassing apex of abdomen about 1/3 of their length. Stridulatory area of male as in Fig. 14B ; Legs.— Fore coxa with spine. Fore legs with 4 inner and 5 outer long predatory spines on femur and 6 inner and 7 outer on tibia, mid femora with 3–4 outer spines and 3–4 on inner side which are short and stout. Hind femora unarmed at base where femur is inflated, one row of few spines at slender posterior part ventrally. Hind tibiae with 4 rows of numerous small spines along whole length. Supra-anal plate much elongated divided into two parts medially, apical parts curled downwards. On apical inner and dorsal side of lobes a short process. Flagellate-like end part of inner genitalia produced between lobes of supra-anal plate and subgenital plate (Fig. Fig. 14 E, F). Tips of cerci laterally protruding where supra-anal plate is curled down. Subgenital plate elongated, deeply medially incised, with tiny styli ( Fig. 14 D).

Female.—Unknown.

Measurements, male (mm) (N = 1). Body length 16. Length of pronotum 3.7. Length of elytra 16.5. Length of hind femur 13.

Diagnosis: Similar to A. flagellata n. sp. but with differently shaped supra-anal and subgenital plate (see diagnosis A. flagellata n. sp.)

Figures

FIGURE 13. Male Afrophisis flagellata n. sp., Amani, park headquarters, 1000 m, caught at night in nearby forest.

FIGURE 14. A, C, G. Morphological details of Afrophisis carminator: stridulatory area (A), subgenital plate (C), abdominal apex (G) B, D, E, F. A. pseudoflagellata n. sp.: stridulatory area (B), subgenital plate (D), semi-lateral view (E) and lateral view on abdominal apex (F).