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Andricus truncicolus (Giraud, 1859) Asexual galls (Figs 1–9). Asexual galls develop mainly on adventitious buds on trunks and large branches, on oaks of the section Quercus. They are monocular, usually solitary, rarely in clusters of two or three, the shape is sub-spherical (some specimens with indentation to form an apex towards the top) and similar to the seed cones of cypress trees, from 6 to 14 mm in diameter and attached with a robust short peduncle. During early development (about three–four weeks) the galls are succulent and spongy, covered on the surface by dense whitish pubescence that gives a velvety appearance (Fig. 1). The spongy tissue layer is deep red and covers the larval chamber (Fig. 2). During maturation the external spongy layer dries up (like a layer of clay dried in the sun) dividing into many more or less regular plates (Figs 3, 5). After drying, these plates take on a very similar color to the bark (Fig. 5) and with exposure to atmospheric agents they easy detach, causing the partial (Fig. 6) or total revelation of the hard larval chamber (Figs 7–9). The gall remains strongly attached with its short peduncle to the trunk for several years. The larval chamber consists of a layer of about 1 mm of compact, woody tissue, whitish, with an irregular surface and small finger-like protuberances (protrusions of 1–3 mm) (Figs 7–9). It protects internal nutritive tissue and the larva during its development. The larva feeds on the nutrient tissue by burrowing into a large, regular, subelliptic chamber. Asexual female emerges from a lateral hole. Sexual galls (Figs 12, 16–22). The galls of the sexual generation developed on the terminal or lateral shoot buds of Q. cerris, exceptionally on the leaf blade, as found in only one case inside a contact chamber (Figs 21, 22). The galls consist of a hypertrophic tissue development resulting in an ovoid or subspherical swelling with a diameter that can vary from 10 to 40 mm (often the galls are coalescent, forming large conglomerates and reaching sizes greater than 50 mm); they are light-green when young (Figs 16–17) and dark-green and then brown when mature (Figs 18–19), bearing more or less deformed or normal leaves on the upper part. The typical structure of the gall consists of a layer of compact vegetative tissue, 3 to 10 mm thick, which in shape resembles a more or less concave floral receptacle. This woody receptacle, sometimes closed like a ceramic pot, in other cases open like a plate, provides support and protection for the larval chambers (5 to 20) that develop above (Fig. 20). The surface of the gall receptacle is externally covered with soft hairs that confer a velvety, silvery appearance to the gall. On the receptacle, curled, rakish leaves and twigs develop, and in some of these, larval cells can migrate with the growing leaves during development; these metamorphosed leaves wither as the galls mature and after adult emergence the galls may remain on the plant for several years. The larval chambers are egg-shaped with an enlarged base and a more or less pointed and slightly curved apical extension, measuring 3.3–4.5 mm in height x 1.8–2.8 mm in width measured at 1/3 from the base. They develop cohesively, with each embedded in a socket of the supporting receptacle tissue like teeth in the gums. Sometimes the constrained proximity of the chambers alters their egg shape to rectangular parallel-sided with rounded corners. When the gall receptacle is open, the larval chambers are visible from above. In the inner part of the receptacle, the surface is coated with dense coverage of white hollow single-cell hairs; these structures in a less dense form coat the larval cells with a distinct supporting cell layer. Whitish hairs are longest at the base of the larval chamber and become shorter at the apex. The inner layer of the larval chamber is thin and hard, composed of sub-rectangular cells arranged longitudinally along the length of the chamber; the emergence hole is in the apical or sub-apical part. Similar galls. Generally, on the basis of the characteristics and information on the gall and the host plant species, numerous gall-producing insects can be identified to the species level. However, some exceptions have recently been reported in gall wasps and gall midges (Sottile et al. 2022). The asexual generation gall of A. truncicolus is similar to of Andricus megatruncicolus Melika, 2008 and when the galls are the same size it is impossible to distinguish them on the basis of the gall only. The asexual gall also resembles Andricus turcicus Melika, Mutun & Dinç, 2014, but the available plates of the latter species consist of spiny protrusions. As detailed in Sottile et al. (2022) sexual generation galls of A. multiplicatus are very similar only to those of A. conificus sexual generation (= Andricus cydoniae Giraud, 1859). Both develop on the same host plants, as already has been pointed out by Giraud (1859), who, in the description of Andricus cydoniae, wrote: ‘II est facile de la confondre avec la galle d’ A. multiplicatus … Elle est toujours plus précoce, sa forme est mieux déterminée et elle n’est pas couverte des nombreux plis de la feuille qui distinguent cette dernière’. However, Sottile et al. (2022) did not find any macro or micro-morphological characters to distinguish the two galls with absolute certainty, concluding that it is impossible to identify the species only on the basis of gall morphology. However, species identification through adults is relatively easy on the basis of morphological differences involving body colour and sculpture, head and metascutellum measurements and ratios, and length of setae on prominent part of ventral spine of hypopygium, as described by Sottile et al. (2022). The galls of the sexual generation of A. truncicolus that we have obtained experimentally are themselves indistinguishable from those induced by A. multiplicatus and A. conificus sexual generation, but even in this case morphological characters of the emerged adults allow identification of the inducer species. Diagnosis of the asexual form. Asexual females of A. truncicolus (Figs 10, 25–43) belongs to “ Adleria - non kollari ” group, a large group of 13 Andricus species (Pujade-Villar et al. 2015) with the anterior surface of foretibia bearing long oblique setae (Figs 39, 40); antenna 14-segmented (rarely 13 or 15) (Fig. 28), the mesoscutum coriaceous, without punctures (Fig. 31), all metasomal tergites with dense white setae laterally (Fig. 38) and the prominent part of the ventral spine of the hypopygium needle-like and very long (Figs 41, 43) (Pujade-Villar et al. 2015). More specifically in A. truncicolus the prominent part of ventral spine of hypopygium is long and slender, 5.75–6.0 times as long as broad in ventral view, with relatively short setae (Figs 41, 43). It closely resembles A. conificus, from which differs for the following morphological characters described by Sottile et al. (2022). In A. truncicolus the body is blackish brown (Fig. 10), the head is more rounded in front view (Fig. 25) and the ratio between the transverse diameter of eye (measuring along the transfacial line) and the width of gena behind eye (measured at the same point)> 4.5 (Fig. 25), first abscissa of radius angled and projecting into radial cell (Fig. 35), metascutellum more than 3.2 times as high as height of ventral impressed rim of metanotum (Fig. 34), while in A. conificus (Figs 44–48) the body is reddish brown (Fig. 44), the head is trapezoid in front view (Fig. 45) and the ratio between the cross diameter of eye (measuring along the transfacial line) and the gena width behind eye (measured at the same point) A. megatruncicolus; however, in A. truncicolus the body is predominantly blackish brown, the head is more rounded in front view, 1.5 times as broad as long from above, 1.3–1.4 times as broad as high in front view, the ratio between the cross diameter of eye (measuring along the transfacial line) and the width of gena behind eye (measured at the same point)> 4.5, OOL 1.4 times as long as LOL, the diameter of the antennal torulus about 1.6 times as large as the distance between them (Fig. 25), the mesoscutellum rounded with more delicate sculpture towards the centre of scutellar disk (Fig. 31), scutellar foveae nearly rounded, the radial cell of the forewing 4.3–4.6 times as long as broad (Fig. 35) while in A. megatruncicolus, according to Tavakoli et al. (2008), the body is predominantly reddish brown, the head is less rounded, nearly trapezoid in front view, 2.0 times as broad as long from above, 1.5 times as broad as high in front view, the ratio between the cross diameter of eye (measuring along the transfacial line) and the gena width behind eye (measured at the same point) A. truncicolus resembles A. turcicus. In A. truncicolus the lower face is coriaceous, the malar space 0.4 times as long as height of eye, coriaceous, with numerous distinct strong striae radiating from clypeus and extending half the distance to lower edge of eye (Figs 25–27), F2 longer than F3 (Fig. 28), the mesoscutum coriaceous, scutellar foveae nearly rounded, as broad as high, with shiny, smooth bottom (Fig. 31), the radial cell of the forewing narrower, 4.3–4.6 times as long as broad (Fig. 35). In A. turcicus, according to Mutun et al. (2014), the lower face is uniformly delicately coriaceous, F2=F3, the malar space 0.2 times as long as height of eye, coriaceous, without striae, the mesoscutum uniformly and entirely reticulate, scutellar foveae transversely ovate, 2.2 times as broad as high, with delicately coriaceous bottom, the radial cell of the forewing 3.4 times as long as broad. A. truncicolus also resembles A. synophri Pujade-Villar, Tavakoli & Melika, 2015 from which it differs in having the body length around 4.0 mm, F1 longer than F2 (Fig. 28) and the metasomal terga without micropunctures (Fig. 38) while A. synophri, according to Pujade-Villar et al. (2015), is smaller in size, around 3.0 mm has F1 slightly shorter than F2, and with micropunctures on the metasomal terga. Description of sexual generation of Andricus truncicolus (Giraud, 1859) Figs 23, 24, 49–79 Diagnosis of the sexual form It closely resembles A. multiplicatus sexual (according to redescription given by Melika 2006); however, in sexual females of A. truncicolus, body predominantly reddish yellow, mesosoma never darker brown or black dorsally. Antennae reddish yellow slightly lighter than body; legs yellow-amber except for light brown Ts5 and dark brown tarsal claws. Lower face with striae radiating from clypeo-pleurostomal line nearly reaching eye but not present medially on the lower face and not reaching toruli (Figs 49, 52). Pronotum alutaceous without rugae (Figs 56, 57). Mesoscutum (Fig. 55) shallowly colliculate; as long as wide from above (width measured across base of tegulae); median mesoscutal line absent; antero-admedian line not impressed, very faintly visible in antero-dorsal view (Fig. 57), parapsidal lines absent. Mesoscutellum distinctly overhanging metanotum. Scutellar foveae ellipsoidal 1.4– 1.5 times broader than high (Fig. 55), weakly delimited posteriorly. Mesopleuron (Figs 56, 59), mostly smooth, glossy, with or without very indistinct striae on anterodorsal and ventral part, essentially glabrous except very sparse short white setae close to the mesocoxal foramen and on anterodorsal part; acetabular carina delimiting a narrow smooth area laterally (Fig. 59). Metascutellum (Fig. 60) slightly narrower than height of ventral impressed rim of metanotum. Lateral propodeal carinae slightly curved outwards in the middle (Fig. 60). Radial cell of forewing 3.6–4.0 times as long as broad (Fig. 61); Rs+M extending to ½ distance between areolet and basal vein. Metasomal tergum 2 with sparse white setae in T2 antero-laterally (Fig. 63) without micropunctures, subsequent terga with band of very indistinct micropunctures. In females of A. multiplicatus sexual, body predominantly brown to light brown, usually mesosoma and metasoma darker or even black dorsally. In some specimens scutum, scutellum, propodeum and metasoma dorsally are black. Antennae and legs brown, slightly lighter than body. Lower face with striae radiating from clypeus nearly reaching toruli. Pronotum mainly coriaceous, with some strong wrinkles along antero-lateral edge. Mesoscutum finely uniformly rugose, slightly longer than broad (width measured across the basis of tegulae). Median mesoscutal line distinct, extending to 1/3–1/4 of scutum length; parapsidal lines distinct, reaching well above the level of the base of tegulae; antero-admedian line extending to half of scutum length. Mesoscutellum slightly overhanging metanotum. Scutellar foveae nearly rounded, only slightly broader than high, posteriorly delimited by sculpture. Mesopleuron uniformly transversely striate, with dense patch of white setae postero-ventrally; acetabular carina delimiting a broad rugose area laterally. Metascutellum nearly 2.0 times as high as height of ventral impressed rim of metanotum; lateral propodeal carinae slightly curved outwards in the posterior 1/3. Radial cell of forewing 4.5–4.7; Rs+M extending to 2/3 of distance between areolet and basal vein. Metasomal tergum 2 with dense patch of white setae antero-laterally; all terga without micropunctures. In male of A. truncicolus, F1 excavated in basal half (Fig. 78); with or without very indistinct striae on anterodorsal and ventral part (Figs 72, 74), while in males of A. multiplicatus (according to redescription given by Melika 2006) F1 almost straight or only weakly curved, sometimes also weakly excavated; mesopleuron uniformly transversely striate. It closely resembles Andricus singularis Mayr, 1870; however, in females of A. truncicolus sex the body is mostly reddish yellow (Fig. 23), legs slightly lighter than body, the diameter of antennal torulus nearly 2.0 times as large as distance between them (Fig. 49), mesoscutum shallowly colliculate, mesoscutellum broader than long, reticulate-rugose around its limits, more delicate in the central part of disk, scutellar foveae subrectangular and not or very slightly delimited posteriorly with glossy, smooth bottom (Fig. 55), mesopleuron with or without very indistinct striae (Fig. 56), while in females of A. singularis the body is mostly dark brown to black, legs dirty brown, coxae darker, mid legs brown, the diameter of antennal torulus at least 3.0 times as large as distance between them, mesoscutum alutaceous-reticulate, mesoscutellum slightly longer than broad, uniformly rugose, with distinct sharp rugae, scutellar foveae rounded, as broad as high, well delimited around, with coriaceous bottom, mesopleuron entirely or partially longitudinally striate, sometimes with small non-striate area posteriorly. In the male of A. truncicolus the body is mostly reddish yellow (Fig. 24), legs slightly lighter than body, F1 1.3 times longer than F2 (Fig. 78), mesopleuron with or without very indistinct striae on anterodorsal and ventral part (Figs 72, 74), mesoscutellum rugulose, with more delicate sculpture towards the centre of disc (Fig. 71) while in males of A. singularis the body mostly reddish to black, F1 only 1.2 times as long as F2, mesopleuron finely striate in anterior 2/3, remainder of surface smooth and glossy, mesoscutellum alutaceous with glossy areas. Moreover, the sexual generation galls of A. truncicolus are indistinguishable from those of A. conificus while the inducers are easily differentiated. In sexual females of A. truncicolus body is predominantly reddish yellow, legs slightly lighter than body; frons, vertex, and occiput uniformly coriaceous. Mesopleuron with or without very indistinct striae; mesoscutellum broader than long, reticulate rugose around its limits, more delicate in the central part of disk with unemarginated posterior margin. Scutellar foveae subrectangular not or very slightly delimited posteriorly; mesoscutum shallowly colliculate. White setae on prominent part of ventral spine of hypopygium few, long (about one and a half times the median diameter of the hypopygium in lateral view), curved, and slightly extending behind apex of spine. In females of A. conificus sex, body mostly dark brown to black, with yellow legs, except for proximal part of hind coxae being dark brown; frons, vertex, and occiput reticulate. Mesopleuron with very marked striae on; mesoscutellum as long as is broad, uniformly strongly areolate-rugose with distinct mainly longitudinal sharp rugae with emarginate posterior margin. Scutellar foveae subtriangular well-delimited posteriorly; mesoscutum deeply colliculate. White setae on prominent part of ventral spine of hypopygium very few, short (approximately as long as the median diameter of the hypopygium in lateral view), erect, and not extending behind apex of ventral spine. In males of A. truncicolus body predominantly reddish yellow, legs slightly lighter than body. Diameter of torulus (including rims) equal to eye-torulus distance; eye-torulus distance nearly 3.0 times as large as distance between toruli. Frons and vertex coriaceous. Scutellar foveae subrectangular not or very slightly delimited posteriorly. Mesoscutellum around its limits, reticulate rugose, more delicate or coriaceous in the central part of disk, with unemarginate posterior margin. Mesoscutum shallowly colliculate; mesopleuron with or without very indistinct striae; ratio of breadth to height of metascutellum less than 1.5. In males of A. conificus body mostly dark brown to black, with yellow legs, except for proximal part of hind coxae being dark brown. Diameter of torulus (including rims) nearly 1.6 times eye-torulus distance; eye-torulus distance nearly 1.4 times as large as distance between toruli. Frons and vertex rugose. scutellar foveae subtriangular well-delimited posteriorly. mesoscutellum around its limits, strongly reticulate rugose, more delicate or colliculate in the central part of disk, with emarginate posterior margin. Mesoscutum deeply colliculate; mesopleuron with very marked striae; ratio of breadth to height of metascutellum more than 2.0. Description Sexual female. Body length 1.8–2.2 mm. Body with sparse white setae, predominantly reddish yellow, antennae slightly lighter than body, excluding the distal half which are darkened; eyes black; legs yellow-amber except for light brown Ts5 and dark brown tarsal claws. Mesosoma reddish yellow, in some specimens with 2–4 darker longitudinal stripes on mesoscutum. Metasoma lig, Published as part of Sottile, Salvatore, Cerasa, Giuliano, Massa, Bruno & Verde, Gabriella Lo, 2023, The experimental life cycle closure of Andricus truncicolus (Giraud, 1859) (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) and taxonomic description of its sexual generation, pp. 210-232 in Zootaxa 5296 (2) on pages 216-229, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5296.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/7978102, {"references":["Giraud, J. E. (1859) Signalements de quelques especes nouvelles de Cynipides et de leurs Galles. Verhandlungen des Zoologisch- Botanischen Vereins in Wien, 9, 337 - 374.","Sottile, S., Cerasa, G., Massa, B. & Lo Verde, G. (2022) Andricus cydoniae Giraud, 1859 Junior Synonym of Cynips conifica Hartig, 1843, as Experimentally Demonstrated (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini). Insects, 13 (2), 200. https: // doi. org / 10.3390 / insects 13020200","Mutun, S., Dinc, S., Bozso, M., Melika, G. 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Roeseliana azami (Finot, 1892) Figs. 1b, 3d, 5e, 5f, 7e, 8c, 11, 23h Finot, 1892. Bull. Soc. entomol. Fr., 61: xxxv (Platycleis azami); type locality and depository: France, between Cogolin and La Foux, Var (MNHN, Paris). Material examined. France, Var VI.1888, Azam (1♁, 1♀ syntypes) (MNCN); France, Var, Azam (1♁, 1♀) (NMW); France, Crau, Bouches du Rhone VI.1967, M. Descamps (1♁, 1♀) (MCR, coll. P. Fontana); France, Cogolin 14.IX.1906 (1♁, 1♀) (NMP); France, La Foux, Var, Delmas (1♁, 1♀) (MSNG); France, Gard, Le Cailar 5.VI.1993, A. Foucart (2♁, 3♀); France, between St. Gilles and Arles 5.VII.1987, Ponel (1♁) (CBGP); France, Lattes (Montpellier) 23.VI.2019, B. Nabkolz (2♁) (BMPC). Remarks. R. azami is characterized by the incision of the female subgenital plate. Nadig (1961), Harz (1969) and Massa et al. (2012) considered R. azami the nominate subspecies with minor as other subspecies, while Ĝtz (1969) moved it to subspecies of R. fedtschenkoi, Defaut (1999, 2001) followed Ĝtz’s opinion, Puissant & Voisin (1999), Voisin (2003) and Massa & Fontana (2011) considered it as a valid species. Male titillators have only few large spines in their half apical apex and their tip is less curved and stouter than that of R. azami minor and R. brunneri (Figs. 5e, 5f), the supragenital plate and the cerci of the male and the subgenital plate of the female are reported in Figs. 7e and 8c. The 10 th tergite of the male has a very long, broad and triangular processes (in R. brunneri processes are very large and separated by a wide incision), tooth of cerci short, rounded and placed in the last fourth (as in R. brunneri; in R. roeselii they are longer, placed in the last third and are more pointed); titillators of R. azami are similar to those of R. brunneri (folded as a hook), while those of R. roeselii show a very different shape (straight with apical spines) (cf. Fig. 5); in addition, the female subgenital plate of R. azami is as large as long, incised for half the length and its lobes are rounded (similarly to that of R. brunneri), while that of R. roeselii is laterally enlarged and its lobes are pointed (cf. also Massa & Fontana 2011). Fully-winged specimens are unknown. See also Tables 2 and 4. Distribution. Region du Var (Mediterranean France). Bardiani & Buzzetti (2010) recorded it from Liguria, but see below R. azami minor., Published as part of Massa, Bruno, Tagliavia, Marcello, Buzzetti, Filippo Maria, Fontana, Paolo, Carotti, Giovanni, Bardiani, Marco, Leandri, Fausto, Scherini, Roberto & Verde, Gabriella Lo, 2023, A taxonomic revision of the Palaearctic genus Roeseliana (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Tettigoniinae: Platycleidini): a case of ongoing Mediterranean speciation, pp. 351-400 in Zootaxa 5270 (3) on pages 363-364, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5270.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7859886, {"references":["Nadig, A. (1961) Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Orthopteren der Schweiz und angrenzender Gebiete: II. Neue und wenig bekannte Formen aus der insubrischen Region. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 34, 271 - 300.","Harz, K. (1969) Die Orthopteren Europas I. Series Entomologica, 5, 1 - 749. [http: // books. google. com / books? id = lK 5 NZrudROMC] https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / 978 - 94 - 017 - 2511 - 8 _ 1","Massa, B., Fontana, P. Buzzetti, F. M., Kleukers, R. & Ode, B. (2012) Fauna d'Italia. XLVIII. Orthoptera. Calderini ed., Bologna, 563 + CCXIV pp.","Defaut, B. (1999) La determination des Orthopteres de France. Materiaux Orthopteriques Entomocenotiques, 2, 1 - 83.","Defaut, B. (2001) Actualisation taxonomique et nomenclaturale du´Synopsis des orthopteres de France \". Materiaux Orthopteriques Entomocenotiques, 6, 107 - 112.","Puissant, S. & Voisin, J. F. (1999) Metrioptera (Bicolorana) bicolor (Philippi, 1830), espece nouvelle pour les Pyrenees- Orientales, son macropterisme, comparaison avec M. (Roeseliana) azami (Finot, 1892) (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae). Bulletin Societe entomologique France, 104 (3), 263 - 266. https: // doi. org / 10.3406 / bsef. 1999.16578","Voisin, J. - F. (Ed.) (2003) Atlas des Orthopteres et des Mantides de France. Patrimoines Naturels, 60, 1 - 104.","Massa, B. & Fontana, P. (2011) Supraspecific taxonomy of Palaearctic Platycleidini with unarmed prosternum: a morphological approach (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Tettigoniinae). Zootaxa, 2837 (1), 1 - 47. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 2837.1.1","Bardiani, M. & Buzzetti, F. M. (2010) Blattari e Ortotteri delle Riserve Naturali \" Agoraie di Sopra e Moggetto \" (Liguria, Genova) e \" Guadine Pradaccio \" (Emilia-Romagna, Parma) (Blattaria, Orthoptera). Bollettino Associazione romana Entomologia, 64 (2009), 69 - 90."]}

