species

Zeuneria melanopeza Karsch, 1889

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: 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, 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 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, 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 (20)

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.
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Zeuneria melanopeza Karsch, 1889 in Massa, Annoyer, Perez, Danflous & Duvot, 2020: 428.
Zeuneria melanopeza Karsch, 1889 in Massa, 2025: 47.

Nomenclature references (20)

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
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
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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

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

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

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

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.

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. (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

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.

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) In 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

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

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
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.

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