Poecilogramma annulifemur Karsch, 1887

Massa, Bruno, 2017, New genera, species and records of Afrotropical Phaneropterinae (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae) preserved at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Bruxelles, Zootaxa 4358 (3), pp. 401-429 : 414

Poecilogramma annulifemur Karsch, 1887

Figs 9D, 9E, 9F

KarSch, 1887. Entom. Nachricht., 13: 53.

Material examined. Democratic Republic of Congo, Kalulu 6.V.1939, H.J. Brédo (1♂) ; Democratic Republic of Congo, Ngowa Kwango 11.V.1939, J. Mertens (4♂, 1♀) ( RBINS) .

Remarks. P. annulifemur differs from P. striatifemur Karsch, 1887 , other than by the colour, also by its 10th tergite (compare Figs 9C with 9F). Within Pardalotini , P. annulifemur is the only species, whose female ovipositor has inferior and superior tips toothed. Other species have smooth apex of the ovipositor.

Distribution. Previously known only from Tanzania ( Karsch 1887, 1889), newly recorded in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Figures

FIGURE 9. A) Poecilogramma cloetensi (Griffini, 1908) holotype female in lateral view. B) Poecilogramma striatifemur KarSch, 1887 male in lateral view. C) DorSal view of the laSt tergite and cerci of the Same. D) Poecilogramma annulifemur KarSch, 1887 male in lateral view. E) DorSal view of the head and pronotum of the Same.F) DorSalview of the laSt tergite and cerci of the Same.