Pseudorhynchus pungens werneri Karny, 1907

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 : 423

Pseudorhynchus pungens werneri Karny, 1907

Material examined. Senegal, Kolda XI.2009 (light), P. Moretto (1♂) ; Senegal, Kedougou (light) VII.2008, P. Moretto (1♀) ; Côte d’Ivoire, Comoe, Zamou (245m) (light) P. Moretto , 10.XI.2014 (1♀) , 5-6.VI.2015 (1♂) ; Côte d’Ivoire, Comoe, Kolomabira (228m) 13.VII.2015 (light), P. Moretto (1♂, 1♀) ; Côte d’Ivoire, Boundiali, M’Banto (395m) 13-15.VII.2015 (light), P. Moretto (1♀) ; Côte d’Ivoire, Mt. Tonkoui (1171m) 3.XII.2016 (light), P. Moretto (1♂) ( BMPC) .

Remarks. P. pungens (Schaum, 1853) is widespread in all the tropical Africa; according to Ragge (1969), P. pungens werneri covers West and Central Africa, as far as southern Sudan. However, as suggested by Naskrecki & Guta (2019), it may represent only a case of color polymorphism, mainly if we consider the wide distribution of the species.