Arantia (Goetia) galbana (Karsch, 1891)

Massa, Bruno, 2021, Orthoptera Tettigoniidae as indicators of biodiversity hotspots in the Guinean Forests of Central and West Tropical Africa, Zootaxa 4974 (3), pp. 401-458 : 437-438

Arantia (Goetia) galbana (Karsch, 1891) ( Fig. 30 )

Material examined. Liberia, Lofa County, Foya Proposed Protected Area (530m) 10-19.XI.2017 ( MV Light Trap), M. Aristophanous, S. Safian, G. Simonics, L. Smith (2♂) ; Liberia, Lofa County, Wologizi Mts., Base Camp Forest (611m) 20.XI-1.XII.2017 ( MV Light Trap), M. Aristophanous, S. Safian, G. Simonics, L. Smith (1♂, 1♀); Liberia, Sinoe County, 6.5 km NW Jacksonville, Forest near Solve Problem Vill. (103m) 23-27.I.2018 ( MV Light Trap), M. Geiser, S. Safian, G. Simonics (1♀) ( ANHRT) .

Distribution. Previously known from Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire ( Hemp & Massa 2017), here recorded also from Liberia.

Figures

FIGS. 28–30. Liocentrum rubripes Bolívar, 1906, female from Liberia (28); Diogena fausta (Burmeister, 1838), female from Liberia (29); Arantia (Goetia) galbana (Karsch, 1891), male from Liberia, Foya Proposed Protected Area (30) (photos by M. Aristophanous).