Afromecopoda monroviana ( Karsch, 1886 )

Panhwar, Waheed Ali, Sultana, Riffat, Wagan, Muhammad Saeed & Khatri, Imran, 2016, New records of Mecopodinae (Orthoptera: Tettigonioidea: Tettigoniidae) from Pakistan., Arquivos Entomolóxicos 15, pp. 269-274 : 271-272

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.12766378
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scientific name	Afromecopoda monroviana ( Karsch, 1886 )
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Afromecopoda monroviana ( Karsch, 1886) View in CoL ( Fig. 2 View Fig a-e)

Sthenaropoda monroviana Karsch, 1891

Macroscirtus monrovianus Redtenbacher, 1892

Sthenaropoda monroviana I. Bolívar, 1893

Diagnostic features:

Head broad ( Fig. 2a View Fig ); fastigium of vertex obtuse, not sulcate; without transverse carina; pronotum flattened dorsally ( Fig. 2b, c, d View Fig ), with humeral sinus; antennae with 241 segments; tegmina 22 mm longer than the total body length; wings and tegmina well developed; femora obtuse, longitudinally carinated, with 4 internal spines and 2 external; tibiae with numerous spines; cerci broad at base slightly pointed at apices; subgenital plate V-shaped; paler basally, brownish at apices ( Fig. 2e View Fig ).

Material examined: Punjab, Islamabad , 15.XI.2013, 1 ♂ (W.A Panhwar & R. Sultana ) .

Measurements: 1 ♂, LP 8.5; LT 50; LF 40.5; LTB 32; TBL 28.

Remarks: Karsch (1886) reported as holotype for monroviana only a female, of dark brown colour, while the colour of our specimen is light greenish. This is the first record of this species for Pakistan.

Ecological account:

Kocarek & Holusa (2005) collected most of specimens from the dense wild vegetation near by the pulse crop. Moreover, it was pointed out that its feeding on the upper portion of leaves of crop might be due to the presence of strong mandibles. At the present we have collected sample from the wheat crop bordering by grass.