Pteropera carnapi Ramme, 1929

Yetchom Fondjo, Jeanne Agrippine, Nzoko Fiemapong, Armand Richard, Tindo, Maurice, Duressa, Tarekegn Fite, Ivković, Slobodan & Husemann, Martin, 2024, Taxonomic review of the grasshopper genus Pteropera Karsch, 1891 (Orthoptera, Acrididea, Catantopinae) with description of three new species and a preliminary phylogeny of the Cameroonian species, ZooKeys 1216, pp. 219-264 : 219-264

Pteropera carnapi Ramme, 1929

Figs 3 A, B , 8 A, B

Pteropera biloloca Sjöstedt 1931: 28; Dirsh 1965: 339.

Pteropera carnapi Ramme 1929: 364; Donskoff 1981: 59.

Type material examined.

Holotype. Cameroon • ♂; Yaoundé ; 3 ° 50.883 ' N, 11 ° 30 ' 7 " E; Jun. 1887; V. Carnap leg.; MfN, BA 000180 S 01 - DORSA.

Other material examined.

Cameroon • 4 ♀♀; Ongot ; 3 ° 42.517 ' N, 11 ° 15.167 ' E; 15 Jun. 2020; J. A. Yetchom Fondjo leg.; SMNK . Cameroon • 2 ♂♂; Iboti, Ebo forest ; 4 ° 27.001 ' N, 10 ° 27.002 ' E, 731 m a. s. l.; 7 Jan. 2022; J. A. Yetchom Fondjo leg.; SMNK . Cameroon • 9 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀; Deng-Deng National Park ; 3 ° 21.364 ' N, 12 ° 44.615 ' E, 731 m a. s. l.; 12 Jun. 2022; A. R. Nzoko Fiemapong leg.; SMNK .

Redescription.

Frontal ridge raised above the median ocelli, prominent between the antennae; head and pronotum with well contrasted pale and dark colors; subocellar facial spot large; lower margin of elytra shiny black; meso- and metathoracic episternites yellow in their center; front legs, ventral area of hind femora yellow-green; dorsal area of the body and upper areas of hind femora more or less dark brown; hind tibiae bluish-green; male pallium and supra-anal plate raised; male cerci bilobate, with inner lobe equal to or longer than the outer lobe. Epiphallus (Fig. 15 A ): Ancorae small and closer to each other; bridge arched; anterior projections prominent, triangular. Phallic complex (Fig. 15 B – D ): dorsal arch of cingulum U-shaped, apodemes slender, clearly overhanging or exceeding level of separation of endophallic valves, with strongly incurved apex; upper ectophallic sheath very long in profile; lower ectophallic sheath not covering or enveloping the base of the rami; rami not bent; aedeagus valves in the form of a thin blade; latero-ventral sclerite triangular.

Distribution.

Cameroon; Central African Republic; Gabon; Congo (Fig. 16 B ).

Figures

Figure 3. Images of holotypes and allotypes of Pteropera species in lateral view A P. carnapi (holotype ♂) B P. carnapi (paratype ♀) C P. congoensis (holotype ♂) D P. congoensis (allotype ♀) E P. cornici (holotype ♂) F P. cornici (allotype ♀) G P. descampsi (holotype ♂) H P. descampsi (allotype ♀) I P. descarpentriesi (holotype ♂) J P. descarpentriesi (allotype ♀).

Figure 8. Images of holotypes, allotypes and paratype of Pteropera species in dorsal view A P. carnapi (holotype ♂) B P. carnapi (paratype ♀) C P. congoensis (holotype ♂) D P. congoensis (allotype ♀) E P. cornici (holotype ♂) F P. cornici (allotype ♀) G P. descampsi (holotype ♂) H P. descampsi (allotype ♀) I P. descarpentriesi (holotype ♂) J P. descarpentriesi (allotype ♀).

Figure 15. Internal genitalia of P. carnapi (A – D), P. descampsi (E – H), P. karschi zenkeri (I – L), P. uniformis (M – P) and P. verrucigena (O – T).

Figure 16. Distribution of Pteropera species in African rainforests.