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Adapantus (Neoadapantus) nitens (Chopard, 1954)

Adapantus (Neoadapantus) nitens (Chopard, 1954): Fig. 12 A. female ovipositing in a tree trunk (Ghana). (Otu).
Adapantus (Neoadapantus) nitens (Chopard, 1954): Fig. 12 A. female ovipositing in a tree trunk (Ghana). (Otu).
Adapantus (Neoadapantus) nitens (Chopard, 1954): Fig. 15. female habitus (body length 37 mm, tegmina 33.5 mm, ovipositor 21 mm). (Otu).
CollectionObject 1539680; aad0dd48-b560-43b8-ba31-e457710f184e: male, lateral view (holotype) - http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/eo/ensif716. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1539680; aad0dd48-b560-43b8-ba31-e457710f184e: male pronotum, lateral view (holotype) - http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/eo/ensif716. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1539680; aad0dd48-b560-43b8-ba31-e457710f184e: male, dorsal view (holotype) - http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/eo/ensif716. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1539680; aad0dd48-b560-43b8-ba31-e457710f184e: male pronotum, dorsal view (holotype) - http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/eo/ensif716. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1539680; aad0dd48-b560-43b8-ba31-e457710f184e: male face (holotype) - http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/eo/ensif716. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1539680; aad0dd48-b560-43b8-ba31-e457710f184e: male cerci (holotype) - http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/eo/ensif716. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1539680; aad0dd48-b560-43b8-ba31-e457710f184e: male cerci (holotype) - http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/eo/ensif716. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1539680; aad0dd48-b560-43b8-ba31-e457710f184e: labels (holotype) - http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/eo/ensif716. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1541602; 6a5ae7be-1ff4-4f86-8c3a-750bef9f5302: female, lateral view (paratype) - http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/eo/ensif717. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1541602; 6a5ae7be-1ff4-4f86-8c3a-750bef9f5302: female pronotum, lateral view (paratype) - http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/eo/ensif717. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1541602; 6a5ae7be-1ff4-4f86-8c3a-750bef9f5302: female, dorsal view (paratype) - http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/eo/ensif717. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1541602; 6a5ae7be-1ff4-4f86-8c3a-750bef9f5302: female pronotum, dorsal view (paratype) - http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/eo/ensif717. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1541602; 6a5ae7be-1ff4-4f86-8c3a-750bef9f5302: female ovipositor (paratype) - http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/eo/ensif717. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1541602; 6a5ae7be-1ff4-4f86-8c3a-750bef9f5302: female subgenital plate (paratype) - http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/eo/ensif717. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1541602; 6a5ae7be-1ff4-4f86-8c3a-750bef9f5302: labels (paratype) - http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/eo/ensif717. (CollectionObject).

Type specimen

Holotype; male; aad0dd48-b560-43b8-ba31-e457710f184e; deposited at: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN); Guinea: Nzerekore: Nimba, N'Zo

Nomenclature (8)

  • Adapantopsis nitens Chopard, 1954: 57.

    Holotype; male; aad0dd48-b560-43b8-ba31-e457710f184e; deposited at: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN); Guinea: Nzerekore: Nimba, N'Zo

  • Adapantus nitens (Chopard, 1954) in Beier, 1962: 306.
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  • Adapantus (Neoadapantus) nitens (Chopard, 1954) in Heller, 2019: 50.
  • Adapantus (Neoadapantus) nitens (Chopard, 1954) in Massa, 2021: 420.

Nomenclature references (8)

  • Beier, M. (1962) Orthoptera Tettigoniidae (Pseudophyllinae I). Das Tierreich, 73, 1–468.
  • Beier, M. (1963) Tettigoniidae: Subfam. Pseudophyllinae. In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 5, 1–246 pp.
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  • Chopard, L. (1954) La Réserve naturelle intégrale du Mt. Nimba, III. Orthoptères Ensifères. Mémoires de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire, 40(2), 25–97.
  • Heller, K.-G. (2019) Provisional checklist of the Tettigonioidea (Insecta: Orthoptera) from São Tomé & Príncipe with taxonomic remarks, bioacoustical data and the description of new taxa. Zootaxa, 4563(1), 41–66.
  • Massa, B. (2021) Orthoptera Tettigoniidae as indicators of biodiversity hotspots in the Guinean Forests of Central and West Tropical Africa. Zootaxa, 4974(3), 401–458.
  • 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) Sylvan katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Pseudophyllinae) of the Guinean Forests of West Africa hotspot: an overview and descriptions of new species. Zootaxa, 1712, 1–41.
  • 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
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Descendants and synonyms

No records found.
Life zone and ecology data

Terrestrial. Apparently associated with undisturbed mid-elevation forests, where it can be found on vegetation at least 2 m above the ground (Naskrecki 2008).

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Gender, form, and etymology
Adjectivenitens, nitens, nitens
Etymology:

Latin: shining, glittering.

Adapantus (Neoadapantus) nitens (Chopard, 1954)

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