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Zeuneria melanopeza Karsch, 1889

Zeuneria melanopeza Karsch, 1889: male, lateral view. (Otu).
Zeuneria melanopeza Karsch, 1889: male, lateral view. (Otu).
Zeuneria melanopeza Karsch, 1889: male, lateral view. (Otu).
Zeuneria melanopeza Karsch, 1889: Fig. 13. male habitus and abdomen tip (pronotum length 7.5 mm, tegmen 56 mm, hind femur 38 mm). (Otu).
CollectionObject 1500613; 988056b6-7810-4da1-ad32-83d9af9af3df, DORSA BTzeumelHTF: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500613; 988056b6-7810-4da1-ad32-83d9af9af3df, DORSA BTzeumelHTF: female pronotum, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500613; 988056b6-7810-4da1-ad32-83d9af9af3df, DORSA BTzeumelHTF: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500613; 988056b6-7810-4da1-ad32-83d9af9af3df, DORSA BTzeumelHTF: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500613; 988056b6-7810-4da1-ad32-83d9af9af3df, DORSA BTzeumelHTF: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501754; f138e1f3-a03e-4021-a606-07c4d23cd76c, DORSA BTzeumelM01: male, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501754; f138e1f3-a03e-4021-a606-07c4d23cd76c, DORSA BTzeumelM01: male, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501754; f138e1f3-a03e-4021-a606-07c4d23cd76c, DORSA BTzeumelM01: male, base of left tegmen. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501754; f138e1f3-a03e-4021-a606-07c4d23cd76c, DORSA BTzeumelM01: male, base of right tegmen (Plesiotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501754; f138e1f3-a03e-4021-a606-07c4d23cd76c, DORSA BTzeumelM01: male, base of right tegmen. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501754; f138e1f3-a03e-4021-a606-07c4d23cd76c, DORSA BTzeumelM01: male, base of left tegmen. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501754; f138e1f3-a03e-4021-a606-07c4d23cd76c, DORSA BTzeumelM01: male abdomen tip, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501754; f138e1f3-a03e-4021-a606-07c4d23cd76c, DORSA BTzeumelM01: male abdomen tip, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501754; f138e1f3-a03e-4021-a606-07c4d23cd76c, DORSA BTzeumelM01: labels. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501755; 467193f8-e61f-42b1-a2c5-86475d07fa7a, DORSA BTzeumelF02: female, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501755; 467193f8-e61f-42b1-a2c5-86475d07fa7a, DORSA BTzeumelF02: female, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501755; 467193f8-e61f-42b1-a2c5-86475d07fa7a, DORSA BTzeumelF02: female, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501755; 467193f8-e61f-42b1-a2c5-86475d07fa7a, DORSA BTzeumelF02: female, frontal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501755; 467193f8-e61f-42b1-a2c5-86475d07fa7a, DORSA BTzeumelF02: female, ventral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501755; 467193f8-e61f-42b1-a2c5-86475d07fa7a, DORSA BTzeumelF02: female ovipositor. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501755; 467193f8-e61f-42b1-a2c5-86475d07fa7a, DORSA BTzeumelF02: female subgenital plate. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501755; 467193f8-e61f-42b1-a2c5-86475d07fa7a, DORSA BTzeumelF02: labels. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501755; 467193f8-e61f-42b1-a2c5-86475d07fa7a, DORSA BTzeumelF02: specimen vial. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501756; e358500c-93fb-4b45-b9bd-889c9d607645, DORSA BTzeumelM03: male, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501756; e358500c-93fb-4b45-b9bd-889c9d607645, DORSA BTzeumelM03: male stridulatory file. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501756; e358500c-93fb-4b45-b9bd-889c9d607645, DORSA BTzeumelM03: male subgenital plate. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501756; e358500c-93fb-4b45-b9bd-889c9d607645, DORSA BTzeumelM03: labels. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501757; cda13de4-a2c6-4a82-a830-097dfd3f1f07: male stridulatory file. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501757; cda13de4-a2c6-4a82-a830-097dfd3f1f07: labels. (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (21)

  • Zeuneria melanopeza Karsch, 1889: 443.

    Holotype; female; DORSA BTzeumelHTF; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Cameroon: Sud-Ouest: Meme: Barombi Station

  • Zeuneria melanopeza Karsch, 1889 in Karsch, 1890: 363.
  • Zeuneria melanopeza Karsch, 1889 in Massa, 2025: 47.
  • Zeuneria melanopeza Karsch, 1889 in Simeu-Noutchom, Kekeunou, Oumarou-Ngoute & Zang Affa'a, 2025: 563.

