taxonID	type	description	language	source
D1FDE9B2026A5D0591A1A486BFB75682.taxon	description	Figs 2 A, B, 7 A, B	en	Yetchom Fondjo, Jeanne Agrippine, Nzoko Fiemapong, Armand Richard, Tindo, Maurice, Duressa, Tarekegn Fite, Ivković, Slobodan, Husemann, Martin (2024): Taxonomic review of the grasshopper genus Pteropera Karsch, 1891 (Orthoptera, Acrididea, Catantopinae) with description of three new species and a preliminary phylogeny of the Cameroonian species. ZooKeys 1216: 219-264, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1216.130270
D1FDE9B2026A5D0591A1A486BFB75682.taxon	description	Morphological characteristics. Two subocellar facial spots; posterior margin of the pronotum slightly indented; no marked difference between the upper half and lower half of the elytra; shiny black line along the lower margin; metathoracic episternites almost entirely pale; outer area of the hind femora green with pale spots, widely spread on the upper carina, median spot rounded, small, basal spot triangular; lower basal half of the inner area greenish-brown, pale spot rounded and small; only the lower inner area brownish; hind tibiae green. Female subgenital plate pentagonal; egg-guide short; anterior apodemes narrow, short; medio-dorsal pocket narrow; basivalvar sclerites broad, slightly fused, almost perpendicular to each other; end of the copulatory bursa enlarged in the shape of a bubble; spermatheca ampulla arched, both diverticula of different diameters; recurrent distal trunk of the lateral diverticulum 4 – 5 × longer than the proximal trunk.	en	Yetchom Fondjo, Jeanne Agrippine, Nzoko Fiemapong, Armand Richard, Tindo, Maurice, Duressa, Tarekegn Fite, Ivković, Slobodan, Husemann, Martin (2024): Taxonomic review of the grasshopper genus Pteropera Karsch, 1891 (Orthoptera, Acrididea, Catantopinae) with description of three new species and a preliminary phylogeny of the Cameroonian species. ZooKeys 1216: 219-264, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1216.130270
D1FDE9B2026A5D0591A1A486BFB75682.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Gabon; Cameroon (Fig. 16 A).	en	Yetchom Fondjo, Jeanne Agrippine, Nzoko Fiemapong, Armand Richard, Tindo, Maurice, Duressa, Tarekegn Fite, Ivković, Slobodan, Husemann, Martin (2024): Taxonomic review of the grasshopper genus Pteropera Karsch, 1891 (Orthoptera, Acrididea, Catantopinae) with description of three new species and a preliminary phylogeny of the Cameroonian species. ZooKeys 1216: 219-264, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1216.130270
5D23573267F55BF18ED3BEC76DDB2983.taxon	description	Figs 3 A, B, 8 A, B	en	Yetchom Fondjo, Jeanne Agrippine, Nzoko Fiemapong, Armand Richard, Tindo, Maurice, Duressa, Tarekegn Fite, Ivković, Slobodan, Husemann, Martin (2024): Taxonomic review of the grasshopper genus Pteropera Karsch, 1891 (Orthoptera, Acrididea, Catantopinae) with description of three new species and a preliminary phylogeny of the Cameroonian species. ZooKeys 1216: 219-264, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1216.130270
5D23573267F55BF18ED3BEC76DDB2983.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Cameroon; Central African Republic; Gabon; Congo (Fig. 16 B).	en	Yetchom Fondjo, Jeanne Agrippine, Nzoko Fiemapong, Armand Richard, Tindo, Maurice, Duressa, Tarekegn Fite, Ivković, Slobodan, Husemann, Martin (2024): Taxonomic review of the grasshopper genus Pteropera Karsch, 1891 (Orthoptera, Acrididea, Catantopinae) with description of three new species and a preliminary phylogeny of the Cameroonian species. ZooKeys 1216: 219-264, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1216.130270
B4E6187886E45B7EB7929315180E6D04.taxon	description	Figs 3 G, H, 8 G, H	en	Yetchom Fondjo, Jeanne Agrippine, Nzoko Fiemapong, Armand Richard, Tindo, Maurice, Duressa, Tarekegn Fite, Ivković, Slobodan, Husemann, Martin (2024): Taxonomic review of the grasshopper genus Pteropera Karsch, 1891 (Orthoptera, Acrididea, Catantopinae) with description of three new species and a preliminary phylogeny of the Cameroonian species. ZooKeys 1216: 219-264, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1216.130270
B4E6187886E45B7EB7929315180E6D04.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Cameroon (Fig. 16 B).	en	Yetchom Fondjo, Jeanne Agrippine, Nzoko Fiemapong, Armand Richard, Tindo, Maurice, Duressa, Tarekegn Fite, Ivković, Slobodan, Husemann, Martin (2024): Taxonomic review of the grasshopper genus Pteropera Karsch, 1891 (Orthoptera, Acrididea, Catantopinae) with description of three new species and a preliminary phylogeny of the Cameroonian species. ZooKeys 1216: 219-264, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1216.130270
