Preussia lobatipes Karsch, 1890

Massa, Bruno, 2021, Orthoptera Tettigoniidae as indicators of biodiversity hotspots in the Guinean Forests of Central and West Tropical Africa, Zootaxa 4974 (3), pp. 401-458 : 441

Preussia lobatipes Karsch, 1890 ( Fig. 42 )

Material examined. Liberia, Lofa County, Wologizi Mts., Base Camp Forest (611m) 20.XI-1.XII.2017 ( MV Light Trap), M. Aristophanous, S. Safian, G. Simonics, L. Smith (1♂) ; Liberia, Sinoe County, 6.5 km NW Jacksonville, Forest near Solve Problem Vill. (103m) 23-27.I.2018 ( MV Light Trap), M. Geiser, S. Safian, G. Simonics (1♂) ; Liberia, Lofa County, Wologizi Mts., Elephant Ridge (1002m) ( Cold Cathode UV Trap ) 23-26.XI.2018, S. Safian, G. Simonics (1♂) ; Guinea, Guinée forestière, Bossou For. & Inst. Rech. Env. Bossou (Lowland Forest-Farmland) (690m) (8W UV Cold Cathode Light ) 24-31.VI.2019, V. Dérozier, J. Suha Dore, S. Koivagui, W. Miles, S. Safian, R. Warner (1♂) ( ANHRT).

Distribution. Previously known from Cameroon, Central African Republic, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana (Massa et al. 2020), here it is recorded also from Liberia and Guinea.

Figures

FIGS. 41–44. Lateral view of Enochletica ostentatrix Karsch, 1896 (41); Preussia lobatipes Karsch, 1890 (42); Weissenbornia praestantissima Karsch, 1888 (43); Brycoptera lobata Ragge, 1981 (44).