References (21)

  • Karsch, F.A.F. (1889) Orthopterologische Beiträge III. Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift, 32, 415–464. [1888] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/34458#page/475/mode/1up
  • Karsch, F.A.F. (1890) Orthopterologische Mitteilungen 4. Ueber Phaneropteriden. Entomologische Nachrichten, 16, 57–62. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81935#page/71/mode/1up
  • Karsch, F.A.F. (1890) Verzeichnis der von Herrn Dr. Paul Preuss auf der Barombi-Station in Deutsch-Westafrika 1890 gesammelten Locustodeen aus den Familien der Phaneropteriden, Mekonemiden und Gryllakriden. Entomologische Nachrichten, 16(23), 353–369. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81935#page/367/mode/1up
  • Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. (1891) Additamenta zur Monographie der Phaneropteriden. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 41, 1–196. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/49919#page/141/mode/1up
  • Griffini, A. (1906) Ortotteri raccolti da Leonardo Fea nell'Africa occidentale. 1. Hetrodidi, Conocephalidi, Meconemidi, Pseudophyllidi, Mecopodidi e Fanerotteridi. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, 3(2), 358–397. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/137853#page/366/mode/1up
  • Kirby, W.F. (1906) Orthoptera Saltatoria. Part I. (Achetidae et Phasgonuridae). In A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae). British Museum (Natural History), London. Vol. 2, i-viii, 1–562. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29662
  • Griffini, A. (1908) Phasgonuridae africane del R. Museo di Storia Naturale di Bruxelles. 5 Phaneropteridae, pars 1. Mémoires de la Société Entomologique de Belgique, 15, 74–86. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41740#page/88/mode/1up
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1912) Zur Orthopterenfauna des Kamerungebirges. Arkiv för Zoologi, 7(37), 1–30, pl. 1–3. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/30233#page/857/mode/1up
  • Bruner, L. (1920) Orthoptera from Africa, being a report upon some Saltatoria mainly from Cameroon contained in the Carnegie Museum. Annals of the Carnegie Museum, 13, 92–142. [1919] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/38118
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1929) Voyage au Congo de S. A. R. le Prince Leopold de Belgique 1925. In Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines. Vol. 17, pp. 1–252.
  • Ragge, D.R. (1968) An index-catalogue of African Phaneropterinae (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, 22(3), 75–108. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/bulletinofbritis22entolond
  • Leroy, Y. (1970) Diversités d'aspects et évolution de la dissymétrie des râpes de stridulation des insectes orthoptères Phaneropterinae. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires de l'Académie des Sciences, 270, 96–99.
  • Naskrecki, P. (2004) A rapid survey of katydids (Insecta: Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) of the Forêt Classée du Pic de Fon, Guinea. RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment, 35, 47–52.
  • Naskrecki, P. (2005) The Smaller Majority. The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 278 pp.
  • Naskrecki, P. (2006) Evaluation rapide des sauterelles (Insecta: Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) sur des sites particuliers de la Guinée Forestière en Guinée (Afrique de l’Ouest). RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment, 40, 46–52.
  • Naskrecki, P. (2008) The katydids of the Atewa Range Forest Reserve, Ghana. RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment, 47, 63–68. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1896/054.047.0112
  • Naskrecki, P. (2009) A survey of katydids (Insecta: Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) of Ajenjua Bepo and Mamang River Forest Reserves, Eastern Region of Ghana. RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment, 50, 34–39. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/book/10.1896/978-1-934151-26-6
  • Massa, B. (2018) The tropical African tribes Poreuomenini, Zeuneriini and Morgeniini with the description of a new genus (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae). Zootaxa, 4514(2), 293–300.
  • Massa, B., Annoyer, P., Perez, C., Danflous, S. & Duvot, G. (2020) Orthoptera Tettigoniidae (Conocephalinae, Hexacentrinae, Phaneropterinae, Mecopodinae, Hetrodinae) from some protected areas of Central African Republic. Zootaxa, 4780(3), 401–447.
  • Massa, B. (2025) Diversity of Leaf Katydids of Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Republic of Congo, Central Tropical Africa (Insecta: Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Insects, 16(3: 241), 1–71. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects16030241
  • Simeu-Noutchom, A., Kekeunou, S., Oumarou-Ngoute, C. & Zang Affa'a, G. (2025) Mpem and Djim National Park’s katydids (Orthoptera Tettigoniidae) in Cameroon: ecology, distribution and threats. Biodiversity Journal, 16(4), 557–570. https://doi.org/10.31396/biodiv.jour.2025.16.4.557.570

Descendants and synonyms

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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Species1001