E9868821AC9F5D83B6087D56C8F4A79B.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Of medium size (22.5 mm; 30.0 mm); integument moderately rugous dorsally and smooth ventrally; body and legs with inconspicuous hairs; antennal organ on the fifth segment before the apex; frons oblique (~ 45 °); frontal ridge slightly curved, depressed near the median ocelli, with parallel carinae; fastigium of vertex short, triangular to hexagonal, more or less elongated, with the upper area very small, almost flat above; interocular distance narrower than or equal to the antennal scape; eyes large, globular, oval in profile, bean-shaped in dorsal view; ocelli large; pronotum cylindrical in cross-section at the typical groove, crossed by three transverse furrows; median carina faintly visible, lateral carina absent; metazona twice shorter than the prozona; anterior margin always notched, posterior margin excurved or notched; prosternal tubercle subconical, prominent, elevated, isolated; mesosternal lobes rounded. Tegmina lobiform, 3 × longer than its width, covering the larger tympanum; wings less developed. Last article of the anterior and medial tarsi longer than the other two combined; Hind femur longer than wide; chevrons continuous and rounded in the outer median area; upper carinae serrate; upper basal lobe larger than the lower; hind tibia shorter than the femur, slightly S-curved, external apical spine absent, 8 – 10 spines on each upper margin; last tarsal segment as long as the other two combined; arolium larger and longer than the spurs. Supra-anal plate triangular, elongated; cerci slightly curved, conical, acute or truncated, sometimes with internal preapical lobules; male subgenital plate short, conical, or truncated; valves of ovipositor narrow, with curved apices, lower valves with small or no lateral projection; male genitalia: epiphallus bridge-shaped; bridge usually short, straight or arched, curved forward, reinforced in the vertical plane by a tubercle-like thickening and as prominent downwards as the lateral plates; ancorae short; lophi plate-shaped, aligned or forming an angle greater than 70 °, posterior process not very prominent; oval sclerites small, rounded to subtriangular; cingulum horseshoe-shaped; rami of the cingulum not curved ventrally; ectophallus with two lower and two upper spiculated sheaths; intromission organ of aedeagus having four sclerotized blades and two upper spiculated sheaths; lower valves typically shorter than upper ones.	en	Yetchom Fondjo, Jeanne Agrippine, Nzoko Fiemapong, Armand Richard, Tindo, Maurice, Duressa, Tarekegn Fite, Ivković, Slobodan, Husemann, Martin (2024): Taxonomic review of the grasshopper genus Pteropera Karsch, 1891 (Orthoptera, Acrididea, Catantopinae) with description of three new species and a preliminary phylogeny of the Cameroonian species. ZooKeys 1216: 219-264, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1216.130270
689C1039EF9452E3A987D1FF6F883AA4.taxon	description	Figs 4 I, J, 9 G, H	en	Yetchom Fondjo, Jeanne Agrippine, Nzoko Fiemapong, Armand Richard, Tindo, Maurice, Duressa, Tarekegn Fite, Ivković, Slobodan, Husemann, Martin (2024): Taxonomic review of the grasshopper genus Pteropera Karsch, 1891 (Orthoptera, Acrididea, Catantopinae) with description of three new species and a preliminary phylogeny of the Cameroonian species. ZooKeys 1216: 219-264, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1216.130270
689C1039EF9452E3A987D1FF6F883AA4.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon (Fig. 17 B).	en	Yetchom Fondjo, Jeanne Agrippine, Nzoko Fiemapong, Armand Richard, Tindo, Maurice, Duressa, Tarekegn Fite, Ivković, Slobodan, Husemann, Martin (2024): Taxonomic review of the grasshopper genus Pteropera Karsch, 1891 (Orthoptera, Acrididea, Catantopinae) with description of three new species and a preliminary phylogeny of the Cameroonian species. ZooKeys 1216: 219-264, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1216.130270
649D939286565941890E7162AD71835F.taxon	description	Fig. 12 A – M	en	Yetchom Fondjo, Jeanne Agrippine, Nzoko Fiemapong, Armand Richard, Tindo, Maurice, Duressa, Tarekegn Fite, Ivković, Slobodan, Husemann, Martin (2024): Taxonomic review of the grasshopper genus Pteropera Karsch, 1891 (Orthoptera, Acrididea, Catantopinae) with description of three new species and a preliminary phylogeny of the Cameroonian species. ZooKeys 1216: 219-264, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1216.130270
