Lanista africana (Walker, 1871)

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 : 423

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4974.3.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4778267
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scientific name	Lanista africana (Walker, 1871)
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Lanista africana (Walker, 1871) View in CoL

Material examined. Sierra Leone, Loma Mts. , Closed-canopy for. ( 1050m) ( light trap) 7-10.VI.2016, H. Takano, W. Miles, R. Goff ( 1♀) ; Côte d’Ivoire, Mt. Tonkoui Peak ( 1171m) 9-16.IV.2016 ( light Trap), M. Aristophanous, P. Moretto ( 1♀) ; Côte d’Ivoire, Mt. Tonkoui Peak ( 1171m) 20-27.V.2018 ( MV Light Trap), M. Aristophanous, W. Miles, P. Moretto, Y. Outtara ( 1♂) ( ANHRT) ; Côte d’Ivoire, Lamto Res. Station , Bandama river 3.VII.1962 (light) ( 1♀) ; same locality 24.VII.1962 (light) ( 1♀) ; Côte d’Ivoire, Man , Mt. Tonkoui ( 1171m) 19.II.2017 (light) ( 1♀) , 1.IV.2017 (light) ( 1♂, 1♀) , 22.IV.2018 (light) ( 1♂); Ghana, Kalande IX.1982, P. Butti ( 1♀) ( BMPC).

Distribution. Naskrecki & Guta (2019) have reinstated this taxon, which results to be present only in West Africa ( Guinea and Ghana); here it is recorded also from Sierra Leone and Côte d’Ivoire.