Afromecopoda frontalis (Walker, 1871)

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 : 434

Afromecopoda frontalis (Walker, 1871) ( Fig. 63 )

Material examined. CAR. Bayanga-Lidjombo pk21, 13–14.VI.1998 (light) ( 1♀); Dzanga-Sangha SR, Camp 1, 26–27.I.2005 (light), P. Annoyer ( 1♂); Camp 4, 14–15.II.2005, 23–24.II.2005 (light), P. Annoyer ( 2♂); Camp 6 on an Ayous ( Triplochiton scleroxylon , Sterculiaceae ) (platform 38m), 23–24.II.2005 (light), P. Annoyer ( 1♀) ( PAPC); Transit camp 1, Sangha river bank, 9–10.X.2008 (light), P. Annoyer ( 2♂, 1♀) ( BMPC & PAPC); Camp 1, 11–12.X.2008, 13–15.X.2008, P. Annoyer ( 2♂, 5♀) ( PAPC); camp 1, 17.X.2008, P. Annoyer ( 1♀) ( BMPC); Dzanga-Ndoki NP, Molongo, 15–16.XI.2010, P. Annoyer ( 2♂, 1♀); Lake 1, 19–20.XI.2010, 26–27.XI.2010, 28– 29.XI.2010, (light), P. Annoyer ( 4♂, 3♀); Near Djeke, 27.XI.2010, P. Annoyer ( 1♂); Saline des Buffles, 25.I.2012, P. Annoyer ( 1♀); Lake 1, 28.I.2012, 1–2.II.2012, 5–6.II.2012, 10–11.II.2012, 19–20.II.2012, 22–23.II.2012, 26.II.2012, 5.III.2012 (light) ( 4♂, 8♀); Lake 3, 15.II.2012, 22.II.2012 (light), P. Annoyer ( 2♀); Lake 4, 11.II.2012 ( 1♂); Lake 7, 3–4.II.2012, 29.II–1.III.2012 (light), SANGHA2012 Team ( 2♂, 1♀) ( BMPC & PAPC).

Remarks. The genus Afromecopoda needs a revision; the present identification in future could be changed.

Figures

FIGURES 62–64. Three species of the subfamily Mecopodinae: Apteroscirtus denudatus female (62), Afromecopoda frontalis (63) and Corycoides karschi (64) (photo by P. Annoyer).