649D939286565941890E7162AD71835F.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Pteropera kennei sp. nov. is similar to P. uniformis Bruner, 1920, from Cameroon in terms of its general coloration, a dark longitudinal band and contiguous pale bands on the pronotum disc and the outer area of hind femora without pale spots. However, the new species can easily be distinguished from P. uniformis (Figs 6 K, 11 I) by its lateral lobes of pronotum without a pale basal band (present in P. uniformis as well as in all other Pteropera species); its more or less pale green coloration on the hind femora (inner and outer sides of hind femora greenish yellow in P. uniformis); male genitalia differ by its closed dorsal arch of cingulum (strongly open in P. uniformis); aedeagus horizontal apically, in line with valves (anteriorly sloping in P. uniformis); female genitalia differ by egg-guide being slender (broad in P. uniformis); and basivalvar sclerites forming an obtuse angle (acute angle in P. uniformis). The new species is also similar to Pteropera descampsi Donskoff, 1981, from which it can be distinguished by the following characteristics: a pale basal band on the lateral lobes of the pronotum is absent but present in P. descampsi; bilobed male cerci, whereas male cerci are short in P. descampsi; the pallium and subgenital plate in males are slightly raised, whereas the apex of the subgenital plate is truncated in P. descampsi; the apex of the aedeagus is horizontal, in line with valves, whereas the aedeagus is curved upwards, and the apex is divergent pallets in P. descampsi; the dorsal arc of the cingulum is closed, whereas it is strongly open in P. descampsi; and the basivalvar sclerites of the female subgenital plate are described as an obtuse angle (acute angle in P. descampsi).	en	Yetchom Fondjo, Jeanne Agrippine, Nzoko Fiemapong, Armand Richard, Tindo, Maurice, Duressa, Tarekegn Fite, Ivković, Slobodan, Husemann, Martin (2024): Taxonomic review of the grasshopper genus Pteropera Karsch, 1891 (Orthoptera, Acrididea, Catantopinae) with description of three new species and a preliminary phylogeny of the Cameroonian species. ZooKeys 1216: 219-264, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1216.130270
649D939286565941890E7162AD71835F.taxon	description	Description. Male: General coloration brown with pale green; body and legs with inconspicuous hairs, moderately rugous dorsally, smooth ventrally; eyes prominent; the large subocellar facial spot interrupted at the facial furrow, sometimes extending to the cheeks; antennae thin, filiform, longer than head and pronotum together; pronotum dark brown; dark longitudinal median band on pronotum disc present, wider than adjacent pale bands; basal pale bands on lateral lobes of pronotum absent; two incipient pale spots on the anterior margin of lateral lobes of pronotum; posterior margins of pronotum with or without incipient pale spots; median carina present and crossed dorsally by three sulci; lateral carinae absent; prozona longer than metazona; prosternal process short conical, compressed at its base; tegmina lobiform, only slightly reaching the third abdominal segment, lower half shiny black and upper half pale ochreous; mesosternal interspace open, ~ 1.3 × longer than wide; meso- and metathoracic episternites dark brown; front and middle legs, inner and outer sides of hind femora pale green, with the apical third gradually darkening toward the knee; knee dark orange; dorsal basal lobes of hind femora longer than ventral ones; upper margins of hind femora with fine teeth; hind tibiae dark green, basal ring absent; external apical spines of hind tibiae absent; male cerci bilobed, the inner lobe being twice shorter than the outer; subgenital plate obtuse to rounded in dorsal view; pallium and supra-anal plate of male slightly raised. Epiphallus (Fig. 12 H): small, bridge narrow, arched; lateral margins parallel; ancorae small, internally directed; lophi slender. Phallic complex (Fig. 12 I – K): aedeagus small, short, curved; membranous apex of aedeagus, outside sheaths without sclerites, never filiform, and without ridge-like expansion; membranous apex of aedeagus outside sheaths, without sclerites, enlarged into a broad transverse lamina, never angular, never rolled up on itself; the dorsal arch of cingulum V-shaped, its apex acute, curved inwards; rami not bent, its lower part short; zygoma reduced; latero-ventral sclerites narrow; upper ectophallic sheath tight, short, slightly curved, with acute apex; upper eadeagus valve widened into a transverse blade; lower ectophallic sheath small, not enveloping the base of rami. Female: As male, but larger; cerci short conical; valves of ovipositor narrow,> 3.5 × longer than wide in coalescence position; subgenital plate (Fig. 12 L) pentagonal, elongated, with truncated posterior margins; anterior