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03FF407FDD415673FF3CF8FFFE66FE31.text	03FF407FDD415673FF3CF8FFFE66FE31.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Phlesirtes Bolivar	<div><p>Phlesirtes Bolivar</p><p>Phlesirtes Bolivar, 1922, Voyage de Baron M. Rothschild en Éthiopie et en Afrique Orientale Anglaise, p. 203 . Type species: Xiphidion merumontanum Sjöstedt, 1909, Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Zoologischen Expedition nach dem Kilimanjaro, dem Meru und den umgebenden Massaisteppen Deutsch-Ostafrikas 1905–1906, 17. Orthoptera . Locustodea, p. 139.</p><p>Diagnosis. The genus Phlesirtes is characterized by having two ventral rows each with five spines on fore and mid tibiae (except for P. hanangensis n. sp. with six spines per row). The fastigium verticis is broad in all species (0.9– 1.1 mm). The last abdominal tergite is medially deeply incised, the margins of this incision forming two appendices which may be short and stout, thorn-like or long and inwardly curved or even twisted at their tips. As in other Karniellina the tegmina are hidden for most of their length under the pronotum. The tips of tegmina are protruding from the posterior margin of the pronotum only some mm in most species. The male cerci have two branches, an outer short and blunt one which is rugose and hairy, and an inner slender one. The outer cercus is often very short and blunt to acute, while the inner cercus may be slender and long and/or twisted or more robust. The ovipositors of the females are only slightly up-curved or straight. Usually the ovipositors are about body length (ovipositor/body length: 1.0; in Melanoscirtes shorter, in Chortoscirtes and Acanthoscirtes mostly longer and up to twice the body length in Fulvoscirtes).</p><p>All known species of Phlesirtes have a pattern of cream, white or green fasciae contrasting with brown or black fasciae on head and pronotum. This pattern starts on the fastigium verticis, continues over dorsum of head to the pronotum. In males the fasciae get fainter mostly after the first third or second third of the pronotum. Males of many species show here a uniform colour of the pronotum, sometimes hazelnut brown, often shades of light brown; the anterior part of the pronotum always has the same colour as the tegmina. In females the fasciae are often not as conspicuous as in males but often continuous over the whole body, only fading in the last third or so of the abdomen.</p><p>The pattern of fascia is always very clear on fastigium and dorsum of head and is arranged in all species as follows: central a fine (sometimes very faint) cream, rarely white line which fades very soon on the dorsum of the pronotum. This central line is bordered mostly by an area of broad lateral light to darker brown fascia which merges into sharply outlined black fasciae. This pair of lateral dark fasciae is contrasting often with a cream, white or rarely green pair of fasciae which are very conspicuous in some species (e.g. P. ngongensis n. sp.: shiny white or vivid green, P. merumontanus: shiny white, P. githungiru n. sp.: vivid green) but may be dirty white and not very conspicuous in other species (e.g. P. limuru n. sp., P. chyuluensis n. sp.). This pair of cream, white or green fasciae is bordered again by brown or black fasciae or just merging into the colour of the lateral lobes of the pronotum (often green).</p><p>Species may be distinguished by the outer genitalic morphology of males comparing the shape of the posterior incision of the the 10th tergite, the shape of the lateral processes of the 10th tergite and the male cerci. Females are best identified in association with males. Many Phlesirtes species are highly endemic and the location may help to identify species. Exceptions are P. limuru n. sp. and P. githunguri n. sp. occurring in close proximity on the southern lower slopes of the Aberdare Range and P. gladiolus n. sp. and P. ngongensis n. sp. However, latter two species occupy different elevations. P. ngongensis n. sp. is restricted to the Ngong Hills above an altitude of about 1900 m while P. gladiolus n. sp. was found in drier grassland below 1700 m on the Ngong Hills.</p><p>The genus Phlesirtes is a typical member of the subtribe Karniellina which contains the African genera Naskreckiella, Karniella, Chortoscirtes, Melanoscirtes, Fulvoscirtes and Acanthoscirtes .