Catoptropteryx punctulata Karsch, 1890

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 : 418

Catoptropteryx punctulata Karsch, 1890 ( Fig. 53 )

Material examined. CAR. Lobaye prefecture, N’Gotto Classified Forest, 20.I.2005 (1♂); Dzanga-Sangha SR, Camp 1, 25–26.I.2005 (light), P.Annoyer (1♂); Camp 1, on an Aningre ( Aningeria altissima , Sapotaceae ) (platform 42m), 27–28.I.2005 (light), P. Annoyer (1♂); Camp 2, on an Azobe ( Lophira alata , Ochnaceae ) (platform 35m), 1– 2.II.2005 (light), P. Annoyer (1♂); Camp 3, in a little “baï”, 6–7.II.2005 (light), P. Annoyer (1♂); Ombella-M’poko prefecture, Bangui, after the cornice, in direction to N’garagba, 6.X.2008, P. Annoyer (1♂); Dzanga-Sangha SR, Camp, 9–10.X.2008, 10–11.X.2008, 14–15.X.2008, 15–16.X.2008, 19–20.X.2008 (light), P. Annoyer (3♂, 4♀); Camp 1, 14.X.2008 (light), P. Annoyer (1♂); 50m near Camp, on an Ayous ( Triplochiton scleroxylon , Sterculiaceae ) (platform 54m), 15.X.2008 (light), P. Annoyer (1♂) ( PAPC); Camp 2, 20–23.X.2008, P. Annoyer (2♂, 1♀); Dzanga-Sangha SR, Sangha river bank, 25–26.X.2008, P. Annoyer (1♂) ( BMPC); Dzanga-Ndoki NP, Molongo, 15–16.XI.2010 (light), P. Annoyer (1♂); Lake 1, 22–23.XI.2010, 23–24.XI.2010, 25–26.XI.2010, 26–27.XI.2010, 30.XI–1.XII.2010, 2–3.XII.2010 (light), P. Annoyer (7♂, 1♀); Mboki, 25–26.I.2012 (light), P. Annoyer (1♂); Lake 1, 30–31.I.2012, 1.II.2012, 7–8.II.2012, 9–10.II.2012, 11–12.II.2012, 12–13.II.2012, 14–15.II.2012, 15–16.II.2012, 17–18.II.2012, 19–20.II.2012, 21–22.II.2012, 22–23.II.2012, 23–24.II.2012, 24–25.II.2012, 25–26.II.2012 (light), SANGHA2012 Team (65♂, 20♀); Lake 1, on an Azobe ( Lophira alata , Ochnaceae ) (platform 38m), 3.II.2012 (light), SANGHA2012 Team (1♂); Lake 3, 25–26.II.2012, 26–27.II.2012 (light), P. Annoyer (10♂, 1♀) ( BMPC & PAPC).

Distribution. C. punctulata is widespread from Sierra Leone to Uganda ( Huxley 1970, Massa 2013).

Figures

FIGURES 53–56. Four species of Phaneropterinae at light: Catoptropteryx punctulata (53), Azamia biplagiata (54), Morgenia modulata (55) and Vossia obesa (56) (53, 55, 56: photo by S. Danflous; 54: photo by P. Annoyer).