Diogena denticulata Chopard, 1954

Massa, Bruno, 2015, New genera, species and records of Phaneropterinae (Orthoptera, Phaneropteridae) from sub-Saharan Africa, ZooKeys 472, pp. 77-102 : 78

Taxon classification Animalia Orthoptera Phaneropteridae

Diogena denticulata Chopard, 1954 Figs 1, 2, 3

Material examined.

Somalia, Mogadishu 1937, A.Negrotto, I.Cambiasol (♀); Somalia, Bud Bud 28-30.XI-4.XII.1982, S.B.S. (♀); Somalia, El Da 6-7.XII.1982, S.B.S. (♀) (MSNG).

Remarks.

According to Chopard (1954), the anterior margin of pronotum is elevated in a triangular point, posterior margin is acute in the middle, lateral tubercles are massive, a little compressed at their upper extremities, irregularly truncated, the female sub-genital plate is triangular, a little rounded at the apex, and foliaceous spines of the hind femora are much wider than in Diogena fausta , the last two contiguous. The smallest in size of the above specimens has not the triangular point on the fore margin of the pronotum and lateral tubercles are much variable (Figs 1-5).

Distribution.

Diogena denticulata was described from two females from El Wak (Kenya), not far from the border with Somalia. The male is still unknown. Localities of Somalia listed above are northeast of Mogadishu and next to the border with Kenya; thus, this species has a wider distribution in East Africa and is not confined to Kenya and Tanzania ( Hemp 2013).