</p><p>In their general appearance the seven genera are very similar. Males of all species of these taxa have shortened tegmina, and rudimentary hind wings while females have scale-like tegmina and lack hind wings; the stridulatory file is always covered by the posterior margin of the pronotum. In addition, all species have densely hirsute, lobelike expansions on the meso- and metasterna (or collar shaped projections, see Ünal, 2005). A synapomorphic character of the group is the presence of free plantulae of the hind tarsi (for further characters of the Karniellina see Hemp et al., 2010a, b; 2012).</p><p>Phlesirtes has a fastigium verticis that is broader than the scapus, a character also found in Fulvoscirtes, Acanthoscirtes, Melanoscirtes, Chortoscirtes, and Karniella . In Naskreckiella the width of the fastigium verticis is smaller. Naskreckiella also differs in the male cerci, which are differentiated into an outer blunt branch and two inner branches of which the more basal one is hook-like (see Ünal, 2005). Naskreckiella females have very stout ovipositors in contrast to all other genera of Karniellina which have slender, almost straight to slightly up-curved ovipositors. In Naskreckiella and Karniella the tegmina are moderately ( Naskreckiella) to strongly ( Karniella) inflated while in the other genera of Karniellina Fulvoscirtes, Acanthoscirtes, Chortoscirtes, Phlesirtes and Melanoscirtes the tegmina are never strongly inflated. Similarly the pronotum is raised in the area of the tegmina in Naskreckiella and Karniella while it is weakly so in Chortoscirtes, weakly or not in Melanoscirtes and weakly or not raised in Fulvoscirtes, Acanthoscirtes and Phlesirtes . The shape of the cerci is another diagnostic character facilitating to distinguish the genera of Karniellina (see key to Karniellina genera in Hemp et al., 2012)</p><p>Distribution and habitat. All species are inhabitants of open grasslands of the montane to afroalpine zone on East African mountains.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FF407FDD415673FF3CF8FFFE66FE31	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Hemp, Claudia;Heller, Klaus-Gerhard	Hemp, Claudia, Heller, Klaus-Gerhard (2017): The genus Phlesirtes Bolivar, 1922 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae, Conocephalini; Karniellina), a review of the genus with data on its bioacoustics and the description of new species. Zootaxa 4244 (4): 451-477, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4244.4.1
03FF407FDD455673FF3CFE3FFCAEF994.text	03FF407FDD455673FF3CFE3FFCAEF994.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Phlesirtes brachiatus (Uvarov 1924) Uvarov 1924	<div><p>Phlesirtes brachiatus (Uvarov, 1924)</p><p>(Fig. 4 A, B; Fig. 16)</p><p>http://lsid.speciesfile.org/urn:lsid: Orthoptera .speciesfile.org:TaxonName:16431</p><p>Holotype. Phlesirtes brachiatus, male. Depository: BMNH. Locality: British East Africa. Collector: R. Ford.</p><p>Description. See Uvarov (1924).</p><p>Measurements (mm). Length of body 10, length of pronotum 5, length of anterior femur -, length of posterior femur 10.5, visible portion of elytra from above 1.5.</p><p>Remarks. P. brachiatus was described on one male labelled by R. Ford “ British East Africa ”. In the collection of the Natural History Museum London more specimens possibly belonging to this species were studied (Table 2).</p><p>Very likely however, various new species are expected to be found in the different mountainous areas of Ethiopia.</p><p>As seen in Table 2 most localities lie at considerable elevations and thus it is very likely that P. brachiatus isas other species of the genus as well—a montane bound species.</p><p>Diagnosis. P. brachiatus has a short inner branch of the male cerci and a broadly rounded u-shaped gap between the processes of the 10th abdominal tergite (Fig. 4 A, B).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FF407FDD455673FF3CFE3FFCAEF994	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Hemp, Claudia;Heller, Klaus-Gerhard	Hemp, Claudia, Heller, Klaus-Gerhard (2017): The genus Phlesirtes Bolivar, 1922 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae, Conocephalini; Karniellina), a review of the genus with data on its bioacoustics and the description of new species. Zootaxa 4244 (4): 451-477, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4244.4.1
