Dapanera irregularis Karsch, 1890

Massa, Bruno, Annoyer, Philippe, Perez, Cyrille, Danflous, Samuel & Duvot, Guilhem, 2020, Orthoptera Tettigoniidae (Conocephalinae, Hexacentrinae, Phaneropterinae Mecopodinae, Hetrodinae) from some protected areas of Central African Republic, Zootaxa 4780 (3), pp. 401-447 : 428

Dapanera irregularis Karsch, 1890

Material examined. CAR. Dzanga-Sangha SR, Camp 2, Sangha river bank, 29–30.I.2005 (light), P. Annoyer (1♂) ( PAPC); Camp 3, in a little “baï”, 5–6.II.2005 (light), P. Annoyer (1♂); Camp 1, 11–12.X.2008 (light), P. An- noyer (1♂); Camp 1, on an Ayous ( Triplochiton scleroxylon , Sterculiaceae ) (platform 54m), 15.X.2008 (light), P. Annoyer (1♀) ( PAPC); Camp 1, 17–18.X.2008 (light), P. Annoyer (1♂); Dzanga-Ndoki NP, Lake 1, 28–29.XI.2010, 29–30.XI.2010 (light), P. Annoyer (2♀); Bayanga Vill., 21.I.2012, P. Annoyer (1♂); Lake 1, 1.II.2012, 4–5.II.2012, 6–8.II.2012, 9–10.II.2012, 10–11.II.2012, 11–12.II.2012, 14–15.II.2012, 15–16.II.2012, 17–18.II.2012, 19– 20.II.2012, 21–22.II.2012, 22–23.II.2012, 24–25.II.2012, 25–26.II.2012 (light), P. Annoyer (71♂, 15♀); Lake 3, 25–26.II.2012, P. Annoyer (1♂); Lake 7, 3.II.2012, 29.II–1.III.2012, 1–2.III.2012 (light), P. Annoyer (2♂, 1♀) ( BMPC & PAPC).

Distribution. Described from Ghana ( Karsch 1889), later recorded from the Democratic Republic of Congo ( Sjöstedt 1902), Cameroon ( Griffini 1908, Sjöstedt 1912), Ivory Coast ( Ragge 1968) and CAR ( Massa 2013).