Pteropera uniformis Bruner, 1920

Yetchom Fondjo, Jeanne Agrippine, Nzoko Fiemapong, Armand Richard, Tindo, Maurice, Duressa, Tarekegn Fite, Ivković, Slobodan & Husemann, Martin, 2024, Taxonomic review of the grasshopper genus Pteropera Karsch, 1891 (Orthoptera, Acrididea, Catantopinae) with description of three new species and a preliminary phylogeny of the Cameroonian species, ZooKeys 1216, pp. 219-264 : 219-264

Pteropera uniformis Bruner, 1920

Figs 6 K , 11 I , 15 M – P

Type material examined.

Holotype. Cameroon • ♂; Batanga ; 2 ° 50.795 ' N, 9 ° 53.699 ' E; Apr. 1914; F. H. Hope leg.; ANSP.

Other material examined.

Cameroon • 1 ♂; Ongot ; 3 ° 51.517 ' N, 11 ° 22.367 ' E; 5 Dec. 2021; J. A. Yetchom Fondjo leg.; SMNK . Cameroon • 1 ♂; Somalomo, in the Dja Biosphere reserve ; 3 ° 22.448 ' N, 12 ° 43.990 ' E; 11 Apr. 2022; J. A. Yetchom Fondjo leg.; SMNK .

Redescription.

Lower side of the body clear; median dark band on pronotum disc narrow, the two contiguous clear bands faintly marked; posterior basal spot on the lateral lobes of pronotum narrow, not reaching the lower edge; metathoracic episternite with a straight, median stripe limited to the base of the segment; lower half of elytra shiny black, upper half brown; front and middle legs pale green. Inner and outer areas of posterior female hind femora pale, greenish yellow, with small pregenicular black ring; knees pale brown; posterior tibiae green, sometimes very dark; male cerci with small internal preapical lobule. Epiphallus (Fig. 15 M ): bridge thin, narrow; anterior projections lobiform. Phallic complex (Fig. 15 N – P ): dorsal arch of cingulum rounded, almost firm, at the level of the ejaculatory sac, leaving endophallic sclerites almost entirely free, very divergent anteriorly; rami not bent; upper ectophallic sheath long; latero-ventral sclerite in profile, elbowed.

Remarks.

The juveniles of this species is unknown.

Distribution.

Cameroon (Fig. 18 B ).

Figures

Figure 6. Images of holotypes, allotypes, letotype and neallotype of Pteropera species in lateral view A P. spleniata (holotype ♂) B P. spleniata (holotype ♀) C P. teocchii (holotype ♂) D P. teocchii (allotype ♀) E P. thibaudi (holotype ♂) F P. thibaudi (allotype ♀) G P. verrucigena (lectotype ♂) H P. verrucigena (♀) I P. villiersi (holotype ♂) J P. villiersi (allotype ♀) K P. uniformis (neallotype ♂).

Figure 11. Images of holotypes, allotypes, neallotype and paratype of Pteropera species in dorsal view A P. teocchii (holotype ♂) B P. teocchii (allotype ♀) C P. thibaudi (holotype ♂) D P. thibaudi (allotype ♀) E P. verrucigena (holotype ♂) F P. verrucigena (allotype ♀) G P. villiersi (holotype ♂) H P. villiersi (allotype ♀) I P. uniformis (neallotype ♂) J P. femorata (♀).

Figure 15. Internal genitalia of P. carnapi (A – D), P. descampsi (E – H), P. karschi zenkeri (I – L), P. uniformis (M – P) and P. verrucigena (O – T).

Figure 18. Distribution of Pteropera species in African rainforests.