Bioacoustics of Amytta meruensis

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description · Plazi

http://lsid.speciesfile.org/urn:lsid: Orthoptera .speciesfile.org:TaxonName:496655 Holotype male, Tanzania , Mt Meru , Arusha National Park, in herb layer of disturbed submontane forest, 1400 m , October 2006 ; Depository MfN . Paratypes . 1 female , same data as holotype; Depository MfN . Further paratype material: 2 males , 4 females , same data as holotype. Collection C. Hemp. Description. Male. General body shape and colour : Flightless, small, uniformly light yellowish-green. Behind eyes two lateral yellow lines, which continue along the pronotum, fading at posterior half. Eyes brown-reddish. Tegmina abbreviated, uniformly green. Head and antennae : Fastigium of vertex smooth conical, conus between eyes about half the size of first antennal segment. Antennae thin, longer than body length and whitish. Eyes circular, prominent. Cuticle of pronotum shiny with short scattered hairs. Elytra shortened, tectiform with reduced venation. Stridulatory area hidden under pronotum. Alae reduced to slender lobes covered by elytra. Thorax and legs : Fore and mid tibiae with open tympanum, with 4 outer and 4 inner spines, apical with a minute pair of spurs. Abdomen: Last abdominal tergite broad, medially broadly incurved with central gap or incision ( Fig. 1 C). Cercus with symmetrical basal blade-like projections forming hollow space. Apex of cerci curved inwardly and running out into longish slim apex ( Fig. 1 C). Subgenital plate elongate with long laterally compressed styli. Female. As male. Ovipositor of female slender and smooth. Subgenital plate broader than long with posterior margin ending in rounded tip ( Fig. 8 D). Measurements males (n =3) Body length 11.2–12.0 Median length of pronotum 4.3–4.5 Length of hind femur 7.5–7.6 Visible median length of tegmina 2.0 females (n = 5) Body length 8.5–12.0 Median length of pronotum 3.5–3.7 Length of hind femur 7.5–8.5 Visible median length of tegmina 1.8–3.2 Length of ovipositor 8.2–9.5 Habitat . Herb layer in submontane forest.

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SourceIts nameIts rankIts familyRecord
PlaziAmytta meruensisSpeciesTettigoniidaePlazi/Amytta meruensis

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