Atlasacris sp.

Massa, Bruno, 2015, New genera, species and records of Phaneropterinae (Orthoptera, Phaneropteridae) from sub-Saharan Africa, ZooKeys 472, pp. 77-102 : 86

Taxon classification Animalia Orthoptera Phaneropteridae

Atlasacris sp. Figs 45, 48

Material examined.

Democratic Republic of Congo, Kahuzi National Park (1°55'44.37"S, 28°0'50.52"E) (2200-2700 m) 15.IX.1971, T. De Stefani (1♀) (MRT).

Remarks.

In the female of Atlasacris peculiaris pronotum is not selliform and inflated, mid tibiae do not have the Atlasacris characteristic ventral spur and a first long tarsal segment, and the tegmina are very short (♂ 4.6-5.2, ♀ 2.2), less than half the pronotum length (cf. Rehn 1914). The ♀ listed above, characterized by its very short tegmina (1.4 mm) (Figs 45, 48), has a very small spine on the fore coxae, that consents to exclude that it belongs to the gen. Monticolaria Sjöstedt, 1910 ( Hemp et al. 2009). Due to the existence of another species of Atlasacris , described above, the finding of one female without the male does not allow a reliable identification. Here the measurements of the specimen are reported and in parenthesis those of the female paratype of Atlasacris peculiaris recorded by Rehn (1914) are given. However, this paratype is no more present in the MfN.

Measurements.

Body length: 17.1; pronotum length: 3.6 (4.2); pronotum height: 2.6 (3.5); fore femur: 6.7 (8.0); mid femur: 6.8 (8.0); hind femur: 15.7 (19.0); tegmina: 1.4 (2.2); ovipositor: 6.1 (7.2).