Afrophisis tanzanica Jin & Kevan (1991)

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 : 326-327

Afrophisis tanzanica Jin & Kevan (1991) ( Fig. 15 A–C, Fig. 16 A, B)

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Material viewed: 3 males, 4 females, East Usambara Mountains, Kwamgumi forest reserve, 4° 57´S 38° 45´E, November 1995. leg. McKamey et al. Depository: ZMUC.

Description.—Female. General habitus and size as male; see description Jin & Kevan (1991). Antennae 5–6 cm long. Ovipositor slender and long, slightly up-curved ( Fig. 16 A). Subgenital plate as in Fig. 16 B.

Measurements, males (mm) (N = 3). Body length 11–15. Length of pronotum 3.6–3.9. Length of elytra 15–16. Length of hind femur 11–12.5.

Measurements, females (mm) (N = 4). Body length 13–19.5. Length of pronotum 3.6–4.0. Length of elytra 16– 19. Length of hind femur 13.5–19. Length of ovipositor 12.5–13.

Distribution: Tanzania, East Usambara Mountains (Jin & Kevan 1991).

Ecology & Biology: Canopy dweller, nightactive, predaceous.

Habitat: Lowland and submontane everygreen forest.

Remarks: In the holotype of A. tanzanica the supra-anal plate is damaged and flexed at its middle part. This is depicted in Jin & Kevan (1991), p. 324, Fig 2 e. However, since more material is available now it became clear that the supra-anal plate is evenly stretched backwards (see Fig. 15 B). The genitalic sclerites (regarded as paraprocts in Jin & Kevan 1991) are situated beneath the supraanal plate and the elongated subgenital plate.

Figures

FIGURE 2. Morphological details of Afroagraecia species. A – D. Face. E – H. Dorsal view on male abdominal apex. I – L. Male subgenital plates. A, E, I. A. bloyeti. B, F, J. A. sansibara. C, G, K. A. shimbaensis n. sp. D, H, L. A. brachyptera. M, N, O. A. pwania n. sp.

FIGURE 15. Morphological details of Afrophisis males. A – C. A. tanzanica, left tegmina with stridulatory area (A), lateral view on male abdominal apex with enlarged surpa-anal plate (B), subgenital plate (C). D – F. A. mazumbaiensis n. sp., left tegmina with stridulatory area (D), lateral view on male abdominal apex with enlarged surpa-anal plate (E), subgenital plate (F). G – I. A. flagellata n. sp., left tegmina with stridulatory area (G), lateral view on male abdominal apex with flagellate end part of genitalic structures (H), subgenital plate (I). J – L. A. kisarawe n. sp., left tegmina with stridulatory area (J), dorsal view on abdominal apex (K), subgenital plate (L).

FIGURE 16. Afrophisi s females. A, B. A. tanzanica, ovipositor lateral (A) and subgenital plate (B). C, D. A. flagellata n. sp., oivpositor lateral (C) and subgenital plate (D). Scale bars 5 mm.