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Cestromoecha tenuipes (Karsch, 1890)

CollectionObject 1500518; c8466fbb-9028-491c-b762-6ff56b613eef: male, dorsal view (syntype of Cestromoecha mundamensis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500518; c8466fbb-9028-491c-b762-6ff56b613eef: male, dorsal view (syntype of Cestromoecha mundamensis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500518; c8466fbb-9028-491c-b762-6ff56b613eef: male, lateral view (syntype of Cestromoecha mundamensis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500518; c8466fbb-9028-491c-b762-6ff56b613eef: male, lateral view (syntype of Cestromoecha mundamensis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500518; c8466fbb-9028-491c-b762-6ff56b613eef: male head and pronotum, dorsal view (syntype of Cestromoecha mundamensis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500518; c8466fbb-9028-491c-b762-6ff56b613eef: male, base of right tegmen (syntype of Cestromoecha mundamensis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500518; c8466fbb-9028-491c-b762-6ff56b613eef: male cerci (syntype of Cestromoecha mundamensis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500518; c8466fbb-9028-491c-b762-6ff56b613eef: male cerci (syntype of Cestromoecha mundamensis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500518; c8466fbb-9028-491c-b762-6ff56b613eef: male subgenital plate (syntype of Cestromoecha mundamensis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500518; c8466fbb-9028-491c-b762-6ff56b613eef: labels (syntype of Cestromoecha mundamensis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500519; f3140e7a-ab69-471e-8f7f-8760c324f8dd: female, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500519; f3140e7a-ab69-471e-8f7f-8760c324f8dd: female, dorsal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500519; f3140e7a-ab69-471e-8f7f-8760c324f8dd: female, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500519; f3140e7a-ab69-471e-8f7f-8760c324f8dd: female, head and pronotum, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500519; f3140e7a-ab69-471e-8f7f-8760c324f8dd: female subgenital plate (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500519; f3140e7a-ab69-471e-8f7f-8760c324f8dd: ovipositor (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500519; f3140e7a-ab69-471e-8f7f-8760c324f8dd: female ovipositor (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500519; f3140e7a-ab69-471e-8f7f-8760c324f8dd: labels (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502475; 289fb021-6e91-4fca-8b80-eacdda2e1b25: female, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502475; 289fb021-6e91-4fca-8b80-eacdda2e1b25: labels (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502476; 7c344548-1a7e-4e26-bc00-4e61cede82a1: male, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502476; 7c344548-1a7e-4e26-bc00-4e61cede82a1: male, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502476; 7c344548-1a7e-4e26-bc00-4e61cede82a1: male, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502476; 7c344548-1a7e-4e26-bc00-4e61cede82a1: male, head and pronotum, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502476; 7c344548-1a7e-4e26-bc00-4e61cede82a1: male stridulatory file. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502476; 7c344548-1a7e-4e26-bc00-4e61cede82a1: male, ventral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502476; 7c344548-1a7e-4e26-bc00-4e61cede82a1: male cerci. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502476; 7c344548-1a7e-4e26-bc00-4e61cede82a1: specimen vial. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502476; 7c344548-1a7e-4e26-bc00-4e61cede82a1: labels. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502477; 005243c1-e9b4-4c67-bc4a-775f25aacfdf: male, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502477; 005243c1-e9b4-4c67-bc4a-775f25aacfdf: male, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502477; 005243c1-e9b4-4c67-bc4a-775f25aacfdf: male head and pronotum, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502477; 005243c1-e9b4-4c67-bc4a-775f25aacfdf: male abdomen tip, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502477; 005243c1-e9b4-4c67-bc4a-775f25aacfdf: male subgenital plate. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502477; 005243c1-e9b4-4c67-bc4a-775f25aacfdf: labels. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502642; 775956ad-b62b-4a0e-b741-88a8ddb2beee: female, dorsal view (syntype of Cestromoecha mundamensis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502642; 775956ad-b62b-4a0e-b741-88a8ddb2beee: female, lateral view (syntype of Cestromoecha mundamensis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502642; 775956ad-b62b-4a0e-b741-88a8ddb2beee: female, lateral view (syntype of Cestromoecha mundamensis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502642; 775956ad-b62b-4a0e-b741-88a8ddb2beee: ovipositor (syntype of Cestromoecha mundamensis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502642; 775956ad-b62b-4a0e-b741-88a8ddb2beee: female ovipositor (syntype of Cestromoecha mundamensis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502642; 775956ad-b62b-4a0e-b741-88a8ddb2beee: labels (syntype of Cestromoecha mundamensis). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (18)

  • Poreuomena tenuipes Karsch, 1890: 363.

    Syntype; female; f3140e7a-ab69-471e-8f7f-8760c324f8dd; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Cameroon: Sud-Ouest: Meme: Barombi Station. Syntype; female; 289fb021-6e91-4fca-8b80-eacdda2e1b25; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Cameroon: Sud-Ouest: Meme: Barombi Station

  • Cestromoecha mundamensis Karsch, 1896: 338.

    Syntype; male; c8466fbb-9028-491c-b762-6ff56b613eef; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Cameroon: Sud-Ouest: Meme: Mundame. Syntype; female; 775956ad-b62b-4a0e-b741-88a8ddb2beee; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Cameroon: Sud-Ouest: Meme: Mundame

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  • Cestromoecha tenuipes (Karsch, 1890) in Massa, 2023: 45.
  • Cestromoecha tenuipes (Karsch, 1890) in Massa, 2025: 44.

Nomenclature references (15)

  • 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
  • Heller, K.-G., Hemp, C., Liu, C. & Volleth, M. (2014) Taxonomic, bioacoustic and faunistic data on a collection of Tettigonioidea from eastern Congo (Insecta: Orthoptera). Zootaxa, 3785(3), 343–376.
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  • Hemp, C. & Massa, B. (2021) Biogeographical and evolutionary aspects of a Guineo-Congolian bushcricket tribe: Revision of the genera Cestromoecha Karsch, 1893 and Poreuomena Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878, with the description of new species (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Phaneropterinae). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 68(1), 45–79. Available at http://dez.pensoft.net/article/60193/
  • Hollier, J.A. (2010) An annotated list of type specimens of Orthoptera (Insecta) described by Ferdinand Karsch and deposited in the collections of the Muséum d’histoire naturelle de la Ville de Genève. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 117(1), 17–22. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/148549#page/19/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
  • Karsch, F.A.F. (1896) Neue Orthopteren aus dem tropischen Afrika. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, 57, 242–359. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/36013#page/250/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. (2021) Tettigoniidae (Insecta: Orthoptera) collected in tropical forests of Zambia, Cameroon, Gabon and São Tomé during the entomological expeditions of African Natural History Research Trust. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 57(1), 29–76.
  • Massa, B. (2023) Biodiversity hotspot in the Sangha Trinational Protected Area revealed through Orthoptera Tettigoniidae. Zootaxa, 5331(1), 1–67. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5331.1.1
  • 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. (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

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Probably reference to slender legs.

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