Mormotus ornatus Beier, 1973

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 : 421

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4974.3.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4778240
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scientific name	Mormotus ornatus Beier, 1973
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Material examined. 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♂) ; Guinea, Ditinn, Chute de Ditinn (771m) (Lepiled Light Trap) 18-25.IX.2019, M. Geiser, M. Leno, S. Koivagui, W. Miles, L. Mulvaney, S. Safian (1♀) ( ANHRT) ; Côte d’Ivoire, Mt. Tonkoui (1171m) 15.IV.2019 (light), P. Moretto (1♂) ( BMPC) .

Distribution. Previously known from Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana ( Naskrecki 2008), here recorded also from Liberia and Guinea.

References

Naskrecki, P. (2008) Sylvan Katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Pseudophyllinae) of the Guinean Forests of West Africa hotspot: an overview and description of new species. Zootaxa, 1712, 1 - 41. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 1712.1.1