Gonamytta occidentalis (Karsch, 1890)

Naskrecki, Piotr & Guta, Ricardo, 2019, Katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) of Gorongosa National Park and Central Mozambique, Zootaxa 4682 (1), pp. 1-119 : 31

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4682.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:430B98EF-BFCB-4608-A562-DEFA9539C8B2

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5629479

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D8878E-FC6F-D925-CCFE-555DFC88370F

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scientific name

Gonamytta occidentalis (Karsch, 1890)
status

 

Gonamytta occidentalis (Karsch, 1890) View in CoL

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( Fig. 14F View FIGURE 14 )

Diagnostic remarks. A small and slender, pale green katydid, with long wings that surpass hind knees and the tip of the ovipositor; the ovipositor is straight and almost as long as the hind femur ( Fig. 14F View FIGURE 14 ). Only one adult female of this species has been collected. This individual is similar to the holotype of Gonamytta occidentalis in both its general appearance and the structure of the subgenital plate. G. occidentalis is known from a large portion of sub- Saharan Africa and was recorded from Zambezia Province in Mozambique by Beier (1965). However, until an adult male has been collected, the identification of specimens from Gorongosa should be considered tentative. In the park this species is found only in the riverine forest of Mt. Gorongosa .

Material examined (6 specimens). Mozambique: Sofala, Gorongosa , GNP, Mt. Gorongosa , forest trail, elev. 1112 m (-18.46519, 34.05173), 21.vii.2015, coll. P. Naskrecki & M. Prager—3 nymphs; GNP, Murombodzi Waterfall, nr. Mt. Gorongosa , elev. 842 m (-18.483361, 34.042944), 21.vii.2015, coll. P. Naskrecki—2 nymphs; same locality, 15.x.2018, coll. P. Naskrecki— 1 female ( EOWL).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Orthoptera

Family

Tettigoniidae

Genus

Gonamytta

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