Plangiopsis adeps Karsch, 1896

Massa, Bruno, 2017, New genera, species and records of Afrotropical Phaneropterinae (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae) preserved at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Bruxelles, Zootaxa 4358 (3), pp. 401-429 : 419

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Plangiopsis adeps Karsch, 1896
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Plangiopsis adeps Karsch, 1896

KarSch, 1896. Stett. Entomol. Z., 57: 338.

Type locality: Cameroon, Lolodorf, L. Conradt (SyntypeS femaleS) (MfN). Plangiopsis shoutedeni Griffini, 1908 n . syn.

Griffini, 1908. Mem. Soc. entom. Belgique, 15: 218.

Type locality: Cameroon, Mukonje Farm, R. Rohde (holotype female) ( RBINS).

Material examined. P. adeps . Cameroon, Lolodorf, L. Conradt (2♀ syntypes) ( MfN) ; Ivory Coast, Sassandra I.1998, P. Moretto (1♂) ; Ivory Coast, Bondoukou , Zamou VII.2004 (light), P. Moretto (2♂, 3♀) ; Ivory Coast, Zamou 6–7.VI.2015, P. Moretto (1♂, 1♀) ; Ivory Coast, Mt Tonkoui (1200 m) 1–2.VII.2014, 18–20.VI.2015, 24– 28.VII.2015, 21.X.2015 (light), P. Moretto (4♀) ; Ivory Coast, Taï Nat. Park , Res. Station, 14–24.III.2017 (light), B. Massa (6♂, 6♀) ; Togo, Fazao 4.VIII.2013, P. Moretto (2♀) ; Togo, Kpalimé , Ft. of Missahoha 29–30.VII.2013, P. Moretto (1♂) ; Central African Republic, Ndoki 10.II.2012, 28–29.II.2012, 29.II–1.III.2012 (light), P. Moretto (1♂, 2♀) ( BMPC) . P. shoutedeni . Cameroon, Mukonje Farm, R. Rohde (♀ holotype) ( RBINS) .

Remarks. P. shoutedeni was described from only one female. According to Griffini (1908) it differs from P. adeps Karsch, 1896 by the number of veinlets branching off from the radial vein of tegmina ( Figs 14A, 14B View FIGURE 14 ). They are three, all placed after the centre of tegmina; however, in P. adeps this character is variable, generally there are three, but some specimens may have two or four. The fastigium of vertex of P. shoutedeni is ca. two times as large as the first antennal segment ( Fig. 14C View FIGURE 14 ), while in most P. adeps it is three times as large as the first antennal segment ( Fig. 14D View FIGURE 14 ); however, this character may be also variable and some specimens of P. adeps may present a fastigium less large. Also the ovipositor of the two species resulted very similar ( Figs 14E, 14F View FIGURE 14 ). For these reasons it is here that a new synonymy is proposed: Plangiopsis shoutedeni Griffini, 1908 = Plangiopsis adeps Karsch, 1896 .

RBINS

Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences

MfN

Museum f�r Naturkunde

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