Vossia obesa Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891

Massa, Bruno, Annoyer, Philippe, Perez, Cyrille, Danflous, Samuel & Duvot, Guilhem, 2020, Orthoptera Tettigoniidae (Conocephalinae, Hexacentrinae, Phaneropterinae Mecopodinae, Hetrodinae) from some protected areas of Central African Republic, Zootaxa 4780 (3), pp. 401-447 : 433-434

Vossia obesa Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891 ( Figs. 51 , 56 )

Material examined. CAR. Lobaye prefecture, Boda-N’Gotto, 20.I.2005, P. Annoyer (2♂); Dzanga-Sangha SR, Camp 2, on an Aningre ( Aningeria altissima , Sapotaceae ) (platform 42m), 27–28.I.2005 (light), P. Annoy- er (1♂); Camp 3, in a little “baï”, 5–6.II.2005 (light), P. Annoyer (1♂) ( PAPC); Camp 2, 21–24.X.2008 (light), P. Annoyer (4♂, 1♀); ( BMPC); Camp 2, on a Kungu ( Piptadenastrium africanum , Fabaceae ) (platform 40m), 23–24.X.2008 (light), P. Annoyer (1♀) ( PAPC); Dzanga-Ndoki NP, Molongo, 14–15.XI.2010 (light), P. Annoyer

(2♂); Lake 1, 25–26.XI.2010, 28–29.XI.2010, 29–30.XI.2010, 30.XI–1.XII.2010, 1–2.XII.2010 (light), P. Annoyer (7♂) ; Lake 7, 28–29.XI.2010 (light), P. Annoyer (2♂) ; Lake 1, 30–31.I.2012, 1–2.II.2012, 7.II.2012, 9–10.II.2012, 11–12.II.2012, 14–15.II.2012, 15–16.II.2012, 17–18.II.2012, 20.II.2012, 21–22.II.2012, 23.II.2012, 25–26.II.2012, 29.II.2012 (light), SANGHA2012 Team (16♂, 3♀) ; Lake 3, 25–26.II.2012, 26–27.II.2012 (light), P. Annoyer (1♂, 1♀) ( BMPC & PAPC) .

Remarks. One female collected in the Dzanga-Sangha Special Reserve shows a peculiar colour morph, previously undescribed. It has regular oblique brown lines, like zebra-stripes ( Fig. 51 ). Other characters lie within those of the species.

Distribution. V. obesa is known from Cameroon, CAR, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast; it seems to be widely distributed throughout Central Africa ( Brunner von Wattenwyl 1891, Bolívar 1906, Griffini 1906, 1908, Ragge 1968, Naskrecki 2009, Massa 2013).

Figures

FIGURES 49–52. Dapanera brevistylata Massa, n. sp., female: subgenital plate (49), ovipositor in lateral view (50). Vossia obesa, habitus of one female showing an atypical color (51). Corycoides karschi, female, ventral surface of tegmen showing a big bulge (52).

FIGURES 53–56. Four species of Phaneropterinae at light: Catoptropteryx punctulata (53), Azamia biplagiata (54), Morgenia modulata (55) and Vossia obesa (56) (53, 55, 56: photo by S. Danflous; 54: photo by P. Annoyer).