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Tetraconcha morettoi Massa 2017

Description

Tetraconcha morettoi Massa, 2017

Massa 2017, J. Orth. Res. 26(2): 221;

type locality: Central African Republic, Dzanga-Ndoki National Park; depository: MCSN, Genoa (♁ holotypus).

Material examined. Republic of Congo, Sangha prov., N-N NP, Mbeli Camp (Gibertiodendron forest) 02°12’48.5”N, 16°23’45.6”E (370m) 24–26.VI.2022, Actinic Light Trap, V. Dérozier (1♁); Republic of Congo, Sangha prov., N-N NP, Bomassa forest (secondary for.) 02°11’58.1”N, 16°11’16.9”E, 17–22.IX.2022, Actinic Light Trap, V. Dérozier, B. Fouka, A. Kirk-Spriggs, H. Takano (1♁); Republic of Congo, Sangha prov., N-N NP, Mbeli camp (Gilbertiodendron forest) (341m) 02°14’23.8”N, 16°23’52.1”E, 1–10.X.2022, Lepiled light trap, V. Dérozier, B. Fouka, A. Kirk-Spriggs, H. Takano (4♁); Republic of Congo, Sangha prov., N-N NP, Mbeli camp (372m) 14– 20.II.2023, Actinic light trap, N.M. Bakala, V. Dérozier, A. Kirk-Spriggs, G. László (4♁); Republic of Congo, Sangha prov., N-N NP, Mondika camp (352m) 02°21’50.63”N, 16°16’25.82”E, 7–14.II.2023, Actinic light trap, N.M. Bakala, V. Dérozier, A. Kirk-Spriggs, G. László (1♁); Republic of Congo, Sangha prov., N-N NP, Mbeli camp (372m) 14–20.II.2023, Actinic light trap, N.M. Bakala, V. Dérozier, A. Kirk-Spriggs, G. László (1♁) (ANHRT).

Distribution. Tetraconcha morettoi presently is known from Dzanga-Ndoki National Park, Dzanga-Sangha Special Reserve (Central African Republic) and Gabon (Massa 2021a); it is now recorded in Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park (Republic of Congo).

Notes

Published as part of Massa, Bruno, 2023, Biodiversity hotspot in the Sangha Trinational Protected Area revealed through Orthoptera Tettigoniidae, pp. 1-67 in Zootaxa 5331 (1) on page 48, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5331.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8260962

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
ANHRT , MCSN , V , VI
Event date
2022-06-24 , 2022-09-17 , 2022-10-01 , 2023-02-07 , 2023-02-14
Family
Tettigoniidae
Genus
Tetraconcha
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Orthoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Massa
Species
morettoi
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Verbatim event date
2022-06-24/26 , 2022-09-17/22 , 2022-10-01/10 , 2023-02-07/14 , 2023-02-14/20
Taxonomic concept label
Tetraconcha morettoi Massa, 2017 sec. Massa, 2023

References

  • Massa, B. (2017) Revision of the tropical African genus Tetraconcha (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae) with the description of ten new species. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 26, 211 - 232. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / jor. 26.21469
  • Massa, B. (2021 a) Tettigoniidae (Insecta: Orthoptera) collected in tropical forests of Zambia, Cameroon, Gabon and S " o Tome during the entomological expeditions of African Natural History Research Trust. Annales de la Societe entomologique de France, 57, 29 - 76.