Melidia brunneri Stal 1876

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
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