Paraeumigus fortius (Bolivar, 1907)

Massa, Bruno, 2013, Pamphagidae (Orthoptera: Caelifera) of North Africa: key to genera and the annotated check-list of species, Zootaxa 3700 (3), pp. 435-475 : 453

Paraeumigus fortius (Bolivar, 1907)

Material examined. Morocco, ex Vaucher, 3♂, 2♀ syntypes (MNCN); Morocco, ex Vaucher, 1♂ syntype; Telouet Glaoua, 1♂, 2♀ (MNHN).

The type locality of this species is unknown (only the collector is known). The size of this taxon is the biggest within the genus Paraeumigus . It is characterized by raised and laterally compressed pronotum ( Figs. 127 , 150 ); the phallic complex shows very short apex of aedeagus valves, with dorsal lobes longer than ventral ones; basal part is wider than long ( Fig. 128 ).

Figures

FIGURES 123 – 148. 123 – 145. Characters of species of the Moroccan genus Paraeumigus, included P. lopezi n. sp. (141 – 145, holotype and allotype, BMCP). 146 – 148. Lateral view of Amigus nigroadspersus and its phallic complex. Figs. 124, 135 – 137, 139 – 140 after La Greca (1993).

FIGURES 149 – 160. Females of some species of the Morocco genus Paraeumigus: P. fortius syntype (149 – 150), P. sobrinus syntypes (151 – 153), P. escalerai syntype (154), P. l o pe zi n. sp. allotype (155), P. bolivari paratype (156), P. montanus (157, after Chopard 1943), P. tricoloripes (158), P. parvulus (159 – 160).