Genus Roeseliana Zeuner, 1941 Morphological analysis Characters of the genus Roeseliana The genus Roeseliana was described by Zeuner (1941), who named it after the Austrian entomologist August Johann R̂sel von Rosenhof. However, several authors preferred to maintain Roeseliana as subgenus of the genus Metrioptera Wesmael, 1838. More recently, Massa & Fontana (2011) carried out a revision of Platycleidini and raised again Roeseliana to generic level. According to previous authors (Zeuner 1941; Massa & Fontana 2011), these are the characters of the genus: head slightly broader than long, ratio maximum width/length of head (from vertex to clipeus): 1.2–1.3. Brachypterous, rarely holopterous, pronotum flat, just depressed, margins rounded, humeral excision just evident, keel present in the metazona; ♀ subgenital plate large, bilobate, at the sides not touching the ovipositor; ovipositor short and clearly curved, somewhat angular at 1/3 from the base; ♀ VIIth sternite modified or not; hind femora/pronotum length ♁: 2.7–3.5, ♀: 2.7–3.6; ♁ Xth tergite with very broad processes separated by an incision, long cylindrical cerci, with a pre-apical inner spine. Colour of lateral lobes of the pronotum greyish bordered with a whitish stripe. Diagnosis. Tenth tergite of male with very broad anal segment, rounded cerci and short ovipositor are useful characters to separate Roeseliana from Metrioptera and Bicolorana Zeuner, 1941; with the latter Roeseliana shares the female subgenital plate not touching the ovipositor. Ovipositor— Figs. 1–2, Table 2 The shape of the ovipositor is fairly variable, but we could find taxa/populations with fine ovipositor (R. pylnovi, R. roeselii, R. azami minor from Lombardy, Piedmont and Emilia-Romagna, R. ambitiosa), and those with deeper ovipositor (R. azami, R. azami minor from Tuscany and Marche, R. brunneri and R. bispina). However, the ovipositor angle resulted also variable in the different taxa/populations, smaller in R. pylnovi, R. oporina, R. azami, R. azami minor from Lombardy, Piedmont, Emilia-Romagna and Tuscany, R. brunneri and R. bispina, bigger in others, namely R. roeselii, R. azami minor from Marche and R. ambitiosa. Stridulatory file— Fig. 3, Table 2 We describe preliminary the stridulatory file of different taxa/populations, that are very similar in their structure (Fig. 3). The length is ca. 1.2 mm, while the depth may range from 0.20 to 0.35 mm. Stridulatory file is a little arched, the total number of teeth ranges between 40 and 80 (R. brunneri: ca. 70–80 with 15 central larger; R. azami minor from Tuscany: ca. 50 with 15 central larger; R. azami minor from Piedmont: ca. 40, with 15 central larger; R. azami: ca. 45, more or less of the same size; R. roeselii: ca. 50, with 12–13 central larger teeth; R. ambitiosa: ca. 50 with at least 40 teeth of more or less the same size and a few very small teeth in the proximal part; R. bispina: ca. 60, more or less of the same size; R. pylnovi: ca. 50, with 12–13 central larger). Generally, the stridulatory file in its proximal part bears very small teeth (about 15–20), dense, decreasing in size and evenly spaced, the central part is composed of ca. 12–15 widely spaced larger teeth (with some exceptions, like in R. azami, R. bispina and R. ambitiosa), the distal part is composed of about 8–10 very small teeth. The differences are noted in Table 2. Female subgenital plate— Figs. 8, 9, Table 2 The ratio length to width of the female subgenital plate resulted to be maximum in R. pylnovi (2.8), followed by that of R. roeselii (2.0–2.1), R. azami minor from Marche (2.1–2.2), R. oporina (1.8), R. azami minor from Lombardy, Piedmont and Emilia–Romagna (1.8–2.2), R. brunneri (1.7–1.9), R. azami (1.7), R. azami minor from Tuscany (1.7), R. bispina (1.7) and R. ambitiosa (1.5). However, other differences in the shape of the apical tips of the subgenital plate are evident., Published as part of Massa, Bruno, Tagliavia, Marcello, Buzzetti, Filippo Maria, Fontana, Paolo, Carotti, Giovanni, Bardiani, Marco, Leandri, Fausto, Scherini, Roberto & Verde, Gabriella Lo, 2023, A taxonomic revision of the Palaearctic genus Roeseliana (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Tettigoniinae: Platycleidini): a case of ongoing Mediterranean speciation, pp. 351-400 in Zootaxa 5270 (3) on pages 356-357, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5270.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7859886, {"references":["Zeuner, F. E. (1941) The classification of the Decticinae hitherto included in Platycleis Fieb. or Metrioptera Wesm. (Orthoptera, Saltatoria). Transactions Royal entomological Society London, 91, 1 - 50, figs. 1 - 45. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2311.1941. tb 03001. x","Massa, B. & Fontana, P. (2011) Supraspecific taxonomy of Palaearctic Platycleidini with unarmed prosternum: a morphological approach (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Tettigoniinae). Zootaxa, 2837 (1), 1 - 47. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 2837.1.1"]}

Roeseliana oporina (Bolívar, 1887) Figs. 2d, 5k, 6c, 8d, 10, 23g Bolívar, 1887. An. Soc. Espan. Hist. Nat., 16: 108 (Platycleis oporina); type locality and depository: Spain, Cuenca, Uclés near Saelices, Castillo de Castillejo (MNCN, Madrid). Material examined. Spain, Uclés (lectotypus ♁) (MNCN). Remarks. R. oporina was described in Platycleis, but Zeuner (1941) moved it to Roeseliana; Harz (1969) listed it in Metrioptera, subgenus Roeseliana, Massa & Fontana (2011) in Metrioptera. Only recently R. oporina was rediscovered and described again by Gutiérrez-Rodríguez & García-París (2016), who established definitively that it is belongs to Roeseliana. Morphological characters suggest that it is related to R. azami, but not to R. roeselii. R. oporina has male titillators not much apically hooked, with only small apical spines, the female subgenital plate is similar to that of R. azami, but male cerci are a little similar to those of R. roeselii. The lectotype has tegmina covering the abdomen, while specimens depicted by Gutiérrez-Rodríguez & García-París (2016) are more brachypterous. See also Tables 2 and 4. Distribution. Cuenca region (Spain)., Published as part of Massa, Bruno, Tagliavia, Marcello, Buzzetti, Filippo Maria, Fontana, Paolo, Carotti, Giovanni, Bardiani, Marco, Leandri, Fausto, Scherini, Roberto & Verde, Gabriella Lo, 2023, A taxonomic revision of the Palaearctic genus Roeseliana (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Tettigoniinae: Platycleidini): a case of ongoing Mediterranean speciation, pp. 351-400 in Zootaxa 5270 (3) on page 367, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5270.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7859886, {"references":["Bolivar, I. (1887) Especies nuevas o criticas de Ortopteros. Anales Sociedad espanola Histpria natural, 16, 89 - 114. [http: // bibdigital. rjb. csic. es / ing / Libro. php? Libro = 1152]","Zeuner, F. E. (1941) The classification of the Decticinae hitherto included in Platycleis Fieb. or Metrioptera Wesm. (Orthoptera, Saltatoria). Transactions Royal entomological Society London, 91, 1 - 50, figs. 1 - 45. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2311.1941. tb 03001. x","Harz, K. (1969) Die Orthopteren Europas I. Series Entomologica, 5, 1 - 749. [http: // books. google. com / books? id = lK 5 NZrudROMC] https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / 978 - 94 - 017 - 2511 - 8 _ 1","Massa, B. & Fontana, P. (2011) Supraspecific taxonomy of Palaearctic Platycleidini with unarmed prosternum: a morphological approach (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Tettigoniinae). Zootaxa, 2837 (1), 1 - 47. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 2837.1.1","Gutierrez-Rodriguez, J. & Garcia-Paris, M. (2016) Rediscovery of the ghost bush-cricket Roeseliana oporina (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) in Central Spain. Journal Insect Conservation, 20, 149 - 154. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 10841 - 016 - 9846 - 1"]}

Roeseliana n. sp. Lemonnier-Darcemont & Darcemont, in press. Figs. 22d, 23d Lemonnier-Darcemont & Darcemont, in press. Zoosystema; type locality and depository: Mazarakia, Epirus, Greece (MNHN, Paris). Remarks. The description of this species has been proposed when we finished our revision and we were not able to examine specimens; however, thanks to the courtesy of Michèle Lemonnier-Darcemont it was possible to examine some photographs and to provide biometrics. Measurements. Male. Body length: 19.5; pronotum: 6.5; tegmina: 9.5; hind femur: 17.5. Female. Body length: 24.5; pronotum: 6.5; tegmina: 7.5; hind femur: 21; ovipositor: 8.5. Male differs from Roeseliana oporina by the shape of cerci and of titillators, from R. bispina by the width of the base of the apical tooth of the cerci, from R. ambitiosa and R. azami by the shape of titillators and the arrangement of their spines, from R. brunneri by the shape of the last tergite. By their last tergite largely indented with narrow and pointed lobes at their extremity, they are however close to R. azami, to R. oporina and to R. ambitiosa. The internal tooth of the male cerci is short and placed at ¾ of the cerci, it is barely wider at its base than at the apex as R. ambitiosa, R. brunneri, R. oporina and R. azami. The shape of titillators is similar to that R. bispina, but with a different number and arrangement of spines. The shape of the female subgenital plate is intermediate between that of R. oporina and R. azami but with a much shallower incision and a less pronounced central keel (Lemonnier-Darcemont & Darcemont in press)., Published as part of Massa, Bruno, Tagliavia, Marcello, Buzzetti, Filippo Maria, Fontana, Paolo, Carotti, Giovanni, Bardiani, Marco, Leandri, Fausto, Scherini, Roberto & Verde, Gabriella Lo, 2023, A taxonomic revision of the Palaearctic genus Roeseliana (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Tettigoniinae: Platycleidini): a case of ongoing Mediterranean speciation, pp. 351-400 in Zootaxa 5270 (3) on page 366, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5270.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7859886

