Melidia claudiae Massa, 2015

Massa, Bruno, 2022, New and less known Orthoptera from biodiversity hotspots of Mozambique and Zambia (Tettigoniidae; Acrididae), Fragmenta entomologica 54 (1), pp. 27-44 : 35

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.13133/2284-4880/725

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8148111

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F887BA-FFBC-FFD6-2146-C47FDBEB03AE

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scientific name

Melidia claudiae Massa, 2015
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Melidia claudiae Massa, 2015 View in CoL

Material examined. Zambia: Redcliff Zambezi Lodge , Luangwa 15°38’34.2”S 30°16’32.9”E Actinic Light Trap 11-17.III.2019, V GoogleMaps . Dérozier, M. Imakando, W. Miles, L. Mulvaney (9♂, 1♀) ( ANHRT, 1♂ in BMPC) .

Measurements (in mm). Males. Body length: 14.9- 17.5; length of pronotum: 3.2-3.5; height of pronotum: 2.7-2.9; length of tegmina: 21.9-22.8; width of tegmina: 3.5-4.0; length of hind femora: 16.4-17.1. Females. Body length: 16.9; length of pronotum: 3.2; height of pronotum: 2.7; length of tegmina: 26.3; width of tegmina: 4.0; length of hind femora: 19.6; length of ovipositor: 5.0.

Remarks. M. claudiae ( Figs 10c, 10d View Fig , 11b, 11g, 11l View Fig ) was described from Democratic Republic of Congo from two males ( Massa 2015); further measurements of this species taken at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences have been reported by Massa (2017); the new series from Zambia allowed a new comparison with M. brunneri and with the new species below described.

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Royal British Columbia Museum - Herbarium

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Orthoptera

Family

Tettigoniidae

Genus

Melidia

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