apodemes narrow and short; egg-guide thin and long; ventral pockets of the vaginal floor large; copulatory bursa almost straight, gradually narrowing towards the front; bottom of the copulatory bursa close to the arc of the basivalvar sclerites; copulatory bursa above the basivalvar sclerites with a thick ventral gutter and membranous roof; each basivalvar sclerite barely curved, forming an obtuse angle; internal sclerite of the copulatory bursa short; the recurrent distal trunk of the lateral spermathecal diverticulum 3 × longer than the proximal trunk; the base of the spermathecal duct opening at the apex of the bursa; spermathecal ampulla narrowed at the apex; spermathecal duct very long; axial diverticle of the spermatheca almost as long as the lateral diverticulum (Fig. 12 M).	en	Yetchom Fondjo, Jeanne Agrippine, Nzoko Fiemapong, Armand Richard, Tindo, Maurice, Duressa, Tarekegn Fite, Ivković, Slobodan, Husemann, Martin (2024): Taxonomic review of the grasshopper genus Pteropera Karsch, 1891 (Orthoptera, Acrididea, Catantopinae) with description of three new species and a preliminary phylogeny of the Cameroonian species. ZooKeys 1216: 219-264, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1216.130270
649D939286565941890E7162AD71835F.taxon	description	Measurements. Males (mm) (n = 20): total length of body 11.81 – 19.83; length of pronotum 3.12 – 4.32; length of hind femur 11.23 – 12.53; length of elytra 3.24 – 4.27. Females (mm) (n = 5): total length of body 21.09 – 25.39; length of pronotum 4.59 – 5.37; length of hind femur 13.62 – 15.12; length of elytra 3.65 – 4.88; length of ovipositor 1.97 – 3.27. Detailed information is shown in Table 1.	en	Yetchom Fondjo, Jeanne Agrippine, Nzoko Fiemapong, Armand Richard, Tindo, Maurice, Duressa, Tarekegn Fite, Ivković, Slobodan, Husemann, Martin (2024): Taxonomic review of the grasshopper genus Pteropera Karsch, 1891 (Orthoptera, Acrididea, Catantopinae) with description of three new species and a preliminary phylogeny of the Cameroonian species. ZooKeys 1216: 219-264, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1216.130270
649D939286565941890E7162AD71835F.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species was named in honor of Professor Martin Kenne in recognition of his work and scientific contribution to the biodiversity of insects in Cameroon.	en	Yetchom Fondjo, Jeanne Agrippine, Nzoko Fiemapong, Armand Richard, Tindo, Maurice, Duressa, Tarekegn Fite, Ivković, Slobodan, Husemann, Martin (2024): Taxonomic review of the grasshopper genus Pteropera Karsch, 1891 (Orthoptera, Acrididea, Catantopinae) with description of three new species and a preliminary phylogeny of the Cameroonian species. ZooKeys 1216: 219-264, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1216.130270
649D939286565941890E7162AD71835F.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Cameroon, Somalomo in the Dja Biosphere Reserve and Deng-Deng National Park (Fig. 17 B).	en	Yetchom Fondjo, Jeanne Agrippine, Nzoko Fiemapong, Armand Richard, Tindo, Maurice, Duressa, Tarekegn Fite, Ivković, Slobodan, Husemann, Martin (2024): Taxonomic review of the grasshopper genus Pteropera Karsch, 1891 (Orthoptera, Acrididea, Catantopinae) with description of three new species and a preliminary phylogeny of the Cameroonian species. ZooKeys 1216: 219-264, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1216.130270
A5A6BE9A637E5BE2A8FBD5DCF4BB8B5D.taxon	description	Fig. 13 A – M	en	Yetchom Fondjo, Jeanne Agrippine, Nzoko Fiemapong, Armand Richard, Tindo, Maurice, Duressa, Tarekegn Fite, Ivković, Slobodan, Husemann, Martin (2024): Taxonomic review of the grasshopper genus Pteropera Karsch, 1891 (Orthoptera, Acrididea, Catantopinae) with description of three new species and a preliminary phylogeny of the Cameroonian species. ZooKeys 1216: 219-264, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1216.130270
A5A6BE9A637E5BE2A8FBD5DCF4BB8B5D.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. The new species Pteropera matzkei sp. nov. is close to Pteropera bertii Donskoff, 1981 (Figs 2 E, F, 7 E, F) from Cameroon, from which it differs by the following characteristics: the entirely yellow coloration of meso- and metathoracic episternites (almost entirely pale in P. bertii); the dark brown coloration of hind femora and dark yellow coloration of front and middle legs, and hind tibiae (front and middle legs, hind femora, and hind tibiae are pale green in P. bertii); male genitalia differ in shape and size of phallic structures with the dorsal arch of the cingulum closed, long, extending beyond the apex of endophallic valves, and overhanging them apically (slightly