Roeseliana fedtschenkoi (Saussure, 1874) Figs. 6e, 10 Saussure, 1874. Mém. Soc. Sci. nat. Antrop. Ethnogr. Univ. Moscou, 11: 45 (Decticus (Platycleis) fedtschenkoi); type locality and depository: Uzbekistan, Maracanclam et prope Bairakum ad flumen Jaxartem (Samarkand, Syr Daria) (syntypus, ZMUM). Found near Samarkand on June 8, 1869 (larva) and May 17, 1871 in Bayrakum. Brown-green or yellowish-green color. The head is wide, smooth; the top of vertex is broad and blunt, on its sides above the eyes there is a horizontal brown stripe, separated or bordered by a yellowish line, extending from the eyes; vertex is decorated with three pale longitudinal lines, from which the lateral lines follow the edges of the brown stripes. The antennae are dark, green at the base. Mesothorax width the same as its length; the upper surface of mesothorax is wide, flat, slightly convex at the front end, slightly concave in the middle; the middle lobe is very weakly expressed, the lateral lobes are blunt; the rear edge is cut off, slightly turned upwards; the folded edge comes onto the lateral lobes of pronotum; the latter is bordered by a whitish stripe and decorated with irregular brown spots (or the area along the lobes and along the edges of the lobes is brown); rear part of side lobes of pronotum is blunt cut. The colour is green-brown or yellow-green. The head is broad and smooth; the apex of the head is broad and obtuse; on the sides, above the eyes, there is a horizontal brown stripe which divides a yellowish stripe or surrounds it, there are three pale lines running along the brown stripe, of these, the lateral ones reach the ends of the brown stripe. Width of the front part of the thorax equal to the length; the upper surface is broad and flat, slightly convex in the fore margin and slightly concave in the middle; the lobe of the middle is not very pronounced, the lateral lobes are a little obtuse, the hind edge is truncated, slightly raised; this raised edge joins with the lateral keels; in the anterior part of the pronotum there is a pale line with irregular brown flecks; the posterior edge of the lateral keels is cut obtusely at the point where they go towards the posterior side of the anterior part of the pronotum. Tegmina red-yellow, rounded at the apex, cover the entire abdomen except its three posterior segments; the veins of the elytra are brown, with the exception of a green “shoulder” vein, which is arcuately curved and gives five brown branches near its middle. The tympanum is poorly developed, the stridulatory file is poorly developed and is covered in the anterior part by the pronotum; the mirror is not closed, it has only the outer vein. The wings are rudimentary. The legs and body are concolourous. The hind femora are adorned with a longitudinal brown stripe. The ventral side of abdomen is pale. The supra-anal plate is incised with an oblong impression in the form of A on its surface; this depression is narrow, rounded-blunt at the apex, surrounded by hairs, has prominent sharp edges; the supra-anal plate is deeply incised at the apex. This notch has almost the same shape as the depression on the surface of the plate; the corners of the edges of the notch continue into triangular tongue-like spines. The cerci are long, somewhat protruding from the stylet-like processes of the subgenital plate; on their apical third, they are each armed with one sausage-like process, which apex is black. The subgenital plate is large, with an impression at its base, equipped with three strongly developed ribs, rounded at the free edge and incised in the form of V. The cerci are long, a little protruding from the plate cavity, in the distal third there is a black spine. Remarks. Saussure (1874) wrote that tegmina cover the entire abdomen, excluding three posterior segments, tegmina of the syntypes cover only one third of abdomen (Fig. 10). In addition, Saussure (1874) compared the species with Platycleis brevipennis (Charpentier, 1825) (currently synonym of R. roeselii), pointing out that R. fedtschenkoi is larger, has shorter tegmina, supra-anal plate of different shape and less developed tympanum. Later, Stshelkanovtzev (1907) recorded another male from Sossyur (Turkmenistan) and described the female from Lake Balkhash (Turkmenistan), pointing out that it was similar to R. roeselii, with tegmina apex less obtuse, shorter ovipositor, bigger size, but the subgenital plate very similar to that of R. roeselii. Thanks to the kindness of A. Gorochov, O. Korsunovskaya, V. Savitsky, and A. Ozerov we were able to examine the photo of the supra-anal plate of the syntype (Figs. 6e, 10), finding that it is very similar to that of R. pylnovi, including the male titillators, apically hooked, but different from R. roeselii, whose titillators are differently shaped. All authors agree with the validity of this taxon, with the exception of Heller (1988), who has considered it synonymous with R. roeselii (see above, R. roeselii). Tarbinsky (1932) considered R. pylnovi synonym of R. fedtschenkoi; indeed, in many museums there are specimens from Caucasian area identified as R. fedtschenkoi. According to Ĝtz (1969), R. fedtschenkoi (vasilii included), R. pylnovi, R. ambitiosa, R. azami, and R. minor constitute a ‘Rassenkreis’, a ring of neighbouring populations that exhibit a pattern of geographical replacement of one type by another. However, he treated vasilii, pylnovi, ambitiosa, minor and azami as subspecies of fedtschenkoi, without having studied specimens of true R. fedtschenkoi. Stolyarov (2005) followed the same arrangement. More recently, Chobanov & Mihajlova (2010) and Iorgu et al. (2013) treated R. fedtschenkoi as a subspecies of R. roeselii. See R. roeselii, Tables 2 and 4. The song of R. fedtschenkoi is presently unknown. Distribution. This species has been described from Uzbekistan, later it was collected in Turkmenistan, and probably it is restricted to the East Asia, while in West Asia and North Europe it is replaced by R. pylnovi and R. roeselii. According to Stolyarov (2005) it should be present also in Azerbaijan, Dashkesan, but specimens from this country could eventually belong to R. pylnovi., Published as part of Massa, Bruno, Tagliavia, Marcello, Buzzetti, Filippo Maria, Fontana, Paolo, Carotti, Giovanni, Bardiani, Marco, Leandri, Fausto, Scherini, Roberto & Verde, Gabriella Lo, 2023, A taxonomic revision of the Palaearctic genus Roeseliana (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Tettigoniinae: Platycleidini): a case of ongoing Mediterranean speciation, pp. 351-400 in Zootaxa 5270 (3) on pages 362-363, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5270.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7859886, {"references":["Saussure, H. de. (1874) Orthopteres. In: Voyage au Turkestan de A. P. Fedtschenko. Tome II. Recherches zoogeographiques, Vme partie. Memoires Societe imperiale amis des Sciences naturelles, d'Anthropologie et d'Ethnographie attache a l'Universite de Moscou, 11, pp. 1 - 52. [in Russian]","Stshelkanovtzev, J. P. (1907) Orthopteres recueillis sur les rives du lac Balkhash et du fleuve Ili par l'expedition envoyee au lac Balkhasch en 1903 [in Russian]. Annuaire Musee zoologique Academie des sciences St. Petersbourg, 12, 373 - 387. [http: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / item / 36241 # page / 535 / mode / 1 up]","Heller, K. - G. (1988) Bioakustik der europaischen Laubheuschrecken. Okologie Forschung Anwendung, 1, 1 - 358.","Tarbinsky, S. P. (1932) A contribution to our knowledge of the orthopterous insects of U. S. S. R. Bulletin Leningrad Institute Controlling Farm Forest Pests, 2, 181 - 205. [in Russian, with English descriptions]","Stolyarov, M. V. (2005) New data on distribution and taxonomy of the Orthoptera from Caucasus. 1. Stenopelmatoidea and Tettigonioidea. Trudy Russkago Entomologicheskago Obshchestva [= Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae], St. Petersburg, 76, 62 - 71.","Chobanov, D. P. & Mihajlova, B. (2010) Orthoptera and Mantodea in the collection of the Macedonian Museum of Natural History (Skopje) with an annotated check-list of the groups in Macedonia. Articulata, 25 (1), 73 - 107. [http: // www. dgfo-articulata. de / articulata / 2010 _ 25 - 1 / Articulata _ 25 - 1 % 20 Chobanov-Mihajlova. pdf]","Iorgu, I. S., Stahi, N. & Iorgu, E. I. (2013) The Orthoptera (Insecta) from middle and lower Prut River Basin. Travaux Museum national Histoire naturelle´Grigore Antipa \", 56 (2), 157 - 171. [http: // www. travaux. ro / web / pdf / 56 % 282 % 29 - TMNHNGA- 157 - 171. pdf] https: // doi. org / 10.2478 / travmu- 2013 - 0012"]}

Roeseliana fedtschenkoi vasilii (Götz, 1969) Ĝtz, 1969. Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin, 45: 157 (Metrioptera fedtschenkoi vasilii); type locality and depository: Romania, Negresti, Moldau (SMTD, Dresden). Remarks. Ĝtz (1969) described this taxon from Romania as subspecies of R. fedtschenkoi, and considered it related to pylnovi, ambitiosa, minor and azami. Examination of the drawings of the titillators and the female subgenital plate of this taxon by Ĝtz (1969) shows that it is undoubtedly related to R. roeselii, but the female subgenital plate is similar to that of R. ambitiosa. Distribution. Romania; according to Ĝtz (1969) in Bulgaria a mixed population roeselii-vasilii may be found., Published as part of Massa, Bruno, Tagliavia, Marcello, Buzzetti, Filippo Maria, Fontana, Paolo, Carotti, Giovanni, Bardiani, Marco, Leandri, Fausto, Scherini, Roberto & Verde, Gabriella Lo, 2023, A taxonomic revision of the Palaearctic genus Roeseliana (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Tettigoniinae: Platycleidini): a case of ongoing Mediterranean speciation, pp. 351-400 in Zootaxa 5270 (3) on page 363, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5270.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7859886

Roeseliana bispina (Bolívar, 1899) Figs. 1d, 3d, 5n, 7f, 8f, 11 Bolívar, 1899. Ann. Soc. Entom. Belgique, 43: 602 (Platycleis roeseli variety bispina); type locality and depository: Turkey, Marach (MNCN, Madrid). Material examined. Turkey, Marach (holotype ♁) (MNCN); Turkey, Kilia (1♀); Turkey, Smyrne, Brunner (1♁); Turkey, Smyrne, Kordelia, Brunner (3♀) (NMW); Turkey, Kütahya, Ikizhüyük (950 m) 21.VII.2003, M. Ünal (1♁, 1♀) (MUPC). Remarks. R. bispina was described by Bolívar (1899) as Platycleis roeseli var. bispina, characterized by stout head and differences in the subgenital plate of the female, which has a broad concavity. Zeuner (1941) raised the taxon to species level within Roeseliana. This was followed by Harz (1969) and Massa & Fontana (2011). Heller (1988) considered it as synonymous with R. roeselii and Ünal (1999, 2006, 2018) listed it as Metrioptera (Roeseliana) bispina, recording some new localities from north Turkey. Morphological characters (see also Table 2 and 4) allow to separate it from other eastern (like R. fedtshenkoi, R. pylnovi) and western taxa (like R. brunneri, R. azami minor and R. azami). Male titillators are little curved, slender and nearly unarmed, with only few small apical spines (Fig. 5n). Distribution. Turkey, recorded from north Macedonia by Karaman (1975)., Published as part of Massa, Bruno, Tagliavia, Marcello, Buzzetti, Filippo Maria, Fontana, Paolo, Carotti, Giovanni, Bardiani, Marco, Leandri, Fausto, Scherini, Roberto & Verde, Gabriella Lo, 2023, A taxonomic revision of the Palaearctic genus Roeseliana (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Tettigoniinae: Platycleidini): a case of ongoing Mediterranean speciation, pp. 351-400 in Zootaxa 5270 (3) on pages 374-375, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5270.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7859886, {"references":["Bolivar, I. (1899) Orthopteres du voyage de M. Martinez Escalera dans L'Asie mineure. Annales Societe entomologique Belgique, 43, 583 - 607. [http: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / item / 110227 # page / 589 / mode / 1 up]","Zeuner, F. E. (1941) The classification of the Decticinae hitherto included in Platycleis Fieb. or Metrioptera Wesm. (Orthoptera, Saltatoria). Transactions Royal entomological Society London, 91, 1 - 50, figs. 1 - 45. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2311.1941. tb 03001. x","Harz, K. (1969) Die Orthopteren Europas I. Series Entomologica, 5, 1 - 749. [http: // books. google. com / books? id = lK 5 NZrudROMC] https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / 978 - 94 - 017 - 2511 - 8 _ 1","Massa, B. & Fontana, P. (2011) Supraspecific taxonomy of Palaearctic Platycleidini with unarmed prosternum: a morphological approach (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Tettigoniinae). Zootaxa, 2837 (1), 1 - 47. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 2837.1.1","Heller, K. - G. (1988) Bioakustik der europaischen Laubheuschrecken. Okologie Forschung Anwendung, 1, 1 - 358.","Unal, M. (1999) Notes on Orthoptera of western Turkey, with description of a new genus and four new species. Journal Orthoptera Research, 8, 243 - 255. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 3503441","Unal, M. (2006) Tettigoniidae (Orthoptera) from Turkey and the Middle East. Transactions american entomological Society, 132 (1 - 2), 157 - 203. https: // doi. org / 10.3157 / 0002 - 8320 (2006) 132 [157: TOFTAT] 2.0. CO; 2","Unal, M. (2018) Tettigoniinae (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from Turkey with key to genera and description of six new species. Zootaxa, 4432 (1), 1 - 66. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4432.1.1","Karaman, M. S. (1975) Taksonomska, zoogeografska i ekoloska studija Ortopteroidea skopske kotline. M. S. Karaman Edition, Pristina, 156 pp."]}

Roeseliana roeselii (Hagenbach, 1822) Figs. 1a, 3e, 4, 5i, 5j, 6b, 8b, 10, 22h, 23c, 24a, 24b, 24c, 24d Hagenbach, 1822. Symbola faunae insectorum Helvetiae exhibentia vel species novas vel nondum depictas, 39 (Locusta roeselii); type locality and depository: Basel, Switzerland (lost?). Material examined. Check Republic, Král Sneznik 17.VIII.1951 (1♁, 4♀ holopterous); Check Republic, Horni Lipka, Hormale 31.VIII.1951 (6♁); Check Republic (80♁, 120♀); Austria, Car. Maria Rain 15.IX.1956, J. Mucha (3♁, 3♀) (NMP); Check Republic, Zabrodi 6.VIII.1952, Cejchan (1♁); same data 4.VIII.1960 (1♁, 1♀); Check Republic, H. Vlitaviche, Sum VIII.1951, Cejchan (1♀); Slovenia, Ljublyana 23.VII.1065, F. Willemse (1♁, 1♀); Switzerland, Strada, San Niclà (1400m) 26.IX.1961 (1♁, 1♀); Bosnia and Erzegovina, Gacko, Tientiste 30.VIII.1975, A. Messina (2♁, 10♀); Bosnia and Erzegovina, Gacko, Camerno 28.VIII.1975, A. Messina (2♁, 3♀); Bosnia and Erzegovina, Partizanske Vode, Titovo U. 31.VII.1975, A. Messina (1♁); Romania, Sibiu, Scoreiu 6.VIII.1975, A. Messina & V. Nobile (6♁, 2♀); Romania, Caransebes, Muntele 12.VIII.1975, A. Messina (4♁, 5♀); Slovenia, Postumia 13.IX.1980, F. Lombardo (15♁, 16♀); Italy, Friuli, Tarvisio 11.VIII.1968, Sichel (3♁, 18♀); France, Lyon, Pontaneveaux 18.VIII.1966, V. Nobile (2♀); France, St. Aventin, Luchon 15.VIII.1977, A. Messina (1♁) (MSNM, coll. M. La Greca); Slovenia, Podravska, Pesnica, Vukovje 17.VI.2010, M. Bardiani (1♁) (CNBFVR); USA, Vermont, Stowe Valley 23.VIII.1988, B. Baccetti (2♁, 3♀); USA, Vermont, Bolton Valley 21–22.VIII.1988, B. Baccetti (4♁, 3♀); Germany, Titisee 23.VIII.1991, B. Baccetti (1♁, 1♀); Poland, Bialowicza 5.VII.1990, B. Baccetti (1♁, 3♀); Switzerland, Graecken 25.VIII.1959, D. Guiglia (2♁, 3♀); Poland, Polnisch Neudorf bei Steinkirche Schles 4.IX.1894, Brunner (1♁, 1♀); Netherlands, Kerkrade 1940, C. Willemse (1♁, 1♀); Finland, Åland Is., Al Finstrom, Pålsböle 24.VIII.1943, H. Lindberg (1♁); Italy, Trentino, Folgaria 16.VIII.1962, A. Galvagni (5♁, 6♀) (MSNG); Italy, Trentino, Costa di Folgaria 9.VI.1968, A. Galvagni (1♁, 1♀); Italy, Trentino, Folgaria, Torbiera Echen 24.VII.1995, P. Fontana (1♁, 1♀); Italy, Trentino, Val Pusteria, Gais 17–22.VII.1994, B. Massa (7♁, 5♀); Italy, Trentino, Sesto 20.VII.1992, B. Massa (1♀); Austria, Lienz 17.VII.1992, B. Massa (1♀); Check Republic, Bohemia Kocourov 27.VII.2003, K. Svec (1♀ holopterous); Germany, Bayreuth-Gees 25–27.VII.2022, B. Massa (2♁, 3♀) (BMPC); Italy, Friuli, Tarvisio, Camporosso 16.VII.1993, P. Fontana (5♁, 5♀, 1 ♁ holopterous); Italy, Friuli, Foresta di Tarvisio 26.VIII.1982, A. Battisti (1♀); Italy, Trentino, Folgaria, Torbiera Echen 30.VII.1994, P. Fontana (3♁, 4♀); Italy, Trentino, Passo Stelvio (Bolzano) 2.IX.1998, P. Fontana (1♀ holopterous); Hungary, Matra Mts, Kekes 1.IX.1995, P. Fontana (1♀) (MCR, coll. P. Fontana); Italy, Veneto, Asiago (1315m) 1.VIII.2018, F. Marangoni (2♁, 3♀ holopterous, 1♀ brachypterous) (FMPC); Italy, Trentino, Tarvisio, Torbiera Sochezza 2.IX.2001, G. Colombetta (1♀); same data 8.VII.2001, A. Cogo & F. Buzzetti (1♁ holopterous); Italy, Veneto, Padola (Belluno) 21.VII.2002, P. Fontana & P. Tirello (1♁, 1♀) (MCR, Coll. F. Buzzetti); Italy, Trentino, Piana del Preval, Zegla (Cormons, Gorizia), (52m) 22.VI.2014 (3♁, 3♀), F. Tami (FTPC); France, Savigny sur Orge (1♁); France, Bagnères de Luchon 19.VIII.1888 (1♁); France Saumur 18.VII.1888 (1♀); France, High Pyrenées (1♁); France, Pyrenées, Luchon (3♁, 1♀); France, Corrèze VII.1986, J. Cools (1♁, 5♀); France, St. Agnant 3.IX.1980 (1♁); France, Planaseau 15.IX.1982 (1♁); France, High Rhine, Thannenkirch 4.IX.1983 (1♁); France, High Rhine, Horodberg 7.IX.1983 (1♀); France, Cantal Mandailles-St. Julien Benech (978 m), J. Cools (10♁, 7♀); France, Puy de Dome VIII.1922 (1♁ holopterous, 1♀ holopterous); Switzerland, Breitenbach 5.IX.1983 (1♁); Switzerland (1♁); Austria (1♁, 2♀); Germany (3♁, 2♀); Slovenia, Maribor 29.VII.1967, L. Allaer (1♁) (RBINS). Remarks. When Hagenbach (1822) described R. roeselii from a female specimen from Basel (Switzerland) (Fig. 4), he wrote that tegmina were 1/3 long as abdomen. However, R. roeselii occurs with holopterous males and females with a variable frequency, mainly in the north of its distribution; e.g., Szanyi et al. (2014) found a high frequency (≤ 53%) of holopterous individuals of R. roeselii in some meadows surrounded by forests of Hungary. R. roeselii is the most easily diagnosable species from a morphological point of view. It is the only species with titillators without arched tips with small apical spines and a narrow male supragenital plate (Figs. 5i–5j, 6b); in addition, the female subgenital plate is very deeply incised with two sharp apices (Fig. 8b; see also Ĝtz 1969). Male cerci and female subgenital plate are more similar to those of R. pylnovi than to those of south European taxa. In particular the shape of cerci shows a long apically pointed part and an inner backwards and pointed spine (Fig. 6b). The south European taxa of Roeseliana differ clearly from R. roeselii. According to Heller (1988), R. fedtschenkoi is synonymous with R. roeselii. See also R. fedtschenkoi. However, according to Heller et al. (1998) while the South European forms formerly included in Metrioptera fedtschenkoi belong to R. roeselii, this may be not true for all of the South East European and especially the Caucasian and central Asian forms. However, most authors agree with the validity of the two taxa R. fedtschenkoi and R. roeselii and consider both polytypic species. We were able to examine only the photos of the syntype of R. fedtschenkoi, and we found that the latter is different from R. roeselii. However, authors who have cited R. fedtschenkoi really examined specimens collected in countries different from the typical area of the species (Uzbekistan-Turkmenistan) and this may be the reason of some misinterpretation. For characters of R. roeselii see also Tables 2 and 3. Distribution. Wide areas of the Palaearctic region (Galvagni 2001); it has been introduced in Canada, Montreal and Ville St. Laurent in 1950; since then its range has increased in Ontario and Quebec, and into the United States as far as Illinois (Vickery et al. 1975, Capinera et al. 2004), where now it is rather frequent. It also has spread in North Europe; according to Kaňuch et al. (2013), due to the limited ability of R. roeselii to cross geographical barriers through active dispersal, it is very much probable that transport of eggs potentially occurred with agricultural products, and consequently at least some of the isolated populations originated from human-mediated introductions rather than natural dispersal. It is present from lowland to high elevations., Published as part of Massa, Bruno, Tagliavia, Marcello, Buzzetti, Filippo Maria, Fontana, Paolo, Carotti, Giovanni, Bardiani, Marco, Leandri, Fausto, Scherini, Roberto & Verde, Gabriella Lo, 2023, A taxonomic revision of the Palaearctic genus Roeseliana (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Tettigoniinae: Platycleidini): a case of ongoing Mediterranean speciation, pp. 351-400 in Zootaxa 5270 (3) on pages 358-360, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5270.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7859886, {"references":["Hagenbach, J. J. (1822) Symbola faunae insectorum Helvetiae exhibentia vel species novas vel nondum depictas. Societas Naturalis Scrut. Helvetica Sodali, 1, I - VI + 1 - 48, 15 pls. [http: // publikationen. ub. uni-frankfurt. de / opus 4 / frontdoor / deliver / index / docId / 15803 / file / Hagenbach. pdf] https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 66054","Szanyi, S., Nagy, A., Racz, I. A. & Varga, Z. (2014) Contrasting patterns of macroptery in Roesel's bush cricket Metrioptera roeselii (Orthoptera, Ensifera). Estonian Journal Ecology, 63, 299 - 311. https: // doi. org / 10.3176 / eco. 2014.4.07","Heller, K. - G. (1988) Bioakustik der europaischen Laubheuschrecken. Okologie Forschung Anwendung, 1, 1 - 358.","Heller, K. - G., Korsunovskaya, O., Ragge, D. R., Vedenina, V., Willemse, F., Zhantiev, R. D. & Frantsevich, L. (1998) Check-List of European Orthoptera. Articulata, 7, 1 - 61. [http: // www. zobodat. at / pdf / Articulata-BH _ 7 _ 0001 - 0061. pdf]","Galvagni, A. (2001) Gli Ortotteroidei della Val Venosta, detta anche Vinschgau (Alto Adige, Italia settentrionale) (Insecta: Blattaria, Mantodea, Orthoptera, Dermaptera). Atti Accademia roveretana Agiati, a. 251, IB, 67 - 182.","Vickery, V. R. & Kerr, G. E. (1975) Additional records of Ensifera (Gryllotpera) in Ontario. Proceedings entomological Society Ontario, 105, 96 - 100.","Capinera, J. L., Scott, R. D. & Walker, T. J. (2004) Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. Comstock Publishing Associates, Ithaca, New York, vi + 249 pp.","Kanuch, P., Berggren, A. & Cassel-Lundhagen, A. (2013) Colonization history of Metrioptera roeselii in northern Europe indicates human-mediated dispersal. Journal Biogeography, 40, 977 - 987. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / jbi. 12048"]}

