Melidia brunneri Stål, 1876

Massa, Bruno, 2022, New and less known Orthoptera from biodiversity hotspots of Mozambique and Zambia (Tettigoniidae; Acrididae), Fragmenta entomologica 54 (1), pp. 27-44 : 35

Melidia brunneri Stål, 1876

Material examined. Mozambique: Maputo Special Reserve, West Gate, Sand Forest , MV Light Trap 13-15. II.2018, G. Laszlo, J. Mulvaney, L. Smith (2♂) ; Mozambique: Maputo Special Reserve, West Gate, Sand Forest , MV Light Trap 24.II.2018, G. Laszlo, J. Mulvaney, L. Smith (1♂) ; Mozambique: Maputo Special Reserve, West Gate, Sand Forest , Actinic Light Trap 13-15.II.2018, G. Laszlo, J. Mulvaney, L. Smith (1♂) ( ANHRT) ; Mozambique: Maputo Special Reserve, West Gate, Sand Forest , Actinic Light Trap 21-22.II.2018, G. Laszlo, J. Mulvaney, L. Smith (2♂) ( BMPC) ; Mozambique: Maputo Special Reserve , Ponta Milibangalala, Dune Grassland, MV Light Trap 17-21. II.2018, G. Laszlo, J. Mulvaney, L. Smith (2♂) ( ANHRT) .

Remarks. M. brunneri ( Figs 10a, 10b , 11a, 11f, 11i ) is the most widespread species of the genus Melidia in

tropical Africa, known from Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Mozambique, and Nigeria ( Ragge 1980; Naskrecki & Guta 2019).

Figures

Fig. 10 – a, habitus and b, stridulatory file of Melidia brunneri Stål, 1876; c, habitus and d, stridulatory file of Melidia claudiae Massa, 2015; e, habitus and f, stridulatory file of Melidia pif n. sp.

Fig. 11 – Dorso-lateral view of cerci and subgenital plate of a, Melidia brunneri, b, M. claudiae, c, M. pif n. sp.; d, dorsal view of cerci of M. pif n. sp.; ventral view of the male subgenital plate of e, M. brunneri, f, M. claudiae, g, M. pif n. sp.; ventral view of the female subgenital plate of h, M. brunneri, i, M. claudiae (l), l, M. pif n. sp.