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

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https://doi.org/ 10.13133/2284-4880/725

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8165395

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scientific name

Melidia brunneri Stål, 1876
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Melidia brunneri Stål, 1876 View in CoL

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 View Fig , 11a, 11f, 11i View Fig ) 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).

MV

University of Montana Museum

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Orthoptera

Family

Tettigoniidae

Genus

Melidia

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