Corycoides karschi (Krauss, 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 : 439

Corycoides karschi (Krauss, 1890) ( Fig. 64 )

Material examined. CAR. Dzanga-Sangha SR, Camp 1, 16–17.X.2008, P. Annoyer (1♂, 1♀) ( PAPC) ; Dzanga- Ndoki NP, Lake 1, 28–29.I.2012 (light), P. Annoyer (1♀) ; Lake 1, 1.II.2012, 7.II.2012, 10–11.II.2012, 14.II.2012, 20.II.2012, 22–23.II.2012, 27.II.2012 (light), P. Annoyer (8♀) ( BMPC & PAPC) .

Remarks. The lower surface of female tegmina has a big bulge ( Fig. 52 ), previously unnoticed, that probably is used by the female to reply to male song with a “ click ”.

Distribution. C. karschi is known from Cameroon; it is here recorded for the first time from CAR.

Figures

FIGURES 62–64. Three species of the subfamily Mecopodinae: Apteroscirtus denudatus female (62), Afromecopoda frontalis (63) and Corycoides karschi (64) (photo by P. Annoyer).

FIGURES 49–52. Dapanera brevistylata Massa, n. sp., female: subgenital plate (49), ovipositor in lateral view (50). Vossia obesa, habitus of one female showing an atypical color (51). Corycoides karschi, female, ventral surface of tegmen showing a big bulge (52).