Pardalotini, Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878

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 : 410

Tribe Pardalotini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878

The genus Pardalota Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 may be recognized from Poecilogramma Karsch, 1887 by the less poorly developed fastigium of the vertex, that is a little wider than in Poecilogramma ( Ragge 1980) (compare Fig. 7E with 9E). In addition, the strikingly variegated colour of Pardalota includes more or less wide round spots, while that of Poecilogramma consists of colored stripes. Another character that allows to separate the two genera is the shape of cerci, that are pointed and incurved in Pardalota , flat or rounded in Poecilogramma (compare Figs 7B, 7D, 7G with 9C, 9F).

Figures

FIGURE 7. A) Lateral view of the male Pardalota asymmetrica KarSch, 1896. B) LaSt tergite and cerci of the Same in dorSal view.C) Lateral view of the male Pardalota haasi Griffini 1908. D) LaSt tergite and cerci of the Same in dorSal view.E) DorSal view of the head and pronotum of the Same. F) Lateral view of the female Pardalota karschiana Enderlein, 1907. G) DorSal view of laSt tergite andcerci of male of the Same.