Eyprepocnemis plorans ibandana Giglio-Tos, 1907

Felix, Rob P. W. H. & Massa, Bruno, 2016, Orthoptera (Insecta: Tettigonioidea, Pyrgomorphoidea, Acridoidea) of Kafa Biosphere Reserve, Bale Mountains National Park and other areas of conservation interest in Ethiopia, Zootaxa 4189 (1), pp. 1-59 : 40

Eyprepocnemis plorans ibandana Giglio-Tos, 1907

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Material examined. ETHIOPIA: SNNPR, Bench Maji, Bebeka Plantation (1370 m), 14.IV.2015, B. Massa (1Ƌ, BMPC) ; Bench Maji , Sheko Forest (1570 m), 13.IV.2015, R.P.W.H. Felix (3Ƌ, 5♀, RFPC), B. Massa (1Ƌ, BMPC) ; Bench Maji , Dembi Forest (1260 m), 14.IV.2015, R.P.W.H. Felix (6Ƌ, 4♀, RFPC) .

Habiat. This species was common in tall herb vegetation, and was encountered at most collecting sites at lower altitudes.

Remarks. According to Uvarov (1921) E. plorans ibandana Giglio-Tos, 1907 may be easily distinguished from E. p. plorans (Charpentier, 1825) by the absence of a sulphurous stripe in the costal area of the tegmina and a sparse venulation and transparency in the axillar field of the tegmina. Later, Dirsh (1958) highlighted that E. plorans is very variable, but maintained four subspecies (partially overlapping), among them ibandana from West Africa, ornatipes (Walker, 1870) (larger, with relatively longer tegmina) from a wide area of Africa, including also Ethiopia and part of Somalia, and meridionalis Uvarov, 1921 (with tegmina usually not reaching the hind knees) from a wide area of Africa, including also Somalia (cf. also Baccetti 1996). Following Dirsh (1958) our specimens can be identified as ibandana. We assume that the distribution of at least three subspecies overlap; thus, probably they lie within the wide variability of the species.

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FIGURE 35. Eyprepocnemis plorans ibandana, Dembi Forest (1260 m), Ethiopia. Scale bar represents 1 cm.