Parapyrrhicia Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891

Massa, Bruno, 2017, New taxa of Orthoptera (Insecta Tettigoniidae Phaneropterinae) from Madagascar, Zootaxa 4242 (2), pp. 299-312 : 301

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4242.2.5

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5658089

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scientific name

Parapyrrhicia Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891
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Gen. Parapyrrhicia Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891

Actually 11 species belong to the genus Parapyrrhicia . Seven of them live in East Africa and have been revised by Hemp et al. (2016), three species are known from Madagascar, P. dentipes Saussure, 1899 , P. madagassus (Karsch, 1889) , P. virilis Carl, 1914 ; further, P. insularis Chopard, 1958 has been described from Comores Is. (between Madagascar and Africa) .

Some new interesting records and morphological remarks on Madagascar species are below reported, together the description of a twelfth species, also from Madagascar.

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