Mormotus obtusatus, Brunner

Naskrecki, Piotr, 2008, Sylvan katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Pseudophyllinae) of the Guinean Forests of West Africa hotspot: an overview and descriptions of new species, Zootaxa 1712, pp. 1-41 : 17

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.180953

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6230850

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/425A701A-D971-A708-FF54-87654381FF0E

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scientific name

Mormotus obtusatus
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47. Mormotus obtusatus Brunner v. Wattenwyl, 1895

( Figs. 9 View FIGURE 9 G–H; 14E)

Known from Sierra Leone ( Beier 1962), and it is here recorded for the first time from Ghana.

Material examined. — Ghana: Eastern Region, Atewa Range, Asiakwa (North), elev. 769 m (6°16'16.4''N, 0°33'52.8''W), 16–24.vi.2006, leg. P. Naskrecki (Camp 3)— 1 male ( MCZ); Asiakwa (South), elev. 690 m (6°15'44.3''N, 0°33'18.8''W), 11–16.vi.2006, leg. P. Naskrecki (Camp 2)— 2 males ( MCZ); Sierra Leone: leg. Stevens— 1 female (holotype) ( NMW).

MCZ

Museum of Comparative Zoology

NMW

Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Orthoptera

Family

Phaneropteridae

SubFamily

Pseudophyllinae

Tribe

Pantecphylini

Genus

Mormotus

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