Morgenia modulata Karsch, 1896

Massa, Bruno, 2023, Biodiversity hotspot in the Sangha Trinational Protected Area revealed through Orthoptera Tettigoniidae, Zootaxa 5331 (1), pp. 1-67 : 44-45

Morgenia modulata Karsch, 1896

Karsch, 1896, Stett. Entomol. Z. 57: 340;

type locality: Cameroon, Lolodorf ; depository: MfN, Berlin (♁, ♀ syntypi).

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, Bomassa camp (secondary for.) 02°12’36.9”N, 16°11’30.2”E, 16–23.IX.2022, MV Light Trap, V. Dérozier, B. Fouka, A. Kirk-Spriggs, H. Takano (6♁); Republic of Congo, Sangha prov. , N-N NP, Makao camp (secondary for.) 02°35’42.2”N, 17°10’08.3”E, 23–29.IX.2022, MV Light Trap, V. Dérozier, B. Fouka, A. Kirk-Spriggs, H. Takano (2♁); Republic of Congo, Sangha prov. , N-N NP, Bomassa camp (secondary for.) (341m) 02°12’36.9”N, 16°11’30.2”E, 10–16.X.2022, MV Light Trap, V. Dérozier, B. Fouka, A. Kirk-Spriggs, H. Takano (1♁); Republic of Congo, Sangha prov. , N-N NP, Mbeli camp (372m) 14–20.II.2023, MV light trap, N.M. Bakala, V. Dérozier, A. Kirk-Spriggs, G. László (1♁); Republic of Congo, Sangha prov. , N-N NP, Mondika camp 02°21’50.63”N, 16°15’25.82”E, 7–14.II.2023, MV light trap, N.M. Bakala, V. Dérozier, A. Kirk-Spriggs, G. László (1♁); Republic of Congo, Sangha prov. , N-N NP, Makao camp 02°35’42.2”N, 17°10’08.3”E, 15–21.V.2023, MV Light Trap, V. Dérozier, A. Kirk-Spriggs, G. László, S. Mvouende (2♁) ( ANHRT) .

Distribution. Previously known from Cameroon, Central African Republic, Gabon, Togo, Côte d’Ivoire and Liberia, here recorded also from Republic of Congo.