Catoptropteryx guttatipes Karsch, 1890

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 : 431-432

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4974.3.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D830FF11-A538-4FDB-80C0-E32DE3D10D43
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4919351
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D6753F-1467-FFE4-E89E-FA5FFB61BBF5
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Catoptropteryx guttatipes Karsch, 1890
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Material examined. Sierra Leone, Tiwai Is., Moa River (120m) (light trap) 17-22.VI.2016, H. Takano, W. Miles, R. Goff (1♂, 4♀) ; Liberia, Lofa County, Foya Proposed Protected Area (530m) 10-19.XI.2017 ( MV Light Trap), M. Aristophanous, S. Safian, G. Simonics, L. Smith (3♂, 3♀) ; 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 (2♂, 4♀) ; Liberia, Sinoe County, Krahn-Bassa Reserve, Juboe River , 7.5 km SW Pellokon town, 14-21.I.2018 ( MV Light Trap), M. Geiser, S. Safian, G. Simonics (1♂, 3♀) ; Liberia, Sinoe County, Krahn-Bassa Reserve, Juboe River , 7.5 km SW Pellokon town, 14-21.I.2018 (Cold Cathode UV Bucket Light), M. Geiser, S. Safian, G. Simonics (3♀) ; Liberia, Sinoe County, Krahn-Bassa Reserve, Juboe River , 7.5 km SW Pellokon town, 14-20.I.2018 (Blended Bulb 250w Light Trap), M. Geiser, S. Safian, G. Simonics (3♀) ; 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♂) ; Liberia, Lofa County, Wologizi Mts., Ridge Camp 2 (883m) ( Cold Cathode UV Trap ), 22-31.XI.2018, S. Safian, G. Simonics (1♂) ; Togo, Fazao-Malfakassa NP, Mare aux crocodiles campsite ( Sudanian Savannah /dry Forest ) (505m) 26.VIII-7.IX.2018 ( MV Light Trap), M. Aristophanous, M. Geiser, P. Moretto, B. Sanbena (1♂) ; Togo, Fazao-Malfakassa NP, Mare aux crocodiles campsite next to lake ( Sudanian Savannah ) (505m) 5-7.IX.2018 (Lepiled Light Trap), M. Aristophanous, M. Geiser, P. Moretto, B. Sanbena (1♀) ( ANHRT).

Distribution. Known from Cameroon (type locality), Uganda, Central African Republic, Gabon, Nigeria, and Equatorial Guinea ( Massa 2021a); it is newly recorded from Sierra Leone, Liberia and Togo.