Bongeia puncticollis Sjöstedt, 1902

Massa, Bruno, 2023, Biodiversity hotspot in the Sangha Trinational Protected Area revealed through Orthoptera Tettigoniidae, Zootaxa 5331 (1), pp. 1-67 : 23

Bongeia puncticollis Sjöstedt, 1902

Sjöstedt, 1902, Bihang Kungl. Svenska Vet. Akad. Handl. 27(3): 9; type locality: Cameronn; depository: NHRS, Stocholm (♀ holotypus) .

Material examined. Republic of Congo, Sangha prov. , N-N NP, Bomassa camp (secondary forest) (353m), 02°12’36.9”N, 16°11’30.2”E, 18.VI–3.VII.2022, MV Light Trap, V. Dérozier (1♁) ; Republic of Congo, Sangha prov. , N-N NP, Mbeli Camp (moist mixed forest) 02°12’48.5”N, 16°23’45.6”E, 25.VI.2022 (370m) MV Light Trap, V. Dérozier (1♀) ( ANHRT) .

Distribution. Previously known from Cameroon, Central African Republic, Gabon, and Liberia, here recorded also from Republic of Congo ( Massa et al. 2020, Massa, 2021a, 2021b).

Remarks. Considering the affinities between Bongeia puncticollis ( Figs. 6a , 9a , 10d , 11e ) and Itokiia silvarum ( Figs. 6d , 9b , 11f ), the first described from the female and the second the male sex, it is possible that the latter belongs to the same genus as the former, but more material of both taxa is necessary. Griffini (1908) described the male of Bongeia puncticollis and the female of Itokiia silvarum , respectively, and found both to be very similar.

Figures

FIGURE 6. Frontal view of the head of species, whose genera are here included in the tribe Plangiopsidini: Bongeia puncticollis Sĵstedt, 1902 (a), Plangiola herbacea Bolívar, 1906 (b), Afrotapiena n. gen. minor Bolívar, 1906 (before Tapiena minor) (c), Itokiia silvarum Sĵstedt, 1902 (d). Arrows indicate the lateral dimples on the fastigium of vertex.

FIGURE 9. Habitus in lateral view of Bongeia puncticollis Sĵstedt, 1902 (a), Itokiia silvarum Sĵstedt, 1902 (b), Tapiena (presently Afrotapiena n. gen.) minor Bolívar, 1906, syntype (c).

FIGURE 10. Lateral view of the headand pronotum of species here considered belonging to the tribe Plangiopsidini: Plangiopsis nouabalensis n. sp. (a), Plangiopsis semiconchata Karsch, 1889 (b), P. adeps Karsch, 1896 (c), Bongeia puncticollis Sĵstedt, 1902 (d), Plangiola herbacea Bolívar, 1906 (e), Afrotapiena n. gen. (previously Tapiena) minor Bolívar, 1906 (f).

FIGURE 11. Dorsal view of head, pronotum and stridulatory area of Plangiopsis nouabalensis n. sp. (a), P. semiconchata Karsch, 1889 (b), P. foraminata Karsch, 1892 (c), P. adeps Karsch, 1896 (d), Bongeia puncticollis Sjöstedt, 1902 (♀ holotypus) (e), Itokiia silvarum Sjöstedt, 1902 (♁ holotypus) (f).