Afrophaloria

Desutter-Grandcolas, Laure, 2015, Phalangopsidae crickets from Tropical Africa (Orthoptera, Grylloidea), with descriptions of new taxa and an identification key for African genera, Zootaxa 3948 (3), pp. 451-496 : 467

Afrophaloria sp.

( Fig. 4 B–I, Table 2)

I separate here female specimens originating from the Central African Republic, Gabon and the Congo, which all present a very long ovipositor, longer than TIII and than FIII (except in the female from Odzala, see measurements below), a subgenital plate ( Fig. 4 A–E) and a copulatory papilla more deeply emarginate than in the other species of Afrophaloria Desutter-Grandcolas , n. gen. here described ( Fig. 4 F–I). They are globally lightly coloured (head, pronotum, legs); their tergites are brown, more or less marked with dark (last tergites darker, first tergites lighter with their posterior margins bordered by dark brown, planely or as a line of spots, this coloration being highly variable). No corresponding males have been found.

Material examined. Central African Republic, Salo, 40km S Nola, W Sangha, forêt sempervirente, 23.iii.1995, nuit, 1 female, fn49; 30.iii.1995, jour, 2 females, fn6, 60, litière; 30.iii.1995, nuit, 1 female, fn113, litière; 31.iii.1995, jour, 1 female, fn1, litière; 31.iii.1995, nuit, 1 female, fn39, litière; 4.iv.1995, jour, 1 female, fn2, litière, L. Desutter-Grandcolas, MNHN.

Central African Republic, 75km WNW Mbaiki, N'Gotto, W Lobaye, forêt galerie, 17.iii.1995, jour, 1 female, fn25, litière; 18.iii.1995, nuit, 1 female, fn20, sur amadou, L. Desutter-Grandcolas, MNHN.

Central African Republic, 75km WNW Mbaiki, N'Gotto, W Lobaye, forêt galerie inondable, 21.iii.1995, jour, 2 females, fn5, 6, litière; 25.iii.1995, jour, 4 females, fn2, 5–7, litière; 25.iii.1995, nuit, 1 female, fn16, sur plante, L. Desutter-Grandcolas, MNHN.

Central African Republic, 110km W Mbaiki, Bambio, W Lobaye, forêt semi-décidue, 21.iii.1995, nuit, 1 female, fn36, L. Desutter-Grandcolas, MNHN.

Congo, Odzala, Mbamo, 21.xi.1996, 1 female, P. Deleporte, MNHN.

Gabon, Ivindo, 8 km SW Makokou, Plateau d'Ipassa, forêt, 7.vii.1989, jour, 1 female, fn1, litière, P. Grandcolas, MNHN.

Variation. The female from Ipassa has a very small copulatory papilla, compared to other females ( Fig. 4 G).

Figures

FIGURE 4. Afrophaloria Desutter-Grandcolas, n. gen. Female subgenital plates, ventral (A – E) and copulatory papilla (F – I), in Afrophaloria n. sp. 1 (A), and Afrophaloria n. sp. (B – I), with females from CAR, N'Gotto (B, F), Gabon, Ipassa (C, G), CAR, Salo (D, H) and Congo, Odzala (G, I). Scale bars 1 mm.