open, not reaching apex of endophallic valves nor overhanging them in P. bertii); fore apodemes of the female subgenital plate thin, acute (broad, short in P. bertii); and the spermathecal ampulla elongate (broad apically in P. bertii). Pteropera matzkei sp. nov. differs from Pteropera teocchii Donskoff, 1981 (Figs 6 C, D, 11 A, B) in that the outer area of its hind femora has only one preapical spot (three spots, beginning of spots along the upper margin at the level of the outer spots in P. teocchii); dark yellow coloration of hind tibiae (black in P. teocchii); aedeagus slightly curved, describing less than a semicircle (strongly curved, describing an almost complete circle in P. teocchii); and female spermathecal ampulla elongated (enlarged at the junction of lateral and axial diverticula in P. teocchii). The new species is also similar to Pteropera verrucigena Karsch, 1891 (Figs 6 G, H, 11 E, F) from which it differs in the following characteristics: a single spot on the outer area of the hind femora, whereas P. verrucigena has three spots; dark yellow coloration of the fore and middle legs and hind tibiae, while the fore and middle legs in P. verrucigena are dark brown dorsally and wine red-colored ventrally, hind tibiae wine red-colored; membranous apex of aedeagus slightly curved, describing less than one semicircle, the tip short, whereas that of P. verrucigena is very curved, describing one semicircle with a long tip; and the dorsal arc of the cingulum is closed, long, extending beyond the apex of endophallic apodemes, whereas in P. verrucigena, the dorsal arc of the cingulum is open, not reaching the apex of endophallic apodemes; female spermathecal ampulla is elongated, whereas that of P. verrucigena is constricted apically.	en	Yetchom Fondjo, Jeanne Agrippine, Nzoko Fiemapong, Armand Richard, Tindo, Maurice, Duressa, Tarekegn Fite, Ivković, Slobodan, Husemann, Martin (2024): Taxonomic review of the grasshopper genus Pteropera Karsch, 1891 (Orthoptera, Acrididea, Catantopinae) with description of three new species and a preliminary phylogeny of the Cameroonian species. ZooKeys 1216: 219-264, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1216.130270
A5A6BE9A637E5BE2A8FBD5DCF4BB8B5D.taxon	description	Description. Male: Body and legs with inconspicuous hairs; integument moderately rugous dorsally, and smooth ventrally; general coloration dark brown with yellow bands; eyes of medium size; antennae thin, filiform, longer than head and pronotum together, with 21 segments; median subocellar facial spot single or unique; longitudinal median dark band on pronotum disc as wide as adjacent yellow bands, but widened behind the typical groove; basal yellow bands of lateral lobes of pronotum narrowed in front of the second transverse groove, but not interrupted; median carina distinct, crossed dorsolaterally by three sulci; lateral carinae absent; prozona longer than metazona; prosternal process short conical or pyramidal; mesosternal interspace open; meso- and metathoracic episternites entirely yellow; tegmina lobiform, narrow, brown in the lower half and yellow in the upper half, covering the tympanum; wings less developed; fore and middle legs entirely yellow, more or less pale; hind femur almost entirely dark brown, with a pregenicular yellow spot on the external and inner areas; dorsal carinae of hind femora with slight tooth; hind tibiae dark yellow, basal ring absent; external apical spines of the hind tibiae absent; spines on the hind tibiae varying from seven to eight in both external and internal sides; male subgenital plate acute in dorsal view; the pallium and supra-anal plate of male is not raised; the male cerci long, conical, incurved and exceeding beyond the supra-anal plate. Epiphallus (Fig. 13 H): large; bridge narrow, arched; ancorae small, strongly curved, interiorly directed; lateral plates domed, extending back from the bridge; anterior projections triangular. Phallic complex (Fig. 13 I – K): Dorsal arch of cingulum closed, U-shaped, its apical 2 / 3 overlapping with endophallic sclerites; apodemes of the cingulum incurved and extending beyond endophallic apodemes; rami slightly bent; lateroventral sclerites narrow, as high as long; aedeagus of larger size, curved, forming a quarter circle; membranous apex of aedeagus, outside endophallic sheaths, supported by a longitudinal division of upper valve, short, broad; apex of aedeagus with a ridge-like expansions; membranous apex of aedeagus subtriangular, downcurved in lateral view; upper ectophallic sheath not enlarged at its base and tightly molding the aedeagus valves; lower ectophallic sheath broad, capping the base of rami. Female: As male but larger; cerci short conical; subgenital plate (Fig. 13 L) pentagonal, broad, with rounded posterior margins; anterior apodemes thin, acute; egg-guide broad with acute apex; distal recurrent trunk of lateral spermathecal diverticulum 3 × longer than proximal trunk; spermathecal ampulla elongate; base of spermathecal duct narrow (Fig. 13 M).	en	Yetchom Fondjo, Jeanne Agrippine, Nzoko Fiemapong, Armand Richard, Tindo, Maurice, Duressa, Tarekegn Fite, Ivković, Slobodan, Husemann, Martin (2024): Taxonomic review of the grasshopper genus Pteropera Karsch, 1891 (Orthoptera, Acrididea, Catantopinae) with description of three new species and a preliminary phylogeny of the Cameroonian species. ZooKeys 1216: 219-264, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1216.130270
A5A6BE9A637E5BE2A8FBD5DCF4BB8B5D.taxon	description	Measurements. Males (mm) (n = 4): total length of body 20.57 – 21.79; length of pronotum 4.17 – 4.33; length of hind femur 13.48 – 13.56; length of elytra 3.90 – 4.63. Females (mm) (n = 2): total length of body 27.25 – 28.05; length of pronotum 5.39 – 5.55; length of hind femur 15.91 – 16.89; length of elytra 4.95 – 6.10; length of ovipositor 2.96 – 3.30. Additional measurement information is shown in Table 1.	en	Yetchom Fondjo, Jeanne Agrippine, Nzoko Fiemapong, Armand Richard, Tindo, Maurice, Duressa, Tarekegn Fite, Ivković, Slobodan, Husemann, Martin (2024): Taxonomic review of the grasshopper genus Pteropera Karsch, 1891 (Orthoptera, Acrididea, Catantopinae) with description of three new species and a preliminary phylogeny of the Cameroonian species. ZooKeys 1216: 219-264, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1216.130270
A5A6BE9A637E5BE2A8FBD5DCF4BB8B5D.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species was named after Mr. Danilo Matzke, an important taxonomist for Dermaptera in Germany for his dedication and scientific contributions to the taxonomy of earwigs.	en	Yetchom Fondjo, Jeanne Agrippine, Nzoko Fiemapong, Armand Richard, Tindo, Maurice, Duressa, Tarekegn Fite, Ivković, Slobodan, Husemann, Martin (2024): Taxonomic review of the grasshopper genus Pteropera Karsch, 1891 (Orthoptera, Acrididea, Catantopinae) with description of three new species and a preliminary phylogeny of the Cameroonian species. ZooKeys 1216: 219-264, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1216.130270
A5A6BE9A637E5BE2A8FBD5DCF4BB8B5D.taxon	distribution	Distribution. At present, the species is known only from Somalomo in the Dja Biosphere Reserve, Cameroon (Fig. 17 B).	en	Yetchom Fondjo, Jeanne Agrippine, Nzoko Fiemapong, Armand Richard, Tindo, Maurice, Duressa, Tarekegn Fite, Ivković, Slobodan, Husemann, Martin (2024): Taxonomic review of the grasshopper genus Pteropera Karsch, 1891 (Orthoptera, Acrididea, Catantopinae) with description of three new species and a preliminary phylogeny of the Cameroonian species. ZooKeys 1216: 219-264, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1216.130270
DD10F6FFE7855F389D73F99DB44CF487.taxon	description	Fig. 14 A – M	en	Yetchom Fondjo, Jeanne Agrippine, Nzoko Fiemapong, Armand Richard, Tindo, Maurice, Duressa, Tarekegn Fite, Ivković, Slobodan, Husemann, Martin (2024): Taxonomic review of the grasshopper genus Pteropera Karsch, 1891 (Orthoptera, Acrididea, Catantopinae) with description of three new species and a preliminary phylogeny of the Cameroonian species. ZooKeys 1216: 219-264, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1216.130270
DD10F6FFE7855F389D73F99DB44CF487.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Pteropera missoupi sp. nov. differs from Pteropera balachowskyi Donskoff, 1981 (Figs 3 C, D, 8 C, D) in the following features: subocellar facial spot fused, single (divided in P. balachowskyi); dorsal and ventral areas of abdomen yellowish or greenish (brownish in P. balachowskyi); male cerci with a short inner lobe (male cerci simple in P. balachowskyi); male genitalia differ in its U-shaped and close dorsal arch of the cingulum (strongly open in P. balachowskyi); upper ectophallic sheath short, not bent (bent and globular in P. balachowskyi). The new species is similar to Pteropera jeanninae Donskoff, 1981 (Figs 4 E, F, 9 C, D) from which it differs in that its subocellar facial spot is single (divided into two in P. jeanninae); its meso- and metathoracic episternites are pale (yellowish, conspicuous in P. jeanninae); its hind femur has a pale green internal area, with a yellowish median band extending towards the lower margin (uniformly dark green in P. jeanninae); male genitalia differ in its U-shaped dorsal arch of the cingulum (V-shaped in P. jeanninae); and the upper ectophallic sheath is short, not bent (elongate in P. jeanninae). The new species is also similar to Pteropera carnapi Ramme, 1929 (Figs 3 A, B, 8 A, B), from which it differs in the following characteristics: meso- and metathoracic episternites are pale (yellow in the middle in P. carnapi); hind tibia dark green (green bluish in P. carnapi); inner lobe of male cerci shorter than the outer one (as long as or longer than the outer lobe in P. carnapi); and male genitalia differ in its U-shaped, close dorsal arch of cingulum enveloping, apodemes reaching the apex of endophallic sclerites (open forward, apodemes not exceeding the point of separation of endophallic valves in P. carnapi). The new species Pteropera missoupi sp. nov. is similar to Pteropera mirei Donskoff, 1981 (Figs 5 C, D, 10 A, B) from Cameroon in terms of coloration and the shape of the male cercus. However, it can be distinguished from P. mirei by the following characteristics: median subocellar facial spot single not divided in both sexes, but divided in males, sometimes confluent in females of P. mirei; basal pale bands on the lateral lobes of the pronotum narrowed and not interrupted in front of the second transverse groove, but interrupted in P. mirei; and male genitalia differ in the following characteristics: in Pteropera missoupi sp. nov., the two membranous tips at the end of the aedeagus belong to the upper valve, whereas in P. mirei, each of the two membranous tips at the end of the aedeagus belongs to a separate valve. In addition, in Pteropera missoupi sp. nov., the end of the lower tip caps the upper tip, whereas the end of the upper tip caps the lower tip in P. mirei.	en	Yetchom Fondjo, Jeanne Agrippine, Nzoko Fiemapong, Armand Richard, Tindo, Maurice, Duressa, Tarekegn Fite, Ivković, Slobodan, Husemann, Martin (2024): Taxonomic review of the grasshopper genus Pteropera Karsch, 1891 (Orthoptera, Acrididea, Catantopinae) with description of three new species and a preliminary phylogeny of the Cameroonian species. ZooKeys 1216: 219-264, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1216.130270
DD10F6FFE7855F389D73F99DB44CF487.taxon	description	Description. Male: Body and legs with inconspicuous hairs; integument moderately rugous dorsally and smooth ventrally; eyes prominent; antennae thin, filiform, longer than head and pronotum together; large subocellar facial spot fused in a single spot; vertex, dorsal area of pronotum, external upper area of hind femur pale brown; dark longitudinal median band on pronotum disc absent; basal pale band on lateral lobes of pronotum narrowed in front of the second transverse sulcus but not interrupted; prozona longer than metazona; prosternal process conical in its apical part; meso- and metathoracic episternites pale; tegmina lobiform, only slightly reaching the third abdominal segment; mesosternal interspace open; dorsal and ventral area of abdomen yellowish; fore- and middle legs, external and upper inner areas of hind femur dark green; median and lower inner areas of hind femur yellow; knee brownish; hind tibiae dark blue in fresh specimens; male cerci with a short inner lobe; subgenital plate obtusely rounded in dorsal view; pallium and supra-anal plate of male raised. Epiphallus (Fig. 14 H): oval sclerites smaller; ancorae smaller, incurved; lateral margins divergent. Phallic complex (Fig. 14 I – K): dorsal arch of the cingulum U-shaped, close, apodemes only reaching the apex of the endophallic sclerites but not exceeding them; rami bent at an obtuous angle; lateroventral sclerites triangular; zygoma reduced; upper aedeagus valve not bent; upper ectophallic sheath short, not bent; lower ectophallic sheath of smaller size, enveloping the base of the rami; aedeagus short, curved; free end of the aedeagus, outside the ectophallic sheaths, bifid, with broad-sized tips; two membranous tips at the end of the aedeagus belonging to the upper valve; and the end of the lower tip capping the upper tip. Female: As male but larger; cerci short conical; subgenital plate (Fig. 14 L) subrectangular, with straight anterior margins; anterior apodemes narrow and short; egg-guide thin and long; the recurrent distal trunk of lateral spermathecal diverticulum almost 2.5 × longer than the proximal trunk; spermathecal ampulla narrowed at apex; spermathecal duct very long; the base of the copulatory bursa at least as far from the basivalvar sclerites arc as the distance between them; copulatory bursa straight; the base of the spermathecal duct slightly enlarged; copulatory bursa tapering to mid-height; angle formed by the two basivalvar sclerites rounded (Fig. 14 M).	en	Yetchom Fondjo, Jeanne Agrippine, Nzoko Fiemapong, Armand Richard, Tindo, Maurice, Duressa, Tarekegn Fite, Ivković, Slobodan, Husemann, Martin (2024): Taxonomic review of the grasshopper genus Pteropera Karsch, 1891 (Orthoptera, Acrididea, Catantopinae) with description of three new species and a preliminary phylogeny of the Cameroonian species. ZooKeys 1216: 219-264, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1216.130270
DD10F6FFE7855F389D73F99DB44CF487.taxon	description	Measurements. Males (mm) (n = 8): total length of body 18.97 – 22.91; length of pronotum 3.95 – 4.74; length of hind femur 12.65 – 13.77; length of elytra 3.11 – 4.27. Females (mm) (n = 7): total length of body 24.41 – 28.70; length of pronotum 5.14 – 5.62; length of hind femur 15.43 – 17.36; length of elytra 4.32 – 5.40; length of ovipositor 2.28 – 3.75. Additional measurement information is shown in Table 1.	en	Yetchom Fondjo, Jeanne Agrippine, Nzoko Fiemapong, Armand Richard, Tindo, Maurice, Duressa, Tarekegn Fite, Ivković, Slobodan, Husemann, Martin (2024): Taxonomic review of the grasshopper genus Pteropera Karsch, 1891 (Orthoptera, Acrididea, Catantopinae) with description of three new species and a preliminary phylogeny of the Cameroonian species. ZooKeys 1216: 219-264, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1216.130270
DD10F6FFE7855F389D73F99DB44CF487.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species is dedicated to Prof. Alain Didier Missoup in recognition of his work and achievements in the systematic and evolutionary biology of small mammals in Cameroon.	en	Yetchom Fondjo, Jeanne Agrippine, Nzoko Fiemapong, Armand Richard, Tindo, Maurice, Duressa, Tarekegn Fite, Ivković, Slobodan, Husemann, Martin (2024): Taxonomic review of the grasshopper genus Pteropera Karsch, 1891 (Orthoptera, Acrididea, Catantopinae) with description of three new species and a preliminary phylogeny of the Cameroonian species. ZooKeys 1216: 219-264, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1216.130270
DD10F6FFE7855F389D73F99DB44CF487.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Iboti in the Ebo forest; Ongot in the Centre region, Cameroon (Fig. 18 A).	en	Yetchom Fondjo, Jeanne Agrippine, Nzoko Fiemapong, Armand Richard, Tindo, Maurice, Duressa, Tarekegn Fite, Ivković, Slobodan, Husemann, Martin (2024): Taxonomic review of the grasshopper genus Pteropera Karsch, 1891 (Orthoptera, Acrididea, Catantopinae) with description of three new species and a preliminary phylogeny of the Cameroonian species. ZooKeys 1216: 219-264, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1216.130270
D9F61B9CB2E3504F966C1A8054E44122.taxon	description	Figs 6 K, 11 I, 15 M – P	en	Yetchom Fondjo, Jeanne Agrippine, Nzoko Fiemapong, Armand Richard, Tindo, Maurice, Duressa, Tarekegn Fite, Ivković, Slobodan, Husemann, Martin (2024): Taxonomic review of the grasshopper genus Pteropera Karsch, 1891 (Orthoptera, Acrididea, Catantopinae) with description of three new species and a preliminary phylogeny of the Cameroonian species. ZooKeys 1216: 219-264, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1216.130270
D9F61B9CB2E3504F966C1A8054E44122.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Cameroon (Fig. 18 B).	en	Yetchom Fondjo, Jeanne Agrippine, Nzoko Fiemapong, Armand Richard, Tindo, Maurice, Duressa, Tarekegn Fite, Ivković, Slobodan, Husemann, Martin (2024): Taxonomic review of the grasshopper genus Pteropera Karsch, 1891 (Orthoptera, Acrididea, Catantopinae) with description of three new species and a preliminary phylogeny of the Cameroonian species. ZooKeys 1216: 219-264, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1216.130270
0A2940B8308D547389D9645345E729B7.taxon	description	Figs 6 G, H, 11 E, F	en	Yetchom Fondjo, Jeanne Agrippine, Nzoko Fiemapong, Armand Richard, Tindo, Maurice, Duressa, Tarekegn Fite, Ivković, Slobodan, Husemann, Martin (2024): Taxonomic review of the grasshopper genus Pteropera Karsch, 1891 (Orthoptera, Acrididea, Catantopinae) with description of three new species and a preliminary phylogeny of the Cameroonian species. ZooKeys 1216: 219-264, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1216.130270
0A2940B8308D547389D9645345E729B7.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Cameroon (Fig. 18 B).	en	Yetchom Fondjo, Jeanne Agrippine, Nzoko Fiemapong, Armand Richard, Tindo, Maurice, Duressa, Tarekegn Fite, Ivković, Slobodan, Husemann, Martin (2024): Taxonomic review of the grasshopper genus Pteropera Karsch, 1891 (Orthoptera, Acrididea, Catantopinae) with description of three new species and a preliminary phylogeny of the Cameroonian species. ZooKeys 1216: 219-264, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1216.130270
