Phlesirtes brachiatus ( Uvarov, 1924 )

Hemp, Claudia & Heller, Klaus-Gerhard, 2017, The genus Phlesirtes Bolivar, 1922 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae, Conocephalini; Karniellina), a review of the genus with data on its bioacoustics and the description of new species, Zootaxa 4244 (4), pp. 451-477 : 457

Phlesirtes brachiatus ( Uvarov, 1924)

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Holotype. Phlesirtes brachiatus , male. Depository: BMNH. Locality: British East Africa. Collector: R. Ford.

Description. See Uvarov (1924).

Measurements (mm). Length of body 10, length of pronotum 5, length of anterior femur -, length of posterior femur 10.5, visible portion of elytra from above 1.5.

Remarks. P. brachiatus was described on one male labelled by R. Ford “ British East Africa ”. In the collection of the Natural History Museum London more specimens possibly belonging to this species were studied ( Table 2 ).

Very likely however, various new species are expected to be found in the different mountainous areas of Ethiopia.

As seen in Table 2 most localities lie at considerable elevations and thus it is very likely that P. brachiatus isas other species of the genus as well—a montane bound species.

Diagnosis. P. brachiatus has a short inner branch of the male cerci and a broadly rounded u-shaped gap between the processes of the 10th abdominal tergite ( Fig. 4 A, B).

Figures

FIGURE 4. Detail images of last abdominal tergites and cerci of male Phlesirtes species. A, B. P. brachiatus C, D. P. chyuluensis n. sp. E, F. P. elgonensis n. sp. G, H. P. githunguri n. sp. I, J. P. gladiolus n. sp. K, L. P. hanangensis n. sp.

FIGURE 16. Distribution of Phlesirtes species in East Africa with major mountains and mountain ranges indicated.

Tables

TABLE 2. Localities of P. brachiatus specimens in Ethiopia in the collection of the British Museum London, UK. Locality names found at Geonames (http: // www. geonames. org).

Locality on labels	Locality	Elevation
Addis Ababa	Addis Ababa	city centre to surrounding mountains: 2300–2700 m
Chencha	Ch´ench´a, Gamo Gofa Province	2738 m
Djema Djema	not found	-
Gamo Province	Gamo Gofa administrtive division	813–4200 m
Mt Chillalo	Ch´ilalo Terara; Arsi region	village Asela at mountain foot to top of mountain: 2409–3995 m
Mt Zuquala	Mt Zuqualla	mountain foot to top: 1694–2989 m