Phlesirtes latifrons Chopard, 1954

Hemp, Claudia & Heller, Klaus-Gerhard, 2017, The genus Phlesirtes Bolivar, 1922 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae, Conocephalini; Karniellina), a review of the genus with data on its bioacoustics and the description of new species, Zootaxa 4244 (4), pp. 451-477 : 468

Phlesirtes latifrons Chopard, 1954

( Fig. 11 G, H)

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Type. Phlesirtes latifrons male. Depository BMNH.

Measurements male (mm) (N=1). Length of body 11, length of pronotum 5.1, length of anterior femur 2.8, length of posterior femur 10.7.

Diagnosis. The inner branch of the male cercus is inflated at its tip ( Fig. 11 G, H). Only P. ngorongoroensis n. sp. also has a slightly inflated and laterally compressed inner branch of the male cerci but not as conspicuous as in P. latifrons .

Habitat and distribution. Kenya, Mt Marsabit and Moyale. Upland grassland.

Figures

FIGURE 11. Detail images of last abdominal tergites and cerci of male Phlesirtes species. A, B. P. keniensis n. sp. C, D. P. kinangopa n. sp. E, F. P. laikipiaensis n. sp. G, H. P. latifrons I, J. P. limuru n. sp. K, L. P. mauensis n. sp.