Phlesirtes mauensis Hemp

Hemp, Claudia & Heller, Klaus-Gerhard, 2017, The genus Phlesirtes Bolivar, 1922 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae, Conocephalini; Karniellina), a review of the genus with data on its bioacoustics and the description of new species, Zootaxa 4244 (4), pp. 451-477 : 469

Phlesirtes mauensis Hemp n. sp.

( Fig. 11 K, L; Fig. 16 )

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Holotype male. Kenya, SW Mau Forest , 2400 m, Kipteget River 8–11 February 1988, coll. A. Wilson. Depository EDNMK.

Paratypes. 1 male, same data as holotype . 1 male, Kenya, Endabarra Camp , Mau Forest, January 1946. Depository EDNMK.

Description. Male. Abdomen. Brown-black. Last abdominal tergite at posterior margin with horizontally down-bent processes, forming between them a triangular space ( Fig. 11 K). Cerci with blunt outer process and slender inwardly curved longer processes; tips of inner processes twisted ( Fig. 11 L). Subgenital plate with posterior margin incised with faint median carina.

Female. Unknown.

Measurements male (mm) (N=3). Length of body 9.6–12.0, length of pronotum 3.2–4.8, length of anterior femur 2.5, length of posterior femur 9.3–9.8, visible part of elytra from above 0.9–1.5.

Diagnosis. A triangle shaped gap between the processes of the 10th tergite is also found in P. githunguri n. sp. However, P. githunguri n. sp. has inwardly rolled tips of the processes of the 10th abdominal tergite while the processes in P. mauensis n. sp. are straight.

Habitat and distribution. Kenya, Mau Escarpment. Montane forest, 2400 m.

Figures

FIGURE 11. Detail images of last abdominal tergites and cerci of male Phlesirtes species. A, B. P. keniensis n. sp. C, D. P. kinangopa n. sp. E, F. P. laikipiaensis n. sp. G, H. P. latifrons I, J. P. limuru n. sp. K, L. P. mauensis n. sp.

FIGURE 16. Distribution of Phlesirtes species in East Africa with major mountains and mountain ranges indicated.