Afrosystolederus garmsi, Devriese & Husemann, 2023

Devriese, Hendrik & Husemann, Martin, 2023, Afrosystolederus garmsi (Orthoptera, Tetrigidae), a new genus and species from Mount Gibi (Liberia) with remarks on Systolederus, Pseudosystolederus and Teredorus, Zootaxa 5258 (3), pp. 331-341 : 332-333

Afrosystolederus garmsi nov. spec.

TYPE MATERIAL

Holotype: LIBERIA, Montserr. Cty, Mount Gibi , alt. 200 m, Semba Creek, 06°35N 10°05W, 18.III.1989, R. Garms leg., male

Paratype: same locality, female

Both specimens are preserved in the Hamburg Museum under the collection accessions. ZMH 81063 (HT) and ZMH 81062 (PT).

Mount Gibi is a low (607 m) and densily forested mountain on the Gibi Range, 50 km NE of the capital Monrovia. The presence of the new species on this isolated mountain is puzzling.

DERIVATIO NOMINIS. The species is named after Prof. Dr. Rolf Garms, who died on 5th October 2021 at the age of 89. Dr. Garms was foremost amongst experts on blackfly biology and on the transmission and control of onchocerciasis, but was interested in all insects and provided extensive material, especially collected in Western Africa to the ZMH; amonst this material, the newly described species was discovered.