03FF407FDD44567DFF3CFF5DFC89FD32.text	03FF407FDD44567DFF3CFF5DFC89FD32.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Phlesirtes chyuluensis	<div><p>Phlesirtes chyuluensis n. sp. Hemp</p><p>(Fig. 4 C, D; Fig. 5 A; Fig. 16)</p><p>http://lsid.speciesfile.org/urn:lsid: Orthoptera .speciesfile.org:TaxonName:496060</p><p>Holotype male. Kenya, Chyulu Hills, grassland, 1900 m, January 2004. Depository MfN.</p><p>Paratypes. All same data as holotype. 1 female: Depository MfN . 1 male, 1 female. Depository EDNMK. 1 male, 1 female. Depository BMNH.</p><p>Additional paratype material. 6 females, 1 female nymph; all Kenya, Chyulu Hills, same data as holotype. Collection C. Hemp.</p><p>Description. Male. Typical colour pattern as given above in Diagnosis for Phlesirtes . Abdomen. Last abdominal tergite with the two processes leaving an angular space between them (Fig. 4 C). Cerci differentiated into two branches, outer one blunt and short, inner one curved inwardly, very long and slender, about 2–3 times as long as outer one (Fig. 4 D).</p><p>Female. As in male. Ovipositor typical for genus. Subgenital plate as in Fig. 5 A.</p><p>Measurements male (mm) (N=3). Length of body 11.0, length of pronotum 4.5–5.0, length of anterior femur 2.5, length of posterior femur 9.7–10.2, visible part of elytra from above 0.2–0.5.</p><p>Measurements female (mm) (N=8). Length of body 12.5–14.2 (mean: 3.4), length of pronotum 4.1–4.5 (mean: 4.3), length of anterior femur 2.4–2.7 (mean: 2.5), length of posterior femur 10.6–11.1 (mean: 11.0), ovipositor 11.7–13.3 (mean 12.4).</p><p>Diagnosis. P. chyuluensis n. sp. is morphologically and molecularly closely related to P. gladiolus n. sp. Both share an angular incision formed by the lateral processes on the posterior margin of the 10th abdominal tergite and a long and slender inner branch of the male cerci. While P. gladiolus n. sp. has longer and thorn-like processes, these processes are shorter and very thin in P. chyuluensis n. sp. In both species these processes are bent downward while in P. elgonensis n. sp. and P. limuru n. sp. —having also an angular space between the processes- the processes are more straight, almost on one level with the 10th abdominal tergite or only slightly bent downwards. The inner branches of the male cerci are more stout, not as long and slender and curved as in P. chyuluensis n. sp. and P. gladiolus n. sp.</p><p>Habitat and distribution. Montane grasslands on the Chyulu Hills 1800–1900 m, probably occurring in grasslands along a wider altitudinal span on the Chyulu Hills.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FF407FDD44567DFF3CFF5DFC89FD32	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Hemp, Claudia;Heller, Klaus-Gerhard	Hemp, Claudia, Heller, Klaus-Gerhard (2017): The genus Phlesirtes Bolivar, 1922 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae, Conocephalini; Karniellina), a review of the genus with data on its bioacoustics and the description of new species. Zootaxa 4244 (4): 451-477, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4244.4.1
03FF407FDD4B567FFF3CFCCBFBA3FE80.text	03FF407FDD4B567FFF3CFCCBFBA3FE80.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Phlesirtes elgonensis Hemp	<div><p>Phlesirtes elgonensis Hemp n. sp.</p><p>(Fig. 2; Fig. 4 E, F; Fig. B; Fig. 6; Fig. 16)</p><p>http://lsid.speciesfile.org/urn:lsid: Orthoptera .speciesfile.org:TaxonName:496061</p><p>Holotype male. Kenya, Mt Elgon, southern slopes, National Park 3100 m, montane grasslands, November 2011. Depository MfN.</p><p>Paratypes. 1 female, same data as holotype. Depository MfN . 1 male, 1 female, same data as holotype. Depository EDNMK . 1 male, 1 female, same data as holotype. Depository BMNH .</p><p>Additional paratype material. 14 males, 6 females, same data as holotype; 6 males, 18 females, 2 females nymphs, Kenya, Mt Elgon National Park, montane grassland, 2950 m, November 2011 ; 5 females, 2 nymphs, Kenya, Mt Elgon National Park, grassy forest clearing, 2400 m, November 2011. Collection C. Hemp.</p><p>Description. Male. Colour pattern. Medially on abdomen broad creamy to light brown fascia bordered by dark brown fascia laterally along length. Otherwise typical Phlesirtes colour pattern with partly green legs and pronotal lobes and brown pronotum and abdomen (Fig. 7 A). Abdomen. Last abdominal tergite medially acutely incised, lateral processes rather stout, as in Fig. 5 E. Most individuals with pair of dark patches. Cerci with outer branch stout, tip blunt conical, inner branch comparatively short, slightly curved (Fig. 4 F).</p><p>Female. Colour pattern as in male but more brownish (Fig. 6 B). Ovipositor brown, little up-curved, slender, typical for the genus. Subgenital plate as in Fig. 5 B.</p><p>Diagnosis. Morphologically and molecularly related to P. limuru n. sp. from the lower slopes of the Aberdare Range. Both species have a similar colour pattern. The male cerci consist of a stout and comparatively blunt outer branch and comparatively short little curved inner branch. The 10th tergite has a pair of dark patches in both species. In P. limuru n. sp. however, the processes of the 10th tergite are shorter and the incision is not as acute as in P. elgonensis n. sp.