Eyprepocnemis dorsalensis Roy, 1964

Massa, Bruno, 2022, On some interesting Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae and Acrididae from tropical Africa, Zootaxa 5178 (2), pp. 152-160 : 159

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5178.2.2

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7022289

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Eyprepocnemis dorsalensis Roy, 1964
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Eyprepocnemis dorsalensis Roy, 1964 View in CoL

Type locality: Africa, Sierra Leone, Region du Loma, Bandankoro; depository: MNHN .

Material examined. Côte d’Ivoire, Mt. Tonkoui Peak (1171m) 7°27’15.2”N, 7°38’12.5”W (light Trap) 24– 27.XI.2014 (1♂, 1♀), 11.IV.2019 (1♀), 24.X–6.XI.2021 (3♀), P. Moretto ( BMPC) GoogleMaps .

According to Roy (2003) it is an endemic species of Guineian dorsal (Regions of Loma, Ziama, Nimba and Man), not much frequent at mid altitudes. It is brachypterous and its hind tibiae are mostly red. It is known from Sierra Leone and Côte d’Ivoire.

MNHN

Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Orthoptera

Family

Acrididae

Genus

Eyprepocnemis

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