Sphingonotus (Sphingonotus) rubescens (Walker, 1870)
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Sphingonotus (Sphingonotus) rubescens (Walker, 1870) |
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Sphingonotus (Sphingonotus) rubescens (Walker, 1870) View in CoL
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References for Socotra.
Dey et al. 2021: 132, fig. 1, table S 3 b.
Diagnostic notes.
Sphingonotus (Sphingonotus) rubescens (Walker, 1870) has a pattern of relatively small dark spots on the tegmina with less clear transverse bands, hyaline hind wings and a characteristic strongly S-shaped intercalary vein ( Mistshenko 1937).
Distribution and occurrence.
It is widespread in northern Africa, southern Europe, Arabia and parts of Asia ( Husemann 2020; Dey et al. 2021). It was newly reported for Socotra based on one specimen collected in 2010 ( Dey et al. 2021). We found one specimen in Wranik’s collection from Samha, 1999 (Fig. 100 View Figure 100 ).
Habitat and biology.
On Socotra, one specimen was found on a gravelly slope at 150 m a. s. l. near Hadiboh.
Bioacoustics.
The song of this species consists of whistling and ticking sounds (e. g. Baudewijn Odé, XC 786864, accessible at https://www.xeno-canto.org/786864) and is described by Bland (1985).
Bland RG (1985) Field behavior and sound production by the grasshopper Sphingonotus rubescens (Orthoptera: Acrididae) on Tenerife, Canary islands. Entomological News 96: 37–42.
Dey L-S, Husemann M, Hochkirch A, Simões MVP (2021) Species distribution modelling sheds light on the widespread distribution of Sphingonotus (Sphingonotus) rubescens (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Oedipodinae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 132: 912–924. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blaa230
Husemann M (2020) 18. Sphingonotus Fieber, 1852. In: Jago’s grasshoppers and locusts of East and North East Africa. Volume 4. Acrididae: Euryphyminae, Cyrtacanthacridinae, Oedipodinae. Jago’s grasshoppers and locusts of East and North East Africa. Blurb Publishers, 192–203.
Mistshenko L (1937) Orthoptera Palaearctica critica: XII. Revision of Palaearctic species of the genus Sphingonotus Fieber (Orth. Acrid.). EOS Revista Española de Entomologia 12: 65–282.
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Caelifera |
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Acridoidea |
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Oedipodinae |
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