Roeseliana n. sp. Lemonnier-Darcemont & Darcemont, in press. Figs. 22d, 23d Lemonnier-Darcemont & Darcemont, in press. Zoosystema; type locality and depository: Mazarakia, Epirus, Greece (MNHN, Paris). Remarks. The description of this species has been proposed when we finished our revision and we were not able to examine specimens; however, thanks to the courtesy of Michèle Lemonnier-Darcemont it was possible to examine some photographs and to provide biometrics. Measurements. Male. Body length: 19.5; pronotum: 6.5; tegmina: 9.5; hind femur: 17.5. Female. Body length: 24.5; pronotum: 6.5; tegmina: 7.5; hind femur: 21; ovipositor: 8.5. Male differs from Roeseliana oporina by the shape of cerci and of titillators, from R. bispina by the width of the base of the apical tooth of the cerci, from R. ambitiosa and R. azami by the shape of titillators and the arrangement of their spines, from R. brunneri by the shape of the last tergite. By their last tergite largely indented with narrow and pointed lobes at their extremity, they are however close to R. azami, to R. oporina and to R. ambitiosa. The internal tooth of the male cerci is short and placed at ¾ of the cerci, it is barely wider at its base than at the apex as R. ambitiosa, R. brunneri, R. oporina and R. azami. The shape of titillators is similar to that R. bispina, but with a different number and arrangement of spines. The shape of the female subgenital plate is intermediate between that of R. oporina and R. azami but with a much shallower incision and a less pronounced central keel (Lemonnier-Darcemont & Darcemont in press).

Roeseliana pylnovi (Uvarov, 1924) Figs. 1e, 1f, 3h, 6d, 8a, 10 Uvarov 1924. Trans. R. Entomol. Soc. London, 71(3–4): 534 (Metrioptera pylnovi); type locality and depository: Caucasus (UMO, Oxford). Material examined. Armenia, Tavush, Dilijan 6.VII.2005, M. Kalashian (5♁, 6♀) (BMPC); Georgia, Caucasus, Bakuriany 5–10.IX.1912, E. Konig (1♁, 1♀ paratypes) (NHM) (photographed by R. Felix); Georgia, Lake Bazeleti 29.VI.2003, P. Fontana, F. Buzzetti & B. Massa (1♁); Georgia, Ananouri 20.VI.2003, P. Fontana, F. Buzzetti & B. Massa (1♁) (BMPC). Remarks. Described in the genus Metrioptera by Uvarov (1924), it was transferred to the genus Roeseliana by Zeuner (1941). Following Tarbinsky (1932) it is synonymous with R. fedtschenkoi, but Zeuner (1941) listed it as valid species. Ramme (1951) considered R. pylnovi and R. fedtschenkoi different taxa, with different shape of wings. Ĝtz (1969) pointed out that the subgenital plate of female is more incised than that of R. fedtschenkoi, but he did not list specimens of the latter species. It seems that R. pylnovi is much related to R. fedtschenkoi and R. roeselii. However, titillators are different from those of R. roeselii (Fig. 6). Instead, the supra-anal plate and cerci of the male are a slightly similar to those of R. roeselii (Fig. 6d), however, differences may be detected with the female subgenital plate, which in R. roeselii is laterally more rounded (Figs. 8a and 8b). See also Tables 2 and 4. Distribution. Caucasian region., Published as part of Massa, Bruno, Tagliavia, Marcello, Buzzetti, Filippo Maria, Fontana, Paolo, Carotti, Giovanni, Bardiani, Marco, Leandri, Fausto, Scherini, Roberto & Verde, Gabriella Lo, 2023, A taxonomic revision of the Palaearctic genus Roeseliana (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Tettigoniinae: Platycleidini): a case of ongoing Mediterranean speciation, pp. 351-400 in Zootaxa 5270 (3) on page 363, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5270.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7859886, {"references":["Uvarov, B. P. (1924) Notes on the Orthoptera in the British Museum, 3. Some less known or new genera and species of subfamilies Tettigoniidae and Decticinae. Transactions Royal entomological Society London, 71 (3 - 4), 492 - 537.","Zeuner, F. E. (1941) The classification of the Decticinae hitherto included in Platycleis Fieb. or Metrioptera Wesm. (Orthoptera, Saltatoria). Transactions Royal entomological Society London, 91, 1 - 50, figs. 1 - 45. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2311.1941. tb 03001. x","Tarbinsky, S. P. (1932) A contribution to our knowledge of the orthopterous insects of U. S. S. R. Bulletin Leningrad Institute Controlling Farm Forest Pests, 2, 181 - 205. [in Russian, with English descriptions]","Ramme, W. (1951) Zur Systematik, Faunistik und Biologie der Orthopteren von Sudost-Europa und Vorderasien. Mitteilungen Zoologischen Museum Berlin, 27, 1 - 431, 39 pls. [1950] https: // doi. org / 10.1002 / mmnz. 4830270108"]}

Mangomaloba excavata new species (Figs. 3a– 3g) Material examined. Sierra Leone, Loma Mts. (1050m), Closed Canopy Forest, 09°10’35”N, 11°05’25”W, Light Trap 7–10. VI.2016, H. Takano, W. Miles, R. Goff (1♂ holotype) (ANHRT). Diagnosis. Very characteristic for its incurved and externally excavated cerci, the long and incurved apical tips of the subgenital plate, and the costal area of tegmina with a net of small cells. Description. Male (Fig. 3a). Colour. Green, antennae yellowish, abdomen yellow with red spots, left tegmen green with black stridulatory area and small brown spots between cells. Head and antennae. Fastigium of vertex narrow, sulcate above, not contiguous with fastigium of frons. Eyes rounded, well projecting. Legs. Fore coxae armed with a fine spine. Fore tibiae furrowed on upper margin, distinctly widening above tympanum, conchate on inner, open on outer side. Fore femora armed on inner ventral side with 12 small spines, fore tibiae with 4 spines + 1 spur on inner side and 3 spines + 1 spur on outer ventral side, mid femora with 9 outer spines, mid tibiae with 8–9 outer and inner ventral spines. Hind femora armed with 5 small spines on outer and inner ventral sides, hind tibiae with many spines on ventral and dorsal sides + 3 spurs on each side. Thorax. Pronotum narrowing at the level of the humeral sinus, flat above, lateral margins rounded, anterior margin a little incurved, posterior margin rounded, humeral sinus well developed, lobes of pronotum rounded. Small hairs are scattered on pronotum. Wings. Tegmina narrow with rounded apices and costal area with a net of small cells. Wings longer than tegmina. Stridulatory area of the left tegmen composed of the stridulatory file and of a raised parallel posterior bulge (Fig. 2b). Stridulatory file arched, consisting of 35 teeth, 10 distal more distant from each other, the other smaller and more and more close together (Fig. 2c). Mirror of the right tegmen small. Abdomen. Last tergite covered by thick yellowish hairs. Cerci stout at the base, apically incurved and flat, excavated in the external side (Figs. 3d, 3e, 3f, see arrow). Subgenital plate narrow and long with two long apical incurved tips, without styli (Figs. 3d, 3e, 3f, 3g). Female. Unknown. Etymology. From the shape of cerci, externally excavated. Measurements (mm). Male. Body length: 20.8; length of pronotum: 4.9; height of pronotum: 3.8; length of hind femora: 19.1; length of tegmina: 29.6. Affinities. Mangomaloba excavata n. sp. differs from the other three known species of the genus by its costal area of tegmina with a net of small cells instead of spaced cross-veins; further, it differs from them by the shape of cerci and the characteristic subgenital plate. Distribution. Presently M. excavata n. sp. is known only from the type locality, Loma Mts. (1050m), Sierra Leone, where it has been collected at light trap in closed canopy forest., Published as part of Massa, Bruno, 2022, On some interesting Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae and Acrididae from tropical Africa, pp. 152-160 in Zootaxa 5178 (2) on pages 156-158, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5178.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/7022221

Eyprepocnemis dorsalensis Roy, 1964 Type locality: Africa, Sierra Leone, Region du Loma, Bandankoro; depository: MNHN. Material examined. Côte d’Ivoire, Mt. Tonkoui Peak (1171m) 7°27’15.2”N, 7°38’12.5”W (light Trap) 24– 27.XI.2014 (1♂, 1♀), 11.IV.2019 (1♀), 24.X–6.XI.2021 (3♀), P. Moretto (BMPC). According to Roy (2003) it is an endemic species of Guineian dorsal (Regions of Loma, Ziama, Nimba and Man), not much frequent at mid altitudes. It is brachypterous and its hind tibiae are mostly red. It is known from Sierra Leone and Côte d’Ivoire., Published as part of Massa, Bruno, 2022, On some interesting Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae and Acrididae from tropical Africa, pp. 152-160 in Zootaxa 5178 (2) on page 159, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5178.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/7022221, {"references":["Roy, R. (2003) Les Acridiens du Nimba et de sa region. Memoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 190, 311 - 391. [http: // www. zin. ru / animalia / coleoptera / pdf / abrev / Acridi. pdf]"]}

Eulioptera bartolozzii n. sp. (Figs. 1a– 1g) Material examined. Kenya, 19 kms West of Malindi on the road Malindi-Tsavo, 27.IX–14.X.1992, L. Bartolozzi (1♂ holotypus) (MZUF). Measurements (mm). Male. Body length: 12.6; length of pronotum: 2.8; height of pronotum: 2.6; length of hind femora: 15.0; length of tegmina: 21.9. Diagnosis. E. bartolozzii n. sp. is a small sized Eulioptera, characterized by the male subgenital plate elongate and upcurved, divided into two laterally flattened lobes, and three black spots on each stridulatory area of left and right tegmina. Description. Male (Figs. 1a, 1b). Colour. Yellowish with black spots on the stridulatory area and the hind margin of tegmina. Head and antennae. Head typical of the genus, eyes round prominent, fastigium of vertex compressed, just raised at the apex, narrower than scapus, not contiguous with fastigium of frons. Antennae exceeding the tip of tegmina. Pronotum without lateral carinae, anteriorly straight, posteriorly rounded, longer than high. Wings. Hind wings extending beyond tegmina by quarter-fifth of latter. Stridulatory area of left tegmen little raised, mirror on right tegmen wide, oval (Fig. 1c). Stridulatory file ca. 0.9–1.0 mm, consisting of ca. 140 more or less evenly spaced teeth (Fig. 1d). Legs. Fore coxae armed with a small spine. Fore femora with 6 small spines on inner margin, mid femora armed with 3–4 couples of spines on lower margins, hind femora armed with 4–5 spines on outer and 2–3 on inner lower margins. Fore tibiae with 5 spines on inner and outer lower margins, mid tibiae with 10–11 spines on outer lower margin and 6–7 on inner lower margin. Hind tibiae with a dozen spines on inner and outer lower margins + 3 spurs on each side. Abdomen. Tenth tergite unmodified, cerci thin, long and incurved, with round apex. Subgenital plate divided into two lobes, laterally flattened and apically rounded, gently upcurved (Figs. 1e, 1f, 1g). Female. Unknown. Etymology. E. bartolozzii n. sp. is named in honour of Luca Bartolozzi, entomologist, collector of the specimen, and curator of the Museum of Zoology of the University of Florence, Italy. Affinities. E. bartolozzii n. sp. is similar to E. zambesiana Massa, 2022, which has a much longer male subgenital plate and a bigger size (17.3–20.2 mm) (Massa 2022) (Fig. 1h), to E. montana Ragge, 1980 (Chyulu Hills, Kenya), which has a different male subgenital plate (Fig. 1i), a dark spot on the male stridulatory area, a little different stridulatory file (ca. 125 teeth). It is also vaguely similar to E. r. reticulata (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878), which, however, has a different male subgenital plate and pointed cerci (Fig. 1j), and to E. monticola Ragge, 1980, characterized by red-brown spots on much of the body and a black mark on the stridulatory area; cerci are less incurved and the subgenital plate is shorter than in E. bartolozzii n. sp. (Fig. 1k) (Ragge 1980). E. carrolli Naskrecki & Guta, 2019, E. mutembai Naskrecki & Guta, 2019, and E. iolandae Massa, 2021 have differently shaped male subgenital plates (Naskrecki & Guta 2019, Hemp 2021, Massa 2021). Distribution. Presently E. bartolozzii n. sp. is known only from the type locality, near Malindi, Kenya., Published as part of Massa, Bruno, 2022, On some interesting Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae and Acrididae from tropical Africa, pp. 152-160 in Zootaxa 5178 (2) on page 154, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5178.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/7022221, {"references":["Massa, B. (2022) New and less known Orthoptera from biodiversity hotspots of Mozambique and Zambia (Tettigoniidae; Acrididae). Fragmenta entomologica, 54, 27 - 44.","Ragge, D. R. (1980) A review of the African Phaneropterinae with open tympana (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Bulletin British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, 40, 1 - 192. [http: // www. archive. org / details / bulletinofbritis 40 entolond]","Massa, B. (2021) Tettigoniidae (Insecta: Orthoptera) collected in tropical forests of Zambia, Cameroon, Gabon and Sao Tome during the entomological expeditions of African Natural History Research Trust. Annales de la Societe entomologique de France, 57, 29 - 76. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00379271.2020.1867004","Hemp, C. (2021) A Field Guide to the Bushcrickets, Wetas and Raspy Crickets of Tanzania and Kenya. Senckenberg Gesellschaft fur Naturforschung, 452 pp."]}

Genus Mangomaloba Sjöstedt, 1902 The genus Mangomaloba was described by Sjöstedt (1902) together the species monticola from Mt. Cameroon.After the description of the genus, Chopard (1954, 1958) described other three species, namely: M. royi Chopard, 1954 (Guinea, Mt. Nimba), M. latipennis Chopard, 1954 (Guinea, base IFAN) and M. angustipennis Chopard, 1958 (Sao Tomé, Principe). Small differences exist between the description of the genus by Sjöstedt (1902) and the characters of the holotype of the type-species monticola; according to Sjöstedt (1902) ‘ tibiae anticae et intermediae supra paulo sulcate et totae inermes ’ (fore and mid tibiae superiorly a little furrowed and unarmed), but both the holotype of M. monticola and that of M. angustipennis have fore and mid tibiae armed with small spines on ventral side (see photos in Orthoptera Species File online http://orthoptera.speciesfile.org/HomePage/ Orthoptera /HomePage.aspx). In addition, differently from M. royi and M. monticola, the speculum of the right tegmen in M. angustipennis is small, but this may be a variable character within the genus., Published as part of Massa, Bruno, 2022, On some interesting Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae and Acrididae from tropical Africa, pp. 152-160 in Zootaxa 5178 (2) on page 154, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5178.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/7022221, {"references":["Sjostedt, Y. (1902) Locustodeen aus Kamerun und Kongo. Bihang till Kungliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 27 (3), 1 - 45, pls. I - IV. [http: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / item / 48743 page / 69 / mode / 1 up]","Chopard, L. (1954) La reserve naturelle integrale du Mont Nimba. II. Orthopteres Ensiferes. Memoires Institut francais Afrique noire, 40, 25 - 97.","Chopard, L. (1958) Mission du Museum dans les iles du Golfe de Guinee, VI: Orthopteroides. Bulletin de la Societe Entomologique de France, 63, 73 - 86. [http: // www. persee. fr / doc / bsef _ 0037 - 928 x _ 1958 _ num _ 63 _ 3 _ 20401] https: // doi. org / 10.3406 / bsef. 1958.20401"]}

Morgenia rubricornis Sjöstedt, 1913 senior synonym Type locality: Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mukimbungu; depository: NHRS, Stockholm. The careful examination of the holotype of Mangomaloba latipennis (Figs. 2a, 2b, 2c) revealed in the apical ventral side of mid tibiae the presence of a curved spur (L. Desutter, pers. comm.), typical in the genus Morgenia Karsch, 1890; the general habitus (Figs. 2a, 2b) and the shape of the spur (Fig. 2c) consent to establish that it belongs to Morgenia rubricornis. Thus, it is being proposed that Mangomaloba latipennis Chopard, 1954 is considered a junior synonym of Morgenia rubricornis Sjöstedt, 1913. Additionally, Mangomaloba latipennis was erroneously reported by Massa (2017, 2018), but it really is Morgenia plurimaculata Massa et Moulin, 2018. Thus, presently three species of Mangomaloba are known from tropical Africa; all these species have spaced cross-veins in the costal area of tegmina. During the collecting activity by ANHRT in Sierra Leone, one specimen with characters similar to those of Mangomaloba was collected in a light trap, with the difference that the costal area of tegmina has a net of small cells. Because in Morgenia this character varies depending on the species (Massa et al. 2018), this specimen was tentatively considered to belong to Mangomaloba., Published as part of Massa, Bruno, 2022, On some interesting Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae and Acrididae from tropical Africa, pp. 152-160 in Zootaxa 5178 (2) on page 156, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5178.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/7022221, {"references":["Chopard, L. (1954) La reserve naturelle integrale du Mont Nimba. II. Orthopteres Ensiferes. Memoires Institut francais Afrique noire, 40, 25 - 97.","Massa, B. (2017) New data and taxa for Orthoptera Tettigoniidae and Acrididae from tropical Africa. Annales de la Societe entomologique de France, 53, 236 - 255. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00379271.2017.1334586","Massa, B., Heller, K. - G., Warchalowska-Sliwa, E. & Moulin, N. (2018) The tropical African genus Morgenia (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Phaneropterinae) with emphasis on the spur at the mid tibia. Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift, 65, 161 - 175. [https: // dez. pensoft. net / article / 26693 /] https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / dez. 65.26693"]}

Leiodontocercus philipporum Massa, 2020 Type locality: Africa, Côte d’Ivoire, Bandama River, Lamto Nature Scientific Reserve; depository: BMPC. Material examined. Côte d’Ivoire, Parc National d’Azagny, entrée (60m), Sonaye (Secondary Forest) 05°14’32”N, 04°48’05”W, 25–28.XI.2021, MV Light Trap, P. Moretto, L. Mulvaney, H. Takano (1♂, 2♀) (ANHRT). This species is presently known only from Côte d’Ivoire, the Parc National d’Azagny is the third locality of the country where it has been collected, previously it was known from Lamto Nature Scientific Reserve and Taï National Park., Published as part of Massa, Bruno, 2022, On some interesting Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae and Acrididae from tropical Africa, pp. 152-160 in Zootaxa 5178 (2) on page 158, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5178.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/7022221

Habrocomes lanosus Karsch, 1891 Type locality: Africa, Sierra Leone; depository: MZPW, Warsaw. Material examined. Côte d’Ivoire, Mt. Tonkoui Peak (1171m) 7°27’15.2”N, 7°38’12.5”W (light Trap) 7.II.2021, P. Moretto (1♂, 1♀) (BMPC). Known from Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Ghana (Naskrecki 2008), now recorded also from Côte d’Ivoire. Remarks. Mt. Tonkoui revealed to be a biodiversity hotspot, hosting also many interesting species of Orthoptera (Moretto et al. 2021)., Published as part of Massa, Bruno, 2022, On some interesting Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae and Acrididae from tropical Africa, pp. 152-160 in Zootaxa 5178 (2) on page 153, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5178.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/7022221, {"references":["Naskrecki, P. (2008) Sylvan Katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Pseudophyllinae) of the Guinean Forests of West Africa hotspot: an overview and description of new species. Zootaxa, 1712 (1), 1 - 41. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 1712.1.1","Moretto, P., Cosson, B., Takano, H., Basquin, P., Bordat, P., Boucher, S., Bouyer, T., Danflous, S., Derozier, V., Eitschberger, U., Juhel, P., Leroy, E., Limbourg, P., Massa, B., Meunier, J. - Y., Miles, W., Orbach, E., Robiche, G., Rojkoff, S. & Silvestre, G. (2021) Un refuge forestier menace: la foret d'altitude a Parinari du Mont Tonkoui en Cote d'Ivoire. Evaluation de la biodiversite entomologique. Valeurs de conservation du site. Catharsius La Revue, Hors Serie 1, 1 - 130."]}

Mangomaloba latipennis Chopard, 1954 (Figs. 2a–2c) Type locality: Africa, Guinea, Base Ifan; depository: MNHN, Paris., Published as part of Massa, Bruno, 2022, On some interesting Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae and Acrididae from tropical Africa, pp. 152-160 in Zootaxa 5178 (2) on page 156, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5178.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/7022221, {"references":["Chopard, L. (1954) La reserve naturelle integrale du Mont Nimba. II. Orthopteres Ensiferes. Memoires Institut francais Afrique noire, 40, 25 - 97."]}

Mustius serrulatus Bolívar, 1906 Type locality: Africa, Ghana, Ashanti; depository: MNCN, Madrid (♀ lectotype examined). Material examined. Côte d’Ivoire, Mt. Tonkoui Peak (1171m) 7°27’15.2”N, 7°38’12.5”W (light Trap) 6.III.2021, P. Moretto (1♂) (BMPC). Previously recorded from Ghana, Congo and Guinea (Naskrecki 2008), newly recorded from Côte d’Ivoire., Published as part of Massa, Bruno, 2022, On some interesting Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae and Acrididae from tropical Africa, pp. 152-160 in Zootaxa 5178 (2) on page 153, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5178.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/7022221, {"references":["Naskrecki, P. (2008) Sylvan Katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Pseudophyllinae) of the Guinean Forests of West Africa hotspot: an overview and description of new species. Zootaxa, 1712 (1), 1 - 41. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 1712.1.1"]}

Odontura martae sp. nov. As reported above, La Greca (1994) and Baccetti et al. (1995) both recorded Odontura borrei from the island of Lampedusa, basing their identification on the taxonomic key published by Llorente & Pinedo (1990). However, as has already been demonstrated, O. borrei is a junior synonym of O. algerica. Thus, the species that occurs on the island of Lampedusa and also in central-north Tunisia, uniquely characterized by male cerci apically folded at right angles, is presently unnamed. In view of the foregoing, a new species is herewith proposed by the present authors and described; it is being accorded the name (nomen novum) Odontura martae. Material examined. Sicily, Lampedusa Is. (35°30’43”N, 12°35’31”E) (♂ holotypus, 4♂ 7♀ paratypi) (MSNG); Sicily, Lampedusa Is. 7–9.IV.1987, F. Lo Valvo (3♂, 1♀ paratypi); 20.IV.1996, T. La Mantia (1♀ paratypus); 26.III.1997, T. La Mantia (1♂ paratypus); 17.IV.1997, A. Catalisano (2♀ paratypi); 4–5.IV.2022, L. F. Cassar & B. Massa (4♂, 2♀ paratypi) (BMPC); Tunisia, Ain Draham (36°46’38”N, 8°41’04”E) 31.V.1993, B. Massa (1♂ paratypus); Tunisia, La Skhira (34°21’35”N, 10°01’55”E) 1.VI.1979, B. Massa (1♂, 2♀ paratypi); Tunisia, Thala (35°37’46”N, 8°40’24”E) 3.VI.1979, B. Massa (3♂, 1♀ paratypi); Tunisia, Kairouan (35°39’57”N, 10°06’09”E) 8.V.1992, I. Sparacio (3♂ paratypi); Tunisia, Zaghouan (36°25’10”N, 10°08’19”E) 10.V.1992, I. Sparacio (1♂ paratypus); Tunisia, Teboursouk (36°28’19”N, 9°14’54”E) 21.V.2010, F. Angelini (1♂ paratypus); Tunisia, Beni M’Tir (36°44’35”N, 8°44’07”E) 26.V.2010, F. Angelini (1♂ paratypus); Tunisia, Protville (36°57’58”N, 10°03’54”E) 26.V.2010, F. Angelini (2♂, 1♀ paratypi); Tunisia, Cap Bon (36°59’43”N, 10°55’40”E) 4.VI.1979, B. Massa (1♀ paratypus); Tunisia, Sebka Tunis (36°55’38”N, 10°11’48”E) 5.VI.1979, B. Massa (1♀ paratypus); Tunisia, Sakiet sidi Youssef (36°13’24”N, 8°21’49”E) 31.V.1993, B. Massa (1♀ paratypus); Tunisia, Sousse (35°56’07”N, 10°27’09”E) 7.V.1992, I. Sparacio (1♀ paratypus); Tunisia, Kasra (35°49’10”N, 9°21’43”E) 19.V.2010, F. Angelini (1♀ paratypus); Tunisia, Thala-Kasserine (35°17’34”N, 8°44’07”E) 17.V.2010, F. Angelini (1♀ paratypus); Tunisia, Ain Draham (36°46’38”N, 8°41’04”E) 25–27.V.2010, F. Angelini (6♂ paratypi) (BMPC); Tunisia, Fernana (36°39’47”N, 8°41’04”E), Gadeau (1♂, 1♀ paratypi); Tunisia, Ile de Tabarka (36°57’50”N, 8°45’32”E), Gadeau (1♀ paratypus); Tunisia, col Allanquet, Dubrony (1♂, 2♀ paratypi) (MNCN). Description. Male (Figures 3a–3b). Colour. Green, with three longitudinal lines, of which the central lightcoloured one (ranging from whitish to a pale yellow across individuals) runs lengthwise on the pronotum and abdomen; flanking either side of this middle line are marginally broader parallel lines, whitish in colour on the pronotum and bicoloured on the abdomen, with a whitish outer and inner purple coloration that reaches the tip of the abdomen; the margin between tergites and sternites is also whitish. The lower area of paranota is whitish. Head and antennae. Fastigium of vertex very narrow, scarcely furrowed above, separated from the fastigium of frons, which is tuberculated. Eyes rounded and slightly protrusive. Antennae longer than the body. Thorax. Pronotum small, round above, anterior margin a little concave, posterior straight, lower margin of lateral lobes widely rounded. Tegmina very short with convex fore margin and rounded apex, second pairs of wings atrophic. Stridulatory area of left tegmen raised, speculum of right tegmen wide, oval, the stridulatory file under the left tegmen is arched and consists of three series of 15–17 teeth, with the distal ones more spaced, the central ones less spaced, and the proximal ones lower and very close to each other (Figures 4a–4b). Legs. All limbs comparatively long, fore coxae unarmed, fore tibiae furrowed on upper margin, distinctly widening on tympanum area. Tympana open on inner and outer sides. Fore, mid and hind femora unarmed, fore and mid tibiae with 4–5 spines on inner and outer ventral and dorsal margins, hind tibiae with 4–5 outer and 2–3 inner ventral spines and more than 20 spines on both sides of dorsal margins + 2 spurs on each apical side. Abdomen. Tenth tergite with a straight margin, subgenital plate concave, styli absent. Cerci stout, apically folded at right angle (Figures 1c–1d). Female (Figure 3c). Same common characters as in the male, but slightly more robust and stout. Overall colour green, similar to the male, but with three longitudinal whitish lines, thus lacking the purple line. Tegmina very short, less than pronotum, overlapped. Subgenital plate short and wide with a pointed hind tip (Figure 4e). Ovipositor long and gently upcurved with several spines on dorsal and ventral margins. Measurements (in mm). Males. Body length: 14.4±1.4 (11.9–17.0); length of pronotum: 2.8±0.2 (2.5–3.1); length of tegmina: 2.9±0.2 (2.5–3.1); length of hind femora: 15.7±1.3 (13.5–18.0). Females. Body length: 18.2±2.6 (14.0–21.5); length of pronotum: 3.4±0.3 (2.9–3.9); length of tegmina: 2.1±0.5 (1.7–3.0); length of hind femora: 17.4±0.9 (16.4–19.2); length of the ovipositor: 10.1±0.6 (9.4–11.9). Etymology. Odontura martae sp. nov. is dedicated to Marta Visentin, as a sign of affection and friendship; she accompanied the present authors to Lampedusa in April 2022 when some specimens of Odontura were collected. Habitat description of the locus typicus on the island of Lampedusa. (Figure 5). Odontura martae sp. nov. was noted to occur in two principal biotope types on Lampedusa. One is based on ‘old-field’ succession colonizing former agricultural plots and the other on a mosaic of labiate and composite garrigues with steppic elements on coastal karstland. The species was recorded from at least two localities (and potentially a third), namely, (i) the coastal karst at Cala Francese, and (ii) within long-abandoned agricultural fields on the NW periphery of the main town, in ruderal vegetation. The specimens recorded from these two locations were all in adult phase and therefore presented no difficulties in determination. In addition, unidentified second-instar nymphs were noted on the field margins of fallow plots near the harbour area, where patches of a predominantly mesic environment (given the area forms part of the mouth of a seasonal valley bed) seem to prevail. These rather small individuals proved much too underdeveloped for a positive determination, even to genus level, although they did bear a resemblance with Odontura. In view of this uncertainty, the description of the locus typicus of the species will focus on the two locations that were confirmed to host the species. The floral associations cited below are mainly referenced from Bartolo et al. (1990). The coastal habitat at Cala Francese is characterised by a gently sloping karst and colonised by the following biotopes (or in-part assemblages) and key floral elements: Coridothymo capitati-Cistetum parviflora Bartolo, Brullo, Minissale & Spampinato 1990 (characterised by the typical species of this Association, together with a fair coverage of Phagnalon rupestre), Chiliadenetum lopadusani Bartolo, Brullo, Minissale & Spampinato 1990 (with a predominant presence of Chiliadenus lopadusanus, Triadenia aegyptica and Lotus cytisoides), Filagini-Daucetum lopadusani Brullo 1985, Lavateretum cretico-arboreae Br.-Bl. & Molinier 1935, and sparsely distributed archaeophytes such as Ficus carica within rocky, soil-filled depressions. Odontura martae sp. nov. mainly occurred within dense, low-lying shrubbery. The habitat on the northwest periphery of the main town consists of an ‘old field’ succession, comprising various pioneer species, ranging from ruderal to more stable assemblages. On the basis of the Corine Biotope categories, it is classified as “Mediterranean subnitrophilous grass communities” (code: 34.81). In terms of ecological succession, such assemblage has the potential of developing into a xeric grasslands community (6220* = priority habitat of the EU Habitats Directive) and subsequently a phrygana, comprising elements of habitats 5430, 5330 and 5334 (La Mantia et al. 2009). In most areas, the vegetation is generally low but patches of a taller shrubbery, particularly those colonised by relatively dense stands of Foeniculum vulgare ssp. piperitum, also occur. The following main biotopes (or in-part assemblages) colonize the site: Hordeo-Sisymbrietum orientalis Oberd. 1954, Plantagini-Carrichteretum annuae Bartolo, Brullo, Minissale & Spampinato 1990, and Polycarpo-Spergularietum rubrae Brullo & Marcenò 1976. Affinities. The cerci of Odontura martae sp. nov. are apically folded at right angle (Figures 1c–1d), while those of O. stenoxypha are apically incurved, quite abruptly (Figure 1f), those of O. calaritana are apically gently incurved (Figure 1e), and those of O. algerica have only a small apical spine (Figures 1a–1b). The male subgenital plate of the four species may be rounded or V-shaped, and, as a consequence, these do not represent a reliable diagnostic character. For the same reason, the female subgenital plate (Figures 4d, 4e, 4f) cannot be used as a diagnostic character. Conversely, the length of the ovipositor is a good character to distinguish O. martae sp. nov. from O. stenoxypha; from specimens examined, it transpired that in O. martae sp. nov. the ovipositor measured 10.1±0.6 (min–max: 9.4–11.9), while in O. stenoxypha it was 9.3±0.60 (min–max: 8.2–10.3). A significant variance in ovipositor length between O. stenoxypha and O. martae sp. nov. was detected (Student’s t-test = -2.982, P = 0.008, fd = 18). The ovipositor of the holotype of O. borrei is 11.1, the length of the ovipositor in O. algerica 9.9±0.8 (min–max: 8.9–10.7); no statistical differences were found neither between the length of the ovipositor of O. algerica and O. martae sp. nov., nor between O. stenoxypha and O. algerica. Concerning the stridulatory file, we examined those of O. martae sp. nov. from Lampedusa and from Tunisia, O. stenoxypha from Sicily (Ficuzza), O. algerica from Algeria and O. quadridentata from Algeria; in the specimens analysed, three series of 14–16 teeth were found to be common to all, with the distal ones more spaced, the central ones less spaced, and the proximal ones lower and very close to each other (Figures 4a, 4b, 4c). In summary, when comparing stridulatory files of specimens of different taxa, no evident differences were observed. Interestingly, O. martae sp. nov. and O. algerica have been collected in the same locality and on the same date (Tunisia, Ain Draham 25.V.2010). It was possible to separate males by the cerci shape and the female by the presence of distinctly overlapped (O. martae sp. nov.) or just minimally overlapped tegmina (O. algerica). Distribution. O. martae sp. nov. is distributed in central-north Tunisia and on the Italian island of Lampedusa., Published as part of Massa, Bruno, 2022, A review of the Odontura (Orthoptera, Phaneropterinae) from Italy, Malta, Algeria and Tunisia, pp. 561-577 in Zootaxa 5168 (5) on pages 566-570, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5168.5.5, http://zenodo.org/record/6911586, {"references":["La Greca, M. (1994) Ortotteri italiani nuovi o poco noti (Orthoptera). Memorie della Societa Entomologica Italiana, Genova, 72, 211 - 220.","Baccetti, B., Massa, B. & Canestrelli, P. (1995) Dermaptera, Isoptera, Blattodea, Mantodea, Phasmatodea, Orthoptera. In: Massa, B. (Ed.), Arthropoda di Lampedusa, Linosa e Pantelleria (Canale di Sicilia, Mar Mediterraneo), Naturalista siciliano, 19 (suppl.), pp. 163 - 194","Llorente, V. & Pinedo, M. C. (1990) Los Tettigoniidae de la Peninsula Iberica, Islas Baleares y norte de Africa. Genero Odontura Rambur, 1838 (Orthoptera). Boletin de la AeE - Asociacion espanola de Entomologia, 14, 153 - 174.","Bartolo, G., Brullo, S., Minissale, P. & Spampinato, G. (1990) Flora e vegetazione dell'Isola di Lampedusa. [Flora and vegetation of the Lampedusa Island] Bollettino Accademia Gioenia Scienze Naturali di Catania, 21 (334), 119 - 255.","La Mantia, T., Pasta, S. & Ruhl, J. (2009) Parte I - Quadro conoscitivo e proposte gestionali relative agli aspetti floristici, vegetazionali e agro-forestali. Piano di Gestione \" Isole Pelagie \" SIC Isola di Linosa - POR 1999. IT. 16.1. PO. 011 / 1.11 / 1 1.2.9 / 0304, Legambiente-Comitato Regionale Siciliano e Dipartimento di Colture Arboree dell'Universita degli Studi di Palermo 221 pp. Available from: http: // www. artasicilia. eu / web / natura 2000 / index. html (accessed 12 May 2022)"]}

Massa, Bruno (2022): A review of the Odontura (Orthoptera, Phaneropterinae) from Italy, Malta, Algeria and Tunisia. Zootaxa 5168 (5): 561-577, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5168.5.5

Odontura calaritana A. Costa, 1883 Costa A., 1883, Atti Reale Accad. Sci. Fis. Matemat. Napoli 2(1)2: 88; type locality: Cagliari, Muravera, Silìqua and Simaxis (Sardinia); depository: MZUN (lost). Material examined. Sardinia, Sarrabus 1878, Traverso (2♂, 2♀, of which 1♂ has been selected as neotypus, after it was evident that the holotype described by Costa was lost); Sardinia, Ss. Trinità di Saccargia (Sassari) 16.V.1964, F. Capra (1♀); Sardinia, Dolianova 20.V.2007, L. Fancello (1♀); Sardinia, Iglesias 3.IV.1966 (1♀); Sardinia, Maddalena Is. (holotypus of O. festai Baccetti, 1992, synonym of O. calaritana) (MSNG); Sardinia, Durieu (1♂, 1♀) (MNCN); Sardinia, Arbus 4.VI.2012, L. Fancello (1♂) (BMPC); Sardinia, Gonnosfanadiga. Mt. Idda 22.V.2006 (1♂); Sardinia, Sa P.ta de S’Erbaceu 22.V.2006 (2♂, 2♀); Sardinia, Villacidro, Rio Cannisoni 21.V.2006 (1♂, 2♀); Sardinia, P.ta Pranu Ilixi 20.V.2006 (1♂, 3♀); Sardinia, Domusnovas, Valle Oridda 24.V.2006 (1♂, 1♀); Sardinia, Bega d’Aleni 24.V.2006 (1♂, 1♀); Sardinia, Iglesias, Colonia Beneck 30.V.2006 (1♂); Sardinia, P.ta Cungiaus 23.V.2006 (1♀); Sardinia, surroundings of Oristano, V.2003 (1♀) (coll. A. Galvagni, MSNR). Designation of a neotype for O. calaritana . As is the case of all type specimens of Orthoptera described by O.G. Costa and A. Costa, all name-bearing types of O. calaritana are lost. By virtue of ICZN Article 75, the present authors hereby designate as neotypus one male collected at Sarrabus (next to Muravera), preserved at MSNG, and carrying the following labels: Sardegna, Sarrabus 1878, [leg. G.B.] Traverso; Odontura stenoxypha Fieb. Det. Dubrony, 1879. prep. ex alcol III.1984, F. Capra. As indicated, this specimen was determined by Dubrony (1879) as O. stenoxypha. Remarks. The first cited record of the species from Sardinia is attributed to Gené in Serville (1839), who reported it as Barbitistes pyrenaea (presently Isophya pyrenaea). Fischer (1853) also reported B. pyrenaea from Sardinia, stating the following: “Habitat in Pyrenaeis montibus prope “Bagnères” (Rambur); in Sardinia Gené. Serville nonnisi mare noverat. Prof. Zeller ♂ et ♀ mensibus Aprili et Majo circa Syracusas reperit et mecum at examinandum communicavit”. Dubrony (1879) reported it as Odontura stenoxypha from Sarrabus (Cagliari). Fifty years later, Achille Costa (1883) described it as Odontura calaritana from specimens collected in southern Sardinia (Cagliari, Muravera, Silìqua and Simaxis). However, Giglio Tos (1913), Baccetti (1964), Harz (1969) and Llorente & Pinedo (1990) nevertheless reported O. stenoxypha from Sardinia. Of all those involved, only Messina (1981) described the characters of O. calaritana in some detail, while Baccetti (1992) described another species (O. festai) from Vacca and Sant’Antioco islands, which Galvagni (2010) synonymized with O. calaritana. According to Galvagni (2010), females of O. stenoxypha and O. calaritana are not distinguishable; however, while the two species have many morphological characters in common—for example, in both the females of O. calaritana and O. stenoxypha, tegmina are overlapping—it is actually possible to separate the species, solely via the varying shape of the apically incurved male cerci (Figures 1e, 1f). Distribution. O. calaritana appears to be present only in Sardinia; however, it is not restricted to the centralsouthern regions, as it also occurs in the northern areas (Sassari province). There is a possibility that the female specimen recorded from Majorca (Balearics) (Llorente & Pinedo 1990; specimen examined by one of the authors [BM] at MNCN), with scarcely overlapping tegmina, could belong to this species rather than to O. stenoxypha; alternatively, it may be an undescribed species. In view of its poorly preserved state, it was not possible to determine the specimen’s identity., Published as part of Massa, Bruno, 2022, A review of the Odontura (Orthoptera, Phaneropterinae) from Italy, Malta, Algeria and Tunisia, pp. 561-577 in Zootaxa 5168 (5) on page 573, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5168.5.5, http://zenodo.org/record/6911586, {"references":["Costa, A. (1883) Notizie ed osservazioni sulla Geo-fauna sarda. Memoria Seconda. Risultamento di ricerche fatte in Sardegna nella primavera del 1882. Atti della reale Accademia delle Scienze fisiche e matematiche di Napoli, serie 2 a, 1 (2), 108 pp.","Baccetti, B. (1992) Ricerche zoologiche della nave oceanografica \" Minerva \" (C. N. R.) sulle isole circumsarde. X. Insetti Ortotteroidei (Notulae Orthopterologicae. 49). Boll. Mus. civ. Stor. nat. \" G. Doria \", Genova, 88, 403 - 479.","Dubrony, A. (1879) Notes sur quelques Orthopteres de Sardaigne. Annali Museo civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, 14, 148 - 152.","Serville, A. (1839) Historie naturelle des Insectes. Orthopteres - Ouvrage Accompagne de Planches. Librairie encyclopedique de Roret, Paris, 776 pp., 14 tavv.","Fischer, L. H. (1853) Orthoptera Europaea. Lipsiae, 454 pp.","Giglio Tos, E. (1913) Escursioni zoologiche in Sardegna del Dr. Enrico Festa II. Ortotteri di Sardegna. Bollettino dei Musei di zoologia e anatomia comparata della R. Universita di Torino, 28 (666), 1 - 3.","Baccetti, B. (1964) Considerazioni sulla costituzione e l'origine della fauna di Sardegna. Archivio botanico e biogeografico, 9, 29 - 95.","Harz, K. (1969) Die Orthopteren Europas - The Orthoptera of Europe. Vol. I. Dr. W. Junk N. V., The Hague, XX + 749 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / 978 - 94 - 017 - 2511 - 8","Llorente, V. & Pinedo, M. C. (1990) Los Tettigoniidae de la Peninsula Iberica, Islas Baleares y norte de Africa. Genero Odontura Rambur, 1838 (Orthoptera). Boletin de la AeE - Asociacion espanola de Entomologia, 14, 153 - 174.","Messina, A. (1981) Sulle specie di Odontura del gruppo stenoxypha (Fieb.) (Orthoptera, Phaneropterinae). Animalia, 8, 15 - 26.","Galvagni, A. (2010) Ricerche sulla fauna degli Ortotteroidei nella Sardegna sud-occidentale (Blattaria, Mantodea, Orthoptera, Phasmatodea). Atti Accad. roveretana Agiati, 260 XB, 133 - 196."]}

Odontura trilineata (Haan, 1843) Haan, 1843. In: Temminck (ed.), Verhandelingen over de Natuurlijke Geschiedenis der Nederlansche Overzeesche Bezittingen 19/20: 185; type locality: Tripoli, Libya; depository: NBC, Leiden (♀). Description by de Haan (1843): ‘ vagina brevi, recurvata, denticulata; tibiis anticis quadriseriatim spinulosis, foramine ovato; vertice supra plerumque bilineato; antennis flavis; prothorace subangulato, flavo, angulis lateralibus albis; linea intus fusco-marginata in caput producta; abdomine flavo, fasciis tribus nigris continuis picto; pedibus flavis ’ (translated from Latin: ovipositor short, curved, toothed; fore tibiae with four rows of spines, tympanum open; dorsal vertex usually with two lines; yellow antennae, pronotum sub-angulated, yellow, lateral corners white; median line with brown margins and extending to the head; yellow abdomen, with three black continuous stripes; yellowish legs). O. trilineata is the easternmost Mediterranean representative of the genus and the least known. Indeed, this species, described from Tripoli (Libya), was not encountered again after de Haan described it (Fontana & Buzzetti 2004; Massa 2009). For this reason, the opportunity to examine any specimens of this species did not present itself. However, the distinctive three continuous black stripes on the abdomen are not present in any of the other species of Odontura. It is thus evident that O. trilineata differs appreciably from other species of Mediterranean Odontura, rendering its identification relatively straightforward., Published as part of Massa, Bruno, 2022, A review of the Odontura (Orthoptera, Phaneropterinae) from Italy, Malta, Algeria and Tunisia, pp. 561-577 in Zootaxa 5168 (5) on page 562, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5168.5.5, http://zenodo.org/record/6911586, {"references":["Haan, W. de. (1843) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Orthoptera. In: Temminck (Ed.), Verhandelingen over de Natuurlijke Geschiedenis der Nederlansche Overzeesche Bezittingen, 19 / 20, 165 - 228.","Fontana, P. & Buzzetti, F. M. (2004) Biogeographical considerations on some Mediterranean Phaneropteridae and description of a new genus and a new species from South Africa (Orthoptera). Memorie della Societa Entomologica Italiana, 82, 441 - 468.","Massa B., 2009. Annotated check-list of Orthoptera of Libya. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 18, 75 - 93. https: // doi. org / 10.1665 / 034.018.0109"]}

Dannfeltia nana Sjöstedt, 1902 Material examined. Mozambique: Maputo Special Reserve, Futi Corridor, Sand Forest Woodland Mosaic, Actinic Light Trap 23-24.II.2018, G. Laszlo, J. Mulvaney, L. Smith (2♂); Mozambique: Maputo Special Reserve, Futi Riverine Forest 5.XII.2016, M. Aristophanous, J. Cristovão, G. Laszlo, W. Miles (2♂); Mozambique: Maputo Special Reserve, West Gate, Sand Forest, Actinic Light Trap 13-15.II.2018, G. Laszlo, J. Mulvaney, L. Smith (7♂, 1♀); Mozambique: Maputo Special Reserve, West Gate, Sand Thicket, Actinic Light Trap 24-25.II.2018, G. Laszlo, J. Mulvaney, L. Smith (3♂); Mozambique: Maputo Special Reserve, West Gate, Sand Thicket, Actinic Light Trap 9-17.II.2018, G. Laszlo, J. Mulvaney, L. Smith (6♂, 1♀); Mozambique: Maputo Special Reserve, West Gate, Sand Forest, Actinic Light Trap 21-22.II.2018, G. Laszlo, J. Mulvaney, L. Smith (3♂); Mozambique: Maputo Special Reserve, Ponta Milibangalala, Dune Grassland, MV Light Trap 17-21.II.2018, G. Laszlo, J. Mulvaney, L. Smith (1♂); Mozambique, Maputo Special Reserve, Ponta Milibangalala, Dune Grassland, Actinic Light Trap 17-21. II.2018, G. Laszlo, J. Mulvaney, L. Smith (2♂); Mozambique: Maputo Special Reserve, West Gate, Sand Thicket, MV Light Trap 10-17.II.2018, G. Laszlo, J. Mulvaney, L. Smith (1♀) (ANHRT). Remarks. Dannfeltia nana, thought synonym of Phaneroptera sparsa Stål, 1857, was recently reinstated as different genus on the basis of the stridulatory file shape and other characters (Massa 2021a). An overlooked character that allows to separate Dannfeltia from Phaneroptera is the ratio between the length of hind wings and tegmina; in Phaneroptera it is 1.4-1.5, while in Dannfeltia is 1.2-1.3, the hind wings exceeding not so much tegmina as in Phaneroptera. D. nana is presently known from Democratic Republic of Congo (holotype), Mozambique (present specimens), Gabon, Central African Republic, and Ivory Coast. Description of the female. Among specimens collected in Mozambique also 3 females of this species were collected, whose habitus was previously unknown. Characters are the same of the male (see the re-description in Massa 2021a), with the exception of the subgenital plate, which is short, and triangularly pointed. The ovipositor is more upcurved than in Phaneroptera. Measurements of the females (in mm). Body length: 13.0-13.9; length of pronotum: 3.2-3.4; height of pronotum: 2.4-2.5; length of hind femora: 13.7-14.3; length of tegmina: 18.7-18.8; width of tegmina: 3.9-4.0; length of ovipositor: 3.9-4.0., Published as part of Massa, Bruno, 2022, New and less known Orthoptera from biodiversity hotspots of Mozambique and Zambia (Tettigoniidae; Acrididae), pp. 27-44 in Fragmenta entomologica 54 (1) on pages 33-35, DOI: 10.13133/2284-4880/725, http://zenodo.org/record/8148093, {"references":["Ragge D. R. 1980. A review of the African Phaneropterinae with open tympana (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Bulletin British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 40: 1 - 192. http: // www. archive. org / details / bulletinofbritis 40 entolond","Massa B. 2021 a. Tettigoniidae (Insecta: Orthoptera) collected in tropical forests of Zambia, Cameroon, Gabon and Sao Tome during the entomological expeditions of African Natural History Research Trust. Annales de la Societe entomologique de France, 57: 29 - 76."]}

Subfamily Saginae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 Clonia (Clonia) wahlbergi wahlbergi Stål, 1855 Material examined. Zambia: Lusaka, Kilimanjaro Lodge (1302m), 15°28’23.2”S, 28°29’26.1”E, 20-23.X.2017 (light), M. Carter, W. Miles, D. Oram (1♂). Remarks. Previously known from eastern parts of South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique, unrecorded from Zambia., Published as part of Massa, Bruno, 2022, New and less known Orthoptera from biodiversity hotspots of Mozambique and Zambia (Tettigoniidae; Acrididae), pp. 27-44 in Fragmenta entomologica 54 (1) on page 40, DOI: 10.13133/2284-4880/725, http://zenodo.org/record/8148093

Tribe Holochlorini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 Arantia (Euarantia) tanzanica Hemp & Massa, 2017 Material examined. Zambia: Redcliff Zambezi Lodge, Luangwa, Actinic Light Trap 11-17.III.2019, V. Dérozier, M. Imakando, W. Miles, L. Mulvaney (1♂). Remarks. Described from Tanzania, A. tanzanica has been recorded from Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa, and Swaziland (Naskrecki & Guta 2019). Now it has been recorded also from Zambia., Published as part of Massa, Bruno, 2022, New and less known Orthoptera from biodiversity hotspots of Mozambique and Zambia (Tettigoniidae; Acrididae), pp. 27-44 in Fragmenta entomologica 54 (1) on page 40, DOI: 10.13133/2284-4880/725, http://zenodo.org/record/8148093, {"references":["Hemp C. 2017. Neotype designation for Plangia graminea (Serville, 1838) and two new Plangia species from Tanzania, East Africa (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae). Zootaxa, 4324 (1), 180 - 188. Doi: https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4324.1.10"]}

The study of a lot of specimens collected in Mozambique and Zambia by the African Naturalist Research Trust allowed to find out four new species, namely: Conocephalus (Anisoptera) maputensis n. sp. (from Mozambique), Eulioptera zambesiana n. sp. (from Zambia), Melidia pif n. sp. (from Zambia), and Plangia geroi n. sp. (from Zambia). Further eleven species are newly recorded from Zambia or Mozambique., Fragmenta entomologica, Vol. 54 No. 1 (2022)

Pachycatantops sp. Material examined. Zambia: Lakeview Lodge, Sinazongwe (493m), Lepiled Light Trap 23-28.II.2019, V. Dérozier, M. Imakando, W. Miles, L. Mulvaney (1♂) (ANHRT). Remarks. The habitus and size of this specimen (Fig. 14) is quite similar to that of P. crassipes (Ramme, 1929) (described from Kenya and known also from Somalia and Tanzania: Rowell & Hemp 2018). However, the single male collected in Zambia is more brachypterous than O. crassipes, and cerci are pointed and bifurcate, while in P. crassipes they are with subacute obliquely truncate apex (Dirsh 1965; Rowell & Hemp 2018). In absence of other specimens, it is preferable not to describe it as new. Acknowledgements – I thank very much Richard Smith, Chairman of the African Natural History Research Trust (ANHRT) (Hereford, UK), who loaned the specimens collected in Zambia and Mozambique in 2018 and 2019, Hitoshi Takano, research and curator of ANHRT, who sent me some information on the collecting sites, and the collectors and collaborators in entomological expeditions carried out by ANHRT to Zambia and Mozambique. Collectors were M. Aristophanous, M. Bashford, V. Dérozier, M. Imakando, R. Goff, J. Laszlo, W. Miles, J. Mulvaney, L. Smith Mulvaney, D. Oram, H. Takano. Guyla Laszlo and William Miles kindly sent some photos of the collecting sites. I am indebted with Claudia Hemp who kindly confirmed some identifications, and with Roberto Poggi for his bibliographic assistance. This research received support from the Synthesys Project, which is financed by European Community Research Infrastructure Action under the FP7 “Capacities” Programme at the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid (CSIC) (2013: ES-TAF-2438), the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (2014: DETAF-4109), the Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna (2016: ATTAF-5324), the National Museum, Prague (2016: CZ-TAF-5559) and the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Bruxelles (2017: BE-TAF-6319). I also thank Mercedes Paris (Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales of Madrid), Michael Ohl (Museum für Naturkunde of Berlin), Suzanne Randolf and Harald Bruckner (Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna), Jérôme Constant (Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Bruxelles), Martin Fikáček (National Museum Natural History, Prague), Laure Desutter (Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris), Roberto Poggi (Museo di Storia Naturale ‘G. Doria’, Genoa), who facilitated the study of specimens preserved in their museums., Published as part of Massa, Bruno, 2022, New and less known Orthoptera from biodiversity hotspots of Mozambique and Zambia (Tettigoniidae; Acrididae), pp. 27-44 in Fragmenta entomologica 54 (1) on page 40, DOI: 10.13133/2284-4880/725, http://zenodo.org/record/8148093, {"references":["Rowell C. H. F., Hemp C. 2018. Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Vol. 3: Acrididae: Catantopinae. Blurb, 224 pp.","Dirsh V. M. 1965. The African genera of Acridoidea. Anti-Locust Research Centre by Cambridge University Press, New York. xiv + 579 pp."]}

Pseudorhynchus hastifer (Schaum, 1853) Material examined. Mozambique: Maputo Special Reserve, Ponta Milibangalala, Dune Grassland, MV Light Trap 17-21. II.2018, G. Laszlo, J. Mulvaney, L. Smith (1♀) (ANHRT). Remarks. Known from Mozambique, sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar (Ragge 1969); according to Naskrecki & Guta (2019) in Mozambique it has only been collected in the Sofala Province, albeit its presence in other parts of the country was likely., Published as part of Massa, Bruno, 2022, New and less known Orthoptera from biodiversity hotspots of Mozambique and Zambia (Tettigoniidae; Acrididae), pp. 27-44 in Fragmenta entomologica 54 (1) on page 29, DOI: 10.13133/2284-4880/725, http://zenodo.org/record/8148093, {"references":["Ragge D. R. 1969. A revision of the African species of Pseudorhynchus Serville (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, 23: 167 - 190. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 15133"]}

Tribe Acrometopini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 Horatosphaga scalata Hemp, 2019 Material examined. Zambia: Redcliff Zambezi Lodge, Luangwa, Lepiled Light Trap 11-17.III.2019, V. Dérozier, M. Imakando, W. Miles, L. Mulvaney (2♂); Zambia: Redcliff Zambezi Lodge, Luangwa, Actinic Light Trap 11-17. III.2019, V. Dérozier, M. Imakando, W. Miles, L. Mulvaney (2♂, 1♀); Zambia: Bruce-Miller Farm, Choma, Lepiled Light Trap 28.II-8.III.2019, V. Dérozier, M. Imakando, W. Miles, L. Mulvaney (1♂); Zambia: Bruce-Miller Farm, Choma, Actinic Light Trap 28.II-8.III.2019, V. Dérozier, M. Imakando, W. Miles, L. Mulvaney (9♂); Zambia: Gwabi River Lodge, Chirundu, Actinic Light Trap 8-11.III.2019, V. Dérozier, M. Imakando, W. Miles, L. Mulvaney (1♂); Zambia: Gwabi River Lodge, Chirundu, MV Light Trap 8-11.III.2019, V. Dérozier, M. Imakando, W. Miles, L. Mulvaney (1♂); Zambia: Lakeview Lodge, Sinazongwe (493m), MV Light Trap 23-28.II.2019, V. Dérozier, M. Imakando, W. Miles, L. Mulvaney (1♂) (ANHRT). Remarks. Characters of the above listed specimens match quite well with those of H. scalata (cf. Figs 8a, 8c, 8d, 8e and compare them with figures in Hemp & Heller 2019), known only from central Tanzania (Hemp 2021). H. scalata belongs to a group of species with an unmodified tenth abdominal tergite, hind wings longer than forewings, and tympanic auricles inflated in the male; interestingly, H. hemporum Massa, 2021 from Zambia belongs to the same group too (Massa 2021a). Description of the female. Similar in size and colour as male (cf. Hemp in Hemp & Heller 2019), tympanic auricles of fore tibiae conchate, not inflated, tegmina shorter and wider, and hind wings stronger reduced than in male, ca. 4.0 mm long (Fig. 8b). Subgenital plate with triangular apex. Ovipositor stout, slightly up-curved and strongly serrated (Fig. 8f). Cerci thick and short. Measurements of the female (in mm). Body length: 23.6; length of pronotum: 6.3; height of pronotum: 3.7; length of hind femora: 29.9; length of tegmina: 29.8; width of tegmina: 9.8; length of ovipositor: 13.8., Published as part of Massa, Bruno, 2022, New and less known Orthoptera from biodiversity hotspots of Mozambique and Zambia (Tettigoniidae; Acrididae), pp. 27-44 in Fragmenta entomologica 54 (1) on page 30, DOI: 10.13133/2284-4880/725, http://zenodo.org/record/8148093, {"references":["Hemp C., Heller K-G. 2019. Orthoptera (Tettigoniidae and Acridoidea) from Miombo woodlands of Central Tanzania with the description of new taxa. Zootaxa. 4671 (2): 151 - 194. Doi: 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4671.2.1.","Hemp C. 2021. A Field Guide to the Bushcrickets, Wetas and Raspy Crickets of Tanzania and Kenya. Senckenberg Gesellschaft fur Naturforschung, 452 pp.","Massa B. 2021 a. Tettigoniidae (Insecta: Orthoptera) collected in tropical forests of Zambia, Cameroon, Gabon and Sao Tome during the entomological expeditions of African Natural History Research Trust. Annales de la Societe entomologique de France, 57: 29 - 76."]}

Debrona cervina Walker, 1870 Material examined. Zambia: Redcliff Zambezi Lodge, Luangwa, Lepiled Light Trap 11-17.III.2019, V. Dérozier, M. Imakando, W. Miles, L. Mulvaney (1♂); Zambia: Redcliff Zambezi Lodge, Luangwa, Actinic Light Trap 11-17.III.2019, V. Dérozier, M. Imakando, W. Miles, L. Mulvaney (1♂). Remarks. Debrona cervina is known from South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe and Mozambique (Naskrecki & Guta 2019); previously unrecorded from Zambia., Published as part of Massa, Bruno, 2022, New and less known Orthoptera from biodiversity hotspots of Mozambique and Zambia (Tettigoniidae; Acrididae), pp. 27-44 in Fragmenta entomologica 54 (1) on page 40, DOI: 10.13133/2284-4880/725, http://zenodo.org/record/8148093

Melidia brunneri Stål, 1876 Material examined. Mozambique: Maputo Special Reserve, West Gate, Sand Forest, MV Light Trap 13-15. II.2018, G. Laszlo, J. Mulvaney, L. Smith (2♂); Mozambique: Maputo Special Reserve, West Gate, Sand Forest, MV Light Trap 24.II.2018, G. Laszlo, J. Mulvaney, L. Smith (1♂); Mozambique: Maputo Special Reserve, West Gate, Sand Forest, Actinic Light Trap 13-15.II.2018, G. Laszlo, J. Mulvaney, L. Smith (1♂) (ANHRT); Mozambique: Maputo Special Reserve, West Gate, Sand Forest, Actinic Light Trap 21-22.II.2018, G. Laszlo, J. Mulvaney, L. Smith (2♂) (BMPC); Mozambique: Maputo Special Reserve, Ponta Milibangalala, Dune Grassland, MV Light Trap 17-21. II.2018, G. Laszlo, J. Mulvaney, L. Smith (2♂) (ANHRT). Remarks. M. brunneri (Figs 10a, 10b, 11a, 11f, 11i) is the most widespread species of the genus Melidia in tropical Africa, known from Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Mozambique, and Nigeria (Ragge 1980; Naskrecki & Guta 2019)., Published as part of Massa, Bruno, 2022, New and less known Orthoptera from biodiversity hotspots of Mozambique and Zambia (Tettigoniidae; Acrididae), pp. 27-44 in Fragmenta entomologica 54 (1) on page 35, DOI: 10.13133/2284-4880/725, http://zenodo.org/record/8148093, {"references":["Ragge D. R. 1980. A review of the African Phaneropterinae with open tympana (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Bulletin British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 40: 1 - 192. http: // www. archive. org / details / bulletinofbritis 40 entolond"]}

Plangia graminea (Serville, 1838) Material examined. Zambia: Camp near Kanyama (Miombo/Riverine Dambo mosaic) (1375m) 4-7.XII.2019, M. Bashford, W. Miles, L. Mulvaney (1♂); Mozambique: Maputo Special Reserve, West Gate, Sand Thicket, Actinic Light Trap 9-17.II.2018, G. Laszlo, J. Mulvaney, L. Smith (1♂) (ANHRT). Remarks. The specimens above listed match quite well with the images presented by Hemp et al. (2015) for P. graminea; the stridulatory file of Zambian specimen has ca. 70 teeth, very similar to 67 teeth reported by Hemp et al. (2015). Thus, P. graminea should be present in Zambia and Mozambique, other than South Africa., Published as part of Massa, Bruno, 2022, New and less known Orthoptera from biodiversity hotspots of Mozambique and Zambia (Tettigoniidae; Acrididae), pp. 27-44 in Fragmenta entomologica 54 (1) on page 36, DOI: 10.13133/2284-4880/725, http://zenodo.org/record/8148093, {"references":["Hemp C., Heller K. - G., Warchalowska-Sliwa E., Grzywacz B., Hemp A. 2015. Review of the Plangia graminea (Serville) complex and the description of new Plangia species from East Africa (Orthoptera: Phaneropteridae, Phaneropterinae) with data on habitat, bioacoustics, and chromosomes. Organisms, Diversity & Evolution, 15 (3), 471 - 488. Doi: https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 13127 - 015 - 0216 - 8"]}

Plangia satiscaerulea Hemp, 2015 Material examined. Zambia: Jiwundu Swamp (1340m) 25-30.X.2017 (MV light trap) (1♂) (BMPC); Zambia: Zambezi Rapids (Miombo Riverine forest mosaic) (1205m), 4-9.XI.2018, MV light trap, M. Aristophanous, V. Dérozier, G. Laszlo, D. Oram (2♂) (ANHRT). Remarks. The above listed Zambian specimens match well with P. satiscaerulea, previously known from north Tanzania., Published as part of Massa, Bruno, 2022, New and less known Orthoptera from biodiversity hotspots of Mozambique and Zambia (Tettigoniidae; Acrididae), pp. 27-44 in Fragmenta entomologica 54 (1) on page 39, DOI: 10.13133/2284-4880/725, http://zenodo.org/record/8148093, {"references":["Hemp C., Heller K. - G., Warchalowska-Sliwa E., Grzywacz B., Hemp A. 2015. Review of the Plangia graminea (Serville) complex and the description of new Plangia species from East Africa (Orthoptera: Phaneropteridae, Phaneropterinae) with data on habitat, bioacoustics, and chromosomes. Organisms, Diversity & Evolution, 15 (3), 471 - 488. Doi: https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 13127 - 015 - 0216 - 8"]}

Plangia geroi new species urn: lsid: zoobank.org:act: ACE8EC76-B25B-4F76-B934- 8D5DC75440FC Material examined. Zambia: Lakeview Lodge, Sinazongwe (493m), MV Light Trap 23-28.II.2019, V. Dérozier, M. Imakando, W. Miles, L. Mulvaney (1♂ holotypus, 4♂ paratypi in ANHRT, 1♀ paratypus in BMPC); Zambia: Lakeview Lodge, Sinazongwe (493m), Lepiled Light Trap 23-28.II.2019, V. Dérozier, M. Imakando, W. Miles, L. Mulvaney (1♂ paratypus in BMPC); Zambia: Redcliff Zambezi Lodge, Luangwa, Lepiled Light Trap 11-17.III.2019, V. Dérozier, M. Imakando, W. Miles, L. Mulvaney (2♂, 1♀ paratypi in ANHRT); Zambia: Gwabi River Lodge, Chirundu, Actinic Light Trap 8-11.III.2019, V. Dérozier, M. Imakando, W. Miles, L. Mulvaney (1♂ paratypus in ANHRT, 1♂ paratypus in BMPC); Zambia: Gwabi River Lodge, Chirundu, MV Light Trap 8-11.III.2019, V. Dérozier, M. Imakando, W. Miles, L. Mulvaney (1♂, 1♀ paratypi in ANHRT); Zambia: Gwabi River Lodge, Chirundu, Lepiled Light Trap 8-11.III.2019, V. Dérozier, M. Imakando, W. Miles, L. Mulvaney (4♂ paratypi in ANHRT, 1♂ paratypus in BMPC); Zambia: Mayukuyuku, Kafie NP, 21-26. XI.2013, Light trap, D. Oram, L. Smith, H. Takano (1♀ paratypus in ANHRT). Measurements (in mm). Males. Body length: 21.8- 25.0; length of pronotum: 5.5-5.9; height of pronotum: 5.4-5.7; length of hind femora: 14.8-16.8; length of tegmina: 32.5-35.1. Females. Body length: 22.8-25.3; length of pronotum: 5.8-5.9; height of pronotum: 5.6-5.7; length of hind femora: 15.7-17.4; length of tegmina: 33.0-35.7; length of ovipositor: 6.1-6.2. Diagnosis. P. geroi n. sp. is a large species of Plangia, lacking of the black spot on the left tegmen and characterized by thin, incurved and pointed cerci. Description. Male (Fig. 13a). Colour. Yellow-green, tibiae brown with blackish stripes, hind tibiae with black-tipped spines. Head and antennae. Fastigium of vertex as wide as scapus, not contiguous with the fastigium of frons. Face smooth. Thorax and legs. Anterior margin of pronotum concave, posterior margin rounded. Fore coxae armed with a spine. Fore femora short and compressed, with 3 spines on the inner ventral margin, fore tibiae a little compressed at the base, with open tympana, sulcate above, with 2 outer and inner ventral spines + 1 apical spur on each side, and 1 outer dorsal spur. Mid femora with 3 spines on outer ventral margin, mid tibiae with 3 outer and inner ventral spines + 1 apical spur on each side and 1 inner dorsal spur. Hind femora just compressed, with 4 spines on outer ventral margin, hind tibiae with 12 outer and inner dorsal spines and 9 outer and inner ventral spines + 3 apical spurs on each side. Wings. Tegmina 3.3 times longer than wide, with fore and hind margins more or less parallel, the fore margin only apically rounded. Stridulatory area of the left tegmen just raised, mirror on the right tegmen triangular (Fig. 13e); stridulatory file under the left tegmen arched and consisting of ca. 100 teeth evenly spaced (Fig. 13d). Abdomen. Cerci stout, pointed, in-curved and black-tipped (Fig. 13c); subgenital plate triangular, styli very small (Fig. 13f). Female (Fig. 13b). Same characters as the male, length/ width tegmina 3.3, ovipositor short, gently up-curved, with many small teeth dorsally and a few apical teeth ventrally. Subgenital plate triangular and pointed (Figs 13g, 13h). Etymology. Plangia geroi n. sp. is dedicated to Calogero Piazza (nickname ‘Gero’), excellent sports doctor and a very good friend. Affinities. Among the African species of Plangia without a black spot on the left tegmen the following have cerci shaped as in P. geroi n. sp.: P. astylata Massa 2021, which, however, has a much smaller size than P. geroi n. sp. and lacks of styli; P. graminea (Serville, 1838) has cerci pointed, but they are stouter than those of P. geroi n. sp. (Hemp et al. 2015). We do not know the male of P. villiersi Chopard, 1954 (described from the female sex); however, the female of P. villiersi has more oval tegmina (Chopard 1954) than the female of P. geroi n. sp. Additionally, P. geroi n. sp. has been compared with the following species of Plangia with a black spot on the left tegmen: P. satiscaerulea Hemp, 2015 (see above) has quite similar cerci, but the stridulatory file has only 68-74 teeth, while in P. geroi n. sp. teeth are ca. 100; P. unimaculata Chopard, 1955 (from South Africa), characterized by an evident round black spot on the left and right tegmina (Chopard 1955), has cerci stout and incurved, not pointed, as in P. geroi n. sp. Finally, P. amaniensis Hemp, 2017 has long, decussate cerci and P. variacantans Hemp, 2017 has unusually long styli. Discussion. Plangia is a widespread genus, whose species are very difficult to distinguish between them, and for this reason the number of existing sibling species has been underestimated. Only recently researches carried out in east and southern Africa by Claudia Hemp (Hemp et al. 2015, Hemp 2017) have shown that undescribed taxa live in those countries. Thus, the genus Plangia is richer in species than it is generally believed. Presently, three species are endemic to Madagascar, namely P. segonoides (Butler, 1878), P. guttatipennis Karsch, 1889 and P. ovalifolia Bolívar, 1912. Hemp et al. (2015) and Hemp (2017) have revised the P. graminea complex in East and southern Africa, finding that P. graminea (Serville, 1838) is very probably only distributed in southern Africa, while four previously unknown species are present in Tanzania: P. satiscaerulea Hemp, 2015 (Mt. Kilimanjaro), now found in Zambia, P. multimaculata Hemp, 2015 (Mt. Kilimanjaro), P. amaniensis Hemp, 2017 (Usambara Mts.) and P. variacantans Hemp, 2017 (Uluguru Mts.). Material collected in central and west tropical Africa allowed to highlight the high species diversity in the genus Plangia also in those forests, where Massa (2021b) described P. astylata, P. chopardi, and the male of P. karschi Chopard, 1954. Only the female of P. villiersi Chopard, 1954 (Guinea, Côte d’Ivoire and Gabon) is currently known. From central and west tropical Africa P. nebulosa Karsch, 1890 and the small P. deminuta Griffini, 1908 are also known. Finally, P. unimaculata Chopard, 1955 has been described from South Africa (only the holotype male is known). Including P. geroi n. sp., presently the number of species amounts to sixteen species., Published as part of Massa, Bruno, 2022, New and less known Orthoptera from biodiversity hotspots of Mozambique and Zambia (Tettigoniidae; Acrididae), pp. 27-44 in Fragmenta entomologica 54 (1) on page 39, DOI: 10.13133/2284-4880/725, http://zenodo.org/record/8148093, {"references":["Hemp C., Heller K. - G., Warchalowska-Sliwa E., Grzywacz B., Hemp A. 2015. Review of the Plangia graminea (Serville) complex and the description of new Plangia species from East Africa (Orthoptera: Phaneropteridae, Phaneropterinae) with data on habitat, bioacoustics, and chromosomes. Organisms, Diversity & Evolution, 15 (3), 471 - 488. Doi: https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 13127 - 015 - 0216 - 8","Chopard L. 1954. La reserve naturelle integrale du Mont Nimba. II. Orthopteres Ensiferes. Memoires Institut francais Afrique noire, 40: 25 - 97.","Hemp C. 2017. Neotype designation for Plangia graminea (Serville, 1838) and two new Plangia species from Tanzania, East Africa (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae). Zootaxa, 4324 (1), 180 - 188. Doi: https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4324.1.10","Massa B. 2021 b. Orthoptera Tettigoniidae as indicators of biodiversity hotspots in the Guinean Forests of Central and West Tropical Africa. Zootaxa, 4974 (3): 401 - 458."]}

Oxyecous lesnei Chopard, 1935 Material examined. Mozambique: Maputo Special Reserve, West Gate, Sand Forest, Actinic Light Trap 21-22. II.2018, G. Laszlo, J. Mulvaney, L. Smith (7♂); Mozambique: Maputo Special Reserve, West Gate, Sand Forest, MV Light Trap 13-15.II.2018, G. Laszlo, J. Mulvaney, L. Smith (1♂); Mozambique: Maputo Special Reserve, West Gate, Sand Forest, Actinic Light Trap 13-15.II.2018, G. Laszlo, J. Mulvaney, L. Smith (7♂); Mozambique: Maputo Special Reserve, Futi Corridor, Sand Forest Woodland Mosaic, Actinic Light Trap 23-24.II.2018, G. Laszlo, J. Mulvaney, L. Smith (2♂). Remarks. Described from Mozambique, recorded also from Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi and South Africa. Some specimens above listed had traces of the spermatophylax, indicating recent mating. According to Naskrecki & Guta (2019) adults are seen between March and early May; thus, February collecting of mating adults seems to be precocious., Published as part of Massa, Bruno, 2022, New and less known Orthoptera from biodiversity hotspots of Mozambique and Zambia (Tettigoniidae; Acrididae), pp. 27-44 in Fragmenta entomologica 54 (1) on page 30, DOI: 10.13133/2284-4880/725, http://zenodo.org/record/8148093

Cymatomerella spilophora (Walker, 1870) Material examined. Zambia: Redcliff Zambezi Lodge, Luangwa (350m), MV Light Trap 11-17.III.2019, V. Dérozier, M. Imakando, W. Miles, L. Mulvaney (1♀); Zambia: Lakeview Lodge, Sinazongwe (493m), General Collection 23-28.II.2019, V. Dérozier, M. Imakando, W. Miles, L. Mulvaney (1♀); Zambia: Lakeview Lodge, Sinazongwe (493m), MV Light Trap 23-28.II.2019, V. Dérozier, M. Imakando, W. Miles, L. Mulvaney (1♀ nymph) (ANHRT). Remarks. Already known from Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and South Africa (Naskrecki & Guta 2019)., Published as part of Massa, Bruno, 2022, New and less known Orthoptera from biodiversity hotspots of Mozambique and Zambia (Tettigoniidae; Acrididae), pp. 27-44 in Fragmenta entomologica 54 (1) on pages 28-29, DOI: 10.13133/2284-4880/725, http://zenodo.org/record/8148093

Tribe Amblycoryphini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 Genus Plangia Stål, 1873 Massa (2021a) highlighted that some specimens from Zambia do not belong to described species, but a more extensive study of long series of specimens should be necessary to establish the correct identification. Thus, thanks to the new material obtained from Zambia and Mozambique, presently it is possible to understand better the taxonomy of these east African specimens., Published as part of Massa, Bruno, 2022, New and less known Orthoptera from biodiversity hotspots of Mozambique and Zambia (Tettigoniidae; Acrididae), pp. 27-44 in Fragmenta entomologica 54 (1) on page 36, DOI: 10.13133/2284-4880/725, http://zenodo.org/record/8148093, {"references":["Massa B. 2021 a. Tettigoniidae (Insecta: Orthoptera) collected in tropical forests of Zambia, Cameroon, Gabon and Sao Tome during the entomological expeditions of African Natural History Research Trust. Annales de la Societe entomologique de France, 57: 29 - 76."]}

Oxyecous magnus Ragge, 1956 Material examined. Zambia: Lakeview Lodge, Sinazongwe (493m), MV Light Trap 23-28.II.2019, V. Dérozier, M. Imakando, W. Miles, L. Mulvaney (2♂); Zambia: Lakeview Lodge, Sinazongwe (493m), Lepiled Light Trap 23-28.II.2019, V. Dérozier, M. Imakando, W. Miles, L. Mulvaney (1♂). Remarks. Previously known from Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, and Mozambique, now recorded also from Zambia., Published as part of Massa, Bruno, 2022, New and less known Orthoptera from biodiversity hotspots of Mozambique and Zambia (Tettigoniidae; Acrididae), pp. 27-44 in Fragmenta entomologica 54 (1) on page 30, DOI: 10.13133/2284-4880/725, http://zenodo.org/record/8148093

Melidia claudiae Massa, 2015 Figs 1A���1C MaSSa, 2015. ZookeyS, 472: 87. Material examined. Democratic Republic of Congo, Katofio V.1939, H.J. Br��do (5♂, 1♀) (RBINS). Measurements. Males. Body length: 13.5���15.0; length of pronotum: 3.4���3.6; height of pronotum: 3.0���3.2; length hind femur: 17.0���18.6; length of hind tibia: 18.5���21.3; length of tegmina: 23.9���25.5; width of tegmina: 4.7��� 5.3. Female. Body length: 11.8; length of pronotum: 3.0; height of pronotum: 2.4; length hind femur: 17.0; length of hind tibia: 19.0; length of tegmina: 19.9; width of tegmina: 3.5. Remarks. The description of this species was based on 2 males (Massa 2015); the series listed above contains also one female, other than 5 males. M. claudiae is characterized by narrower tegmina than congeneric species (see Massa 2015 and measurements). The stridulatory area is presented in Fig. 1A, the stridulatory file (previously undescribed) consists of 18 teeth, of which 5 proximal larger and 13 distal smaller (Fig. 1B). Characters of the female. Similar as male. Colour. Yellow-green. The ovipositor is gently up-curved and has two lateral bulges at its base, the subgenital plate is short and pointed (Fig. 1C)., Published as part of Massa, Bruno, 2017, New genera, species and records of Afrotropical Phaneropterinae (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae) preserved at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Bruxelles, pp. 401-429 in Zootaxa 4358 (3) on page 402, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4358.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1068632, {"references":["MaSSa, B. (2015) New genera, SpecieS and recordS of Phaneropterinae (Orthoptera, Phaneropteridae) from Sub-Saharan Africa. Zookeys 472, 77 - 102."]}

Amigus nigroadspersus (Bol��var, 1907) (Fig. 2L) Type locality: Morocco, Marrakesh. Material examined. N of Marrakesh, 31.88001��N, 7.94920��W (568 m), 21.V.2013 (1♀); N of Marrakesh, 31.91039��N, 7.91625��W (550 m), 31.III.2019 (1♂, 1♀). Distribution. A. nigroadspersus is distributed in central west Morocco., Published as part of Chobanov, Dragan & Massa, Bruno, 2022, On some Moroccan Pamphagidae, with the description of a new species of Euryparyphes (Orthoptera: Caelifera), pp. 409-425 in Zootaxa 5104 (3) on page 414, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5104.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/6332028

Paraeumigus tricoloripes Werner, 1932 (Fig. 4A) Type locality: Morocco, Obere Reraya von Arround bis Taschdirt. Material examined. Oukaimeden, 31.20061��N, 7.86576��W (2800 m), 21.V.2013 (2♀♀). Distribution. P. tricoloripes is distributed in the Moroccan High Atlas., Published as part of Chobanov, Dragan & Massa, Bruno, 2022, On some Moroccan Pamphagidae, with the description of a new species of Euryparyphes (Orthoptera: Caelifera), pp. 409-425 in Zootaxa 5104 (3) on page 416, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5104.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/6332028, {"references":["Werner, F. (1932) Ergebnisse einer zoologischen Forschungsreise nach Marokko IV. Orthoptera. Sitzungsberichten der Akademie der Wissenchaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe, 141 (3 - 4), 111 - 174."]}

Eunapiodes granosus (St��l, 1876) (Figs. 2D, E) Type locality: Algeria. Material examined. NW Ouaourioud, 32.34019��N, 5.71963��W (1650 m), 29.V.2013 (2♂♂); N of Tanacherfi, 34.40596��N, 2.65599��W (735 m), 2.VI.2013 (1♀). Remarks. The female specimen from the area of Tanacherfi fits well with this species. Males from NW of Ouarioud are not clearly placed in this species due to showing similarities with other currently recognized taxa of Eunapiodes. They differ from the males of E. atlantis reported here in visibly more raised and laterally flattened pronotum and the coloration of the inner side of hind femora (with light basal part instead of dark in the specimens from W of Tindite and SE of Boutferda)., Published as part of Chobanov, Dragan & Massa, Bruno, 2022, On some Moroccan Pamphagidae, with the description of a new species of Euryparyphes (Orthoptera: Caelifera), pp. 409-425 in Zootaxa 5104 (3) on page 414, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5104.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/6332028

Acinipe tubericollis Werner, 1932 (Figs. 1D, E) Type locality: Morocco, Taourirt. Material examined. E of Zaio, 34.95247��N, 2.59960��W (115 m), 3.VI.2013 (1♂, 1♀). Distribution. A. tubericollis is a widespread species in north Morocco and north-western Algeria., Published as part of Chobanov, Dragan & Massa, Bruno, 2022, On some Moroccan Pamphagidae, with the description of a new species of Euryparyphes (Orthoptera: Caelifera), pp. 409-425 in Zootaxa 5104 (3) on page 411, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5104.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/6332028, {"references":["Werner, F. (1932) Ergebnisse einer zoologischen Forschungsreise nach Marokko IV. Orthoptera. Sitzungsberichten der Akademie der Wissenchaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe, 141 (3 - 4), 111 - 174."]}

Paracinipe alticola (Werner, 1932) (Figs. 1F, G) Type locality: Morocco, Tadlest. Material examined. Achahoud towards road Marrakesh-Ouarzazad, 31.26094��N, 7.38826��W (2150 m), 27.V.2013 (1♂); N of Achahoud, 31.28659��N, 7.18926��W (2000 m), 27.V.2013 (1♀). Distribution. This species is known from central Morocco; the type-locality (Tadlest) is located north of Ouarzazad, Achahoud lies not far from Ouarzazad. Remarks. According to Werner (1932), this montane species differs from P. crassicornis by the less yellow apically colored hind tibiae, and Chopard (1943) added that the male genitalia allow to identify it correctly.According to Descamps & Mounassif (1972), P. alticola has not the bilobate hind margin in the epiphallus; in addition, P. alticola differs from P. crassicornis by its lower pronotum and higher tegmina. P. alticola is very similar to P. luteomaculata, but differs from it by the male cerci shape (ca. 2 times longer than wide, while in P. luteomaculata they are 1.2 times longer than wide), the hind tibiae yellow or red (in P. luteomaculata they are yellow), always hairy, and the epiphallus, which generally is not bilobate on the hind margin (in P. luteomaculata it is always bilobate)., Published as part of Chobanov, Dragan & Massa, Bruno, 2022, On some Moroccan Pamphagidae, with the description of a new species of Euryparyphes (Orthoptera: Caelifera), pp. 409-425 in Zootaxa 5104 (3) on page 412, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5104.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/6332028, {"references":["Werner, F. (1932) Ergebnisse einer zoologischen Forschungsreise nach Marokko IV. Orthoptera. Sitzungsberichten der Akademie der Wissenchaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe, 141 (3 - 4), 111 - 174.","Chopard, L. (1943) Faune de l'Empire Francais. I. Orthopteroides de l'Afrique du Nord. Librairie Larose, Paris, 450 pp.","Descamps, M. & Mounassif, M. (1972) Le complex Orchamus, Paracinipe, Acinipe et Pamphagus (Acridomorpha Pamphagidae). Acrida, Paris, 1, 247 - 303."]}

Eunapiodes ifranensis (Werner, 1832) Type locality: Morocco, Ifrane. Material examined. SE Sefrou, 33.63807��N, 4.81815��W (1430 m), 7.VI.2013 (1♀, recently moulted)., Published as part of Chobanov, Dragan & Massa, Bruno, 2022, On some Moroccan Pamphagidae, with the description of a new species of Euryparyphes (Orthoptera: Caelifera), pp. 409-425 in Zootaxa 5104 (3) on page 415, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5104.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/6332028

Eunapiodes atlantis (Chopard, 1943) (Figs. 3A���C) Type locality: Morocco, Middle Atlas, Jbel Bou Naceur. Material examined. W of Tindite, 33.68745��N, 3.68032��W (900 m), 1.VI.2013 (2♂♂, 1♀); SE Boutferda, 32.33007��N, 5.71143��W (1600 m), 23.III.2019 (1♂, 2♀♀, nymphs last instar imaginal moulted in captivity)., Published as part of Chobanov, Dragan & Massa, Bruno, 2022, On some Moroccan Pamphagidae, with the description of a new species of Euryparyphes (Orthoptera: Caelifera), pp. 409-425 in Zootaxa 5104 (3) on page 414, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5104.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/6332028, {"references":["Chopard, L. (1943) Faune de l'Empire Francais. I. Orthopteroides de l'Afrique du Nord. Librairie Larose, Paris, 450 pp."]}

Paracinipe dolichocera (Bol��var, 1907) (Figs. 1H, I) Type locality: Morocco. Material examined. near El Kebab, 32.75693��N, 5.64511��W (966 m), 30.V.2013 (2♂♂, 1♀); S of Ajabo, 33.06592��N, 5.40864��W (1360 m), 8.VI.2013 (1♂). Distribution. P. dolichocera is a quite frequent species in central-west Morocco., Published as part of Chobanov, Dragan & Massa, Bruno, 2022, On some Moroccan Pamphagidae, with the description of a new species of Euryparyphes (Orthoptera: Caelifera), pp. 409-425 in Zootaxa 5104 (3) on page 412, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5104.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/6332028

Paraeumigus parvulus (Bol��var, 1907) (Figs. 3J���L) Type locality: Morocco. Material examined. pass N of Taroudant, 30.86629��N, 8.35805��W (2100���2400 m), 22.V.2013 (11♂♂, 4♀♀, 1♀ nymph); High Atlas, Tizi ���n Tuagane, 10.VII.1937 (1♀); between Agadir and Marrakesch, 31.III.2019 (1♂, 1♀) (BMPC). Distribution. P. parvulus is distributed in the Moroccan High Atlas., Published as part of Chobanov, Dragan & Massa, Bruno, 2022, On some Moroccan Pamphagidae, with the description of a new species of Euryparyphes (Orthoptera: Caelifera), pp. 409-425 in Zootaxa 5104 (3) on page 416, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5104.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/6332028