Arantia (Euarantia) excelsior Karsch, 1889

Massa, Bruno, Annoyer, Philippe, Perez, Cyrille, Danflous, Samuel & Duvot, Guilhem, 2020, Orthoptera Tettigoniidae (Conocephalinae, Hexacentrinae, Phaneropterinae Mecopodinae, Hetrodinae) from some protected areas of Central African Republic, Zootaxa 4780 (3), pp. 401-447 : 422

Arantia (Euarantia) excelsior Karsch, 1889

Material examined. CAR. Dzanga-Sangha SR, Camp 3, 6–9.II.2005 (light), P. Annoyer (3♂) ( PAPC); Camp 2, 19–23.X.2008 (light), P. Annoyer (2♂) ( BMPC); Camp 2, on a Kungu ( Piptadenastrium africanum , Fabaceae ) (platform 40m), 23–24.X.2008 (light), P. Annoyer (3♂); Dzanga-Ndoki NP, Lake 1, 14.II.2012, 19–20.II.2012, 22–23.II.2012, 27.II.2012 (light), P. Annoyer (4♂, 1♀) ( PAPC).

Distribution. A. excelsior is present in Central and West Africa (records from Cameroon, CAR, Equatorial Guinea, Sierra Leone) ( Hemp & Massa 2017).