Pachyphymus cristulifer ( Serville, 1838 )

Tshililo, Precious, 2020, Review of South African Euryphyminae, Zootaxa 4820 (1), pp. 70-104 : 90

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Pachyphymus cristulifer ( Serville, 1838)

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Calliptamus cristulifer: Serville. 1838 [1839]: 692.

Caloptenus cristulifer: Walker, 1870:691 .

Euryphymus cristulifer: Martínez y Fernández-Castillo. 1902:272 .

Acrotylus cristulifer: Kirby, 1910:264 .

Pachyphymus cristulifer: Uvarov, 1922:173 ; Johnston, 1956:435; Dirsh, 1956:132; Dirsh, 1965: 258; Johnston, 1968:191; Bazelet and Naskrecki, 2014:406, figs. 2, 5E–L, 6E–I; Bazelet, 2014:7.

Type locality. Africa, Southern Africa, Cape Province, Olifants River , between Citrusdal and Clanwilliam. Type ♂ in SAMC, South Africa, not examined .

Material. SOUTH AFRICA: Western Cape: 3 mi SW Seekoegat (S31.60873, E20.627066) 12.xii.1961 coll. H.D. Brown, W. Furst and F. Pick— 1♀ ( SANC) GoogleMaps ; Eastern Cape: Aberdeen (S32.4837, E24.0658) 13.xii.1961 — 3♀, 2♂ ( SANC); Beaufort West (S32.3528, E22.5841) 05.vii.1961 — 1♀, 1♂ ( SANC); Brandvlei (S30.4652, E20.4880) 01.iii.1969 — 3♀, 1♂ ( SANC); Calvinia (S31.4685, E19.7732) 26.ix.1972 — 1♂ ( SANC) GoogleMaps ; Mpumalanga: De La Rey (S25.8688, E29.2238)— 1♂ (Transvaal Museum) GoogleMaps ; Goegap NR, on 4x4 route (S29.6861, E17.9493) 03.x.2008 coll. P. Naskrecki and C. Bazelet— 2♂ ( USTB); Graaf Reinet (S32.2532, E24.5407) 12.xii.1961 — 2♀ ( SANC); Hondeklip- baai (S30.3286, E17.2962) 29.ix.1967 — 1♂ ( SANC); Kalkfontein Dam NR (S29.5353, E25.2629) 30.xi.1962 — 1♀, 1♂ ( SANC); Klipplaat (S33.0248, E24.3399) 22.ii.1958 — 4♀, 1♂ ( SANC); Miller Station (S33.0811, E23.9249) 12.ii.1958 — 5♀, 3♂ ( SANC); Nababeep (S29.5925, E17.7855) 07.x.1972 — 3♀, 3♂ ( SANC); Okiep (S29.5911, E17.8752) 17.xi.1962 — 10♀, 6♂ ( SANC); Steinkopf (S29.2629, E17.7334) 17.xi.1962 — 1♀, 3♂ ( SANC); Steytler- ville (S33.3208, E24.3235) 21.ii.1958 — 1♀ ( SANC); Uniondale (S33.6589, E23.1232) 14.ii.1958 — 1♀ ( SANC); Waterford (S33.0749, E25.0181) 21.x.1961 — 1♀ ( SANC); Willowmore (S33.2842, E23.4925) 20.ii.1916 coll. Dr. Brauns— 6♂, 6♀ ( SANC); Wuppertal, S32.2750328, E19.2183283, 27 Sept. 1972 — 1♂ ( SANC) GoogleMaps ; Northern Cape: Victoria West, Besiesbult (S31.1089, E22.7684) 16.iii.2017 coll. P. Tshililo and P. Strauss— 1 adult ( SAMC) GoogleMaps ; Eastern Cape: Jansenville, Goodluck (S33.0420, E24.9644) 30.ix. 2016 coll. P. Tshililo and P. Strauss— 1 ♂ ( SAMC); West- ern GoogleMaps Cape: Beaufort West, Kalk dam (S32.8063, E23.3182) 04.x.2016 coll. P. Tshililo and P. Strauss— 3♂ ( SAMC) GoogleMaps ; Western Cape: Prince Albert, Klein Waterval (S32.9693, E22.3550) 10.x.2016 coll. P. Tshililo and P. Strauss— 5 adults ( SAMC) GoogleMaps ; Northern Cape: Victoria West, Marseilles (S31.34331596, E23.14624398) 13.x.2016 coll. P. Tshililo and P. Strauss— 4 adults ( SAMC) GoogleMaps ; Western Cape: Beaufort West, Riet kuil (S32.46419803, E22.13961102) 11.x.2016 coll. P. Tshililo and P. Strauss— 3 adults ( SAMC) GoogleMaps .

Distribution. This species has only been recorded from South Africa.

References

Bazelet, C. S. & Naskrecki, P. (2014) Taxonomic revision of the southern African genus Pachyphymus Uvarov, 1922 (Orthoptera: Acridoidea: Euryphyminae). Zootaxa, 3753 (5), 401 - 420. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3753.5.1

Dirsh, V. M. (1965) The African genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, New York, xiv + 579 pp.

Johnston, H. B. (1956) Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers. Cambridge University Press, 833 pp.

Johnston, H. B. (1968) Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers: supplement. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 427 pp.

Kirby, W. F. (1910) A synonymic catalogue of Orthoptera. Vol. 3. Orthoptera Saltatoria. Part II. Locustidae et Acridiidae. British Museum, London, 264 pp.

Serville, J. G. A. (1838) Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Orthopteres. Librairie Encyclopedique de Roret [Collection des suites a Buffon], Paris, xviii + 776 + 692 pp.

Uvarov, B. P. (1922) Notes on the Orthoptera in the British Museum. 2. The group of Calliptamini. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society, 48, 117 - 177. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2311.1922. tb 02828. x

Walker, F. (1870) Locustidae and Acrididae Part. In: Catalogue of the specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I & IV. Printed for the Trustees of the British Museum, London, pp. 1 - 117 + 691 - 694.

Figures

FIGURE 5. Photograph of lateral view of a staged Pachyphymus cristulifer to show pronotum prozona crest-like with deep incision at first transverse sulcus.