Adapantus (Neoadapantus) nitens ( Chopard, 1954 )

Massa, Bruno, 2021, Orthoptera Tettigoniidae as indicators of biodiversity hotspots in the Guinean Forests of Central and West Tropical Africa, Zootaxa 4974 (3), pp. 401-458 : 420

Adapantus (Neoadapantus) nitens ( Chopard, 1954)

Material examined. Côte d’Ivoire, Taï National Park , Res. Station (174m) (light) 21.III-17, 4.IV.17, B. Massa, P. Moretto (5♂) ; Côte d’Ivoire, Mt. Tonkoui (1171m) 28.VI-1.VII.2014, 6.XII.2018, 22.I.2019, 15.II.2019, 4.VII.2019, 3-12.XI.2019, 4.IV.2020, 30.XII.2020 (light), P. Moretto (8♂, 2♀) ; Côte d’Ivoire, Korhogo , Koko Vill., 13-15.VII.2014 (light), P. Moretto (1♂) ; Côte d’Ivoire, Biémasso 10-11.VII.2013, P. Moretto (1♂) ; Côte d’Ivoire, Sassandra XII.1996 (light), P. Moretto (1♂, 2♀) ( BMPC) .

Distribution. Previously known from Guinea and Ghana ( Naskrecki 2008), here recorded also from Côte d’Ivoire.