Corycoides intermedius ( Redtenbacher, 1892 )

Heller, Klaus-Gerhard, 2019, Provisional checklist of the Tettigonioidea (Insecta: Orthoptera) from São Tomé & Príncipe with taxonomic remarks, bioacoustical data and the description of new taxa, Zootaxa 4563 (1), pp. 41-66 : 44

Corycoides intermedius ( Redtenbacher, 1892)

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Redtenbacher 1892: Corycus intermedius Redtenbacher, 1892

Redtenbacher (1892) described a female from São Tomé with a long ovipositor (17.5 mm compared to 11 mm in C. paradoxus ; Fig. 2 C ) and a coloration similar to a congeneric species from mainland Africa as a new species. The species was never found again. Interestingly, on the island of Bioko also two Corycoides species with differing coloration have been found ( Griffini, 1906).

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FIGURE 2. Corycoides in São Tomé. A, B male Corycoides paradoxus, ETHZ, label B.C A.P.= Brigada de Fomento Agro- Pecuário, C female C. intermedius, holotype, NMW.