</p><p>Measurements male (mm) (N=6). Length of body 9.2–9.5, length of pronotum 4.4–4.7, length of anterior femur 2.1–2.2, length of posterior femur 9.2–9.5, visible part of elytra from above 0.7–1.0.</p><p>Measurements female (mm) (N=6). Length of body 10–13, length of pronotum 3.7–4.0, length of anterior femur 2.4–2.5, length of posterior femur 11.2–11.5, ovipositor 10.0–10.6.</p><p>Habitat and distribution. Kenya, Mt Elgon. At present only known from the montane zone on the southern slopes of Mt Elgon on forest clearings and montane grasslands between 2400–3100 m.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FF407FDD4B567FFF3CFCCBFBA3FE80	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Hemp, Claudia;Heller, Klaus-Gerhard	Hemp, Claudia, Heller, Klaus-Gerhard (2017): The genus Phlesirtes Bolivar, 1922 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae, Conocephalini; Karniellina), a review of the genus with data on its bioacoustics and the description of new species. Zootaxa 4244 (4): 451-477, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4244.4.1
03FF407FDD495679FF3CFEA5FBD6FD4E.text	03FF407FDD495679FF3CFEA5FBD6FD4E.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Phlesirtes githunguri Hemp	<div><p>Phlesirtes githunguri Hemp n. sp.</p><p>(Fig. 1; Fig. 4. G, H; Fig. 7; Fig. 8; Fig. 16)</p><p>http://lsid.speciesfile.org/urn:lsid: Orthoptera .speciesfile.org:TaxonName:496064</p><p>Holotype male. Kenya, Uplands, degraded swamp, 2300 m, June 2007. Depository MfN.</p><p>Paratypes. 1 female, Kenya, between Uplands and Githunguri, 2300 m, grassy path through forest plantation June 2007. Depository MfN . 1 male, same data as holotype. Depository BMNH .</p><p>Additional material examined. 4 males, 1 female, same data as holotype. Collection C. Hemp.</p><p>Description. Male. Colour pattern. Mix of brown and green. Brown to black fascia medially on head and pronotum bordered by vivid green fasciae. Abdomen with light brown fasciae medially bordered by black lateral fasciae (Fig. 7 A, B). Abdomen. Last abdominal tergite with a pair of pale spots and an almost triangular shaped gap between the strongly inwardly rolled processes at posterior margin (Fig. 4 G). Cerci differentiated into two branches, outer one short and blunt, inner one slender with acute apices, inwardly bent and at apex attenuate (Fig. 4 H). Subgenital plate elongate; at posterior apex broad incision; styli slender; median portion of subgenital plate with a shallow groove.</p><p>Female. As in male, but colour more light brown and dark brown and lateral fasciae not as vivid green as in male (Fig. 7 C). Ovipositor typical for genus, almost straight but slightly shorter than body length (Fig. 7 C). Subgenital plate shield-like, similar as in P. chyuluensis n. sp. or P. elgonensis n. sp. (Fig. 5 A, B).</p><p>Measurements male (mm) (N=7). Length of body 8.2–10.0 (mean: 9.2), length of pronotum 4.4–5.3 (mean: 4.8), length of anterior femur 2.0–2.3 (mean: 2.15), length of posterior femur 8.2–9.5 (mean: 8.9), visible part of elytra from above 0.4–0.7 (mean: 0.6).</p><p>Measurements female (mm) (N=2). Length of body 10.5–15.5, length of pronotum 3.5–3.9, length of anterior femur 2.1–2.5, length of posterior femur 9.3, ovipositor 8.0–8.8.</p><p>Diagnosis. The processes of the male 10th abdominal tergite are almost triangular and the space formed between them as well in dorsal aspect. Thus the processes are comparatively broad-based and short compared to species with acute processes e.g. P. elgonensis n. sp., P. limuru n. sp., P. gladiolus n. sp. or P. chyuluensis n. sp. P. githunguri n. sp. is the sister group to both P. keniensis on Mt Kenya and P. kinangopa from the montane and afroalpine zone of the Aberdare Range. As in the latter two species the tips of the processes of the 10th tergite are strongly rolled inwardly.</p><p>Habitat and distribution. Only known from the type locality around Githunguri, Kenya on the lower southern slopes of the Aberdare Range. Inhabitants of montane and subalpine grasslands.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FF407FDD495679FF3CFEA5FBD6FD4E	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Hemp, Claudia;Heller, Klaus-Gerhard	Hemp, Claudia, Heller, Klaus-Gerhard (2017): The genus Phlesirtes Bolivar, 1922 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae, Conocephalini; Karniellina), a review of the genus with data on its bioacoustics and the description of new species. Zootaxa 4244 (4): 451-477, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