Pteropera augustini Donskoff, 1981

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

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scientific name	Pteropera augustini Donskoff, 1981
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Pteropera augustini Donskoff, 1981 View in CoL

Figs 2 A, B View Figure 2 , 7 A, B View Figure 7

Pteropera augustini Donskoff, 1981: 51–52. View in CoL

Type materials examined.

Holotype • ♂; Gabon. Near Youmi , in forest habitat; 0 ° 24.617 ' N, 9 ° 26.200 ' E; 11 Jun. 1974; M. Donskoff & J. Le Breton leg.; MNHN, MNHN - EO-CAELIF 11462 . GoogleMaps

Other material examined.

Cameroon • 1 ♀, subadult; Somalomo, in the Dja Biosphere Reserve , cocoa farm; 3 ° 23.650 ' N, 12 ° 53.583 ' E, 606 m a. s. l.; 11 Apr. 2022; J. A. Yetchom Fondjo leg.; SMNK GoogleMaps .

Morphological characteristics.

Two subocellar facial spots; posterior margin of the pronotum slightly indented; no marked difference between the upper half and lower half of the elytra; shiny black line along the lower margin; metathoracic episternites almost entirely pale; outer area of the hind femora green with pale spots, widely spread on the upper carina, median spot rounded, small, basal spot triangular; lower basal half of the inner area greenish-brown, pale spot rounded and small; only the lower inner area brownish; hind tibiae green.

Female subgenital plate pentagonal; egg-guide short; anterior apodemes narrow, short; medio-dorsal pocket narrow; basivalvar sclerites broad, slightly fused, almost perpendicular to each other; end of the copulatory bursa enlarged in the shape of a bubble; spermatheca ampulla arched, both diverticula of different diameters; recurrent distal trunk of the lateral diverticulum 4–5 × longer than the proximal trunk.

Remarks.

This species is known by both males and females. The last female subadult stage was collected during this study and represents the first signalization of this species in Cameroon.

Distribution.

Gabon; Cameroon (Fig. 16 A View Figure 16 ).