Eurycorypha cereris (Stål, 1857)

This species is told from other Eurycorypha by the distinct pilosity of the legs, the rounded broad tegmina and dorsally convex lateral carinae of the pronotum.

Original description in:
Stål, C. 1857. Orthoptera från Kafferlandet. Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-akademiens forhandlingar 13.
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54172#page/180/mode/1up
Dirty yellow, thorax above flat, slightly longer than wide, broadly sinuous in front, broadly rounded posteriorly, lobes curved, flat, truncated at the front, rounded at the back; tegmina twice as long as abdomen, wide, elliptical, tegmina on the outer side less rounded than inside, densely punctate, green, veins sparse, yellowish; hind wings longer, tip green. Length 17 mm.

Type locality: Natal

Redescription & illustrations in:
Naskrecki, P. & Guta, R. 2019. Katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) of Gorongosa National Park and Central Mozambique. Zootaxa, 4682(1), 1–119. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4682.1.1
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D8878EFC2BD961CCFE56E5FE3533EB/4

Photos in OSF:
http://orthoptera.archive.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1136306

Distribution: Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, NE South Africa, SW Mozambique

iNat observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/71124788

Posted on March 22, 2024 01:16 PM by traianbertau