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The identity of the tropical African Polichne mukonja Griffini, 1908 (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Phaneropterinae)
Bruno Massasubject
tropical AfricabiologyOrthopteraEcologyCatoptropterigini trib. n. distribution Griffinipteryx gen. n. taxonomy tropical AfricaTettigoniidaeHolotypeGriffinipteryx gen. n.New guineabiology.organism_classificationtaxonomySettore AGR/11 - Entomologia Generale E ApplicataTaxonlcsh:ZoologydistributionEthnologyAnimal Science and ZoologyTaxonomy (biology)lcsh:QL1-991PhaneropterinaeCatoptropterigini trib. n.Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematicsdescription
Polichne mukonja Griffini, 1908 from Cameroon was hitherto known only from the holotype preserved at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels. This was probably due to the fact that the genus Polichne Stål, 1874 distributed only in Australia and Papua New Guinea. In view of this distribution, the tropical African species was therefore overlooked in the African literature. The recent discovery of two specimens at the Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna, now provides us with a better understanding of the identity of this taxon, which is related to the African genus Catoptropteryx Karsch, 1890. Polichne mukonja is here transferred to a new genus Griffinipteryx and both taxa are proposed to be included in the new tribe Catoptropterigini.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-10-03 | ZooKeys |