Euryparyphes pictipes Uvarov, 1927

Chobanov, Dragan & Massa, Bruno, 2022, On some Moroccan Pamphagidae, with the description of a new species of Euryparyphes (Orthoptera: Caelifera), Zootaxa 5104 (3), pp. 409-425 : 417

Euryparyphes pictipes Uvarov, 1927 ( Figs. 4G, H )

Type locality: Morocco, Ito .

Material examined. E of Azrou , 33.42591°N, 5.19258°W (1520 m), 8.VI.2013 (1♂, 1♀) .

Remarks. According to La Greca (1993) E. pictipes is similar to E. atlasicus and E. nigripes , but its pronotum is posteriorly widened and the median keel is stout. The pronotum of E. pictipes is similar to that of E. maroccanus , just wider than long, clearly widened in the metazona (as in E. laetus ), paranota are callused-wrinkled (as in E. flexuosus ). Median keel of males is straight, the area between it and lateral keels is concave, in the female the keel is just raised and paranota are less callused and wrinkled. The brown stripe in the light dorsal area of tegmina is generally absent (but in the holotype it is present). Abdominal keels are present in the metanotum and first tergites. Inner side of hind femora is orange or brown-blackish, tibiae are red, inner spines of hind tibiae are red with black base and apex. Azrou is the type locality of E. pictipes var. crenatus Uvarov, 1927 , considered synonym of E. pictipes by La Greca (1993).

Distribution. E. pictipes lives in coastal, piedmont and montane areas (Middle Atlas) of Morocco.

Figures

FIG. 4. General view and habitat of selected species of Moroccan Pamphagidae. A—Paraeumigus tricoloripes (female); B, C—Paraeumigus rungsi comb. n. (B, female; C, habitat at Col du Zad); D, E—Euryparyphes bolivarii (D, male; E, female); F—Euryparyphes flexuosus (male); G, H—Euryparyphes pictipes (G, female; H, habitat East of Azrou); I–L—Euryparyphes minor sp. n. (I, male in lateral view; J, male in dorsal view; K, female; L, habitat near Naour).