Arantia gracilicercata, Heller, Klaus-Gerhard, Hemp, Claudia, Liu, Chunxiang & Volleth, Marianne, 2014

Heller, Klaus-Gerhard, Hemp, Claudia, Liu, Chunxiang & Volleth, Marianne, 2014, Taxonomic, bioacoustic and faunistic data on a collection of Tettigonioidea from Eastern Congo (Insecta: Orthoptera), Zootaxa 3785 (3), pp. 343-376 : 353-354

Subgenus Arantia

(habitus see Fig. 9 , for example)

Tegmina narrow (below 12 mm width; 7–12 mm), also when considered in relation to the pronotum (see Table 3 for measurements). In general medium-sized species with nearly straight hind tibiae. The cerci of most species of this subgenus (except simplicinervis and hydatinoptera) have a strong internal/dorsal tooth. For most species, males and females (except A. manca ) are known.

* measured from type photos in OSF, ** own data

Figures

FIGURE 9. Arantia (Arantia) gracilicercata n. sp. A—Male in lateral view, B—Male pronotum and stridulatory organs, C— Male in dorsal view, D—Male head in frontal view. E, F—Male cerci in lateral and dorsal view, G—Female in lateral view, H—Ovipositor, scale 1 mm.

Tables

TABLE 3. List of Arantia species and assignment to subgenera (measurements in mm; data from descriptions except *)

Subgenus/species Arantia	Hind femur. length ♂ ♀	Tegmen length ♂/♀	width ♂/♀	Pronotum ♂ ♀	mean.	Relative tegmen width Width/ pronot.
angustipennis Chopard, 1954 brevipes Chopard, 1954 dentata Saussure, 1899	25.5 22.5 22 29	37.5 38 48	8.7 12 10	5.5 7 6.5 7.5	6.8	1.6 1.8 1.3
fatidica (Stål, 1873) gestri Griffini, 1906 gracilicercata n. sp. CH4939**	28 26.5 25.5	39 42/50 38	11 11.8 (7)	5.5 6.8 6.7 5.3	6.75	1.8* 1.8 1.3
gracilicercata n. sp. CH4994** gracilicercata n. sp. CH4998** hydatinoptera Karsch, 1889	27 26.5 28 27	43 38 49/39	10.5 9.0 10	6.3 5.8 8 6	7	1.7 1.6 1.4
leptocnemis Karsch, 1890 manca Bolivar, 1906 orthocnemis Karsch, 1890	28 28.5 28 29 29	45 36	7.8/9 7 11	7 5.8 6 7.5 7.2	6.4 7.35	1.3 1.2 1.5
s. simplicinervis Karsch, 1889 simplicinervis curvata Griffini, 1908 Euarantia	28 27 29.8	44/45 46.8	9/11 11	6.5 6.7 6.6	6.6	1.5 1.7
accrana Karsch, 1889 congensis Griffini, 1908 congensis Griffini, 1908 CH4991**	28 37 31	53 51/52 50	13.5 18 17	7 7 7.2 7	7.1	1.9 2.6 2.4
congensis Griffini, 1908 CH4943** congensis Griffini, 1908 CH4992** excelsior Karsch, 1889	36 33 26	54 48 55	19 17.5 15	7.5 6.5 8		2.6 2.7 1.9
fasciata (Walker, 1869) syn. atrolineata Brunner v. W. 1891 syn. spinulosa Brunner v. W. 1878	41 37.5 34 38	72/75 57/64	24 20	10 9.9 8 8.5	9.95 8.25	2.6* 2.4 2.4
gabunensis Brunner v. W. 1891 incerata Karsch, 1893 latifolia Karsch, 1890	35 25 32 35	64 42 45/48	19.5 14 16.7	9.3 7.8 7 7.5	7.25	2.1 1.9* 2.3
mammisignum Karsch, 1896 marmorata Karsch, 1889 mauritiana Saussure, 1899	33.5 37.5 33	69 54 60	21 22 19	9.8 8 8.5		2.1 2.8 2.2
melanota Sjöstedt, 1902 ovalipennis Chopard, 1954 rectifolia Brunner v. W. 1878	37.2 31 31	-/52 43 55	-/15.8 16.5 15/17	8 6.5 7.8		2.0 2.6 2.0
regina Karsch, 1889 retinervis Karsch, 1889 scurra Karsch, 1896	34 32 31.5 33	64.5 47 52.5	19 14/15 13.5	9.5 7.5 7.85 7.2	7.7	2.0 1.9 1.9
tigrina Bolivar, 1906 ugandana Rehn, 1914	30 27	56 67.5	16 14	8 6		2.0 2.3