Pardalota asymmetrica Karsch, 1896

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

Pardalota asymmetrica Karsch, 1896

Figs 7A, 7B

KarSch, 1896. Stett. Entomol. Z., 57: 330.

Material examined. Ruanda, Parc National Albert V. 1935, de Witte (32♂, 5♀) ( RBINS).

Remarks. This species has the 10th tergite modified and asymmetrical, divided into two lobes, the on the left is forked with one tip up-curved and the other down-curved, while the lobe on the right is only one and down-curved (after this character the name asymmetrica was coined) ( Fig. 7B ). This character is also in common with P. karschiana Enderlein, 1907 ( Figs 7F, 7G ) and P. versicolor Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 ( Fig. 8A ). In addition, cerci of P. asymmetrica are expanded and spoon-shaped on the inside, with a terminal sharp part and a lateroexternal appendix. Similar cerci are found in P. superba Sjöstedt, 1913 ( Fig. 8C ).

Distribution. P. asymmetrica was hitherto known from Uganda, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia ( Karsch 1896, Heller et al. 2014, Massa 2015, 2016).

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.

FIGURE 8. A) P.versicolor Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 male in lateral view.B) Pardalota reimeri La Baume, 1911 female in dorSal view.C) Pardalota superba SjÖStedt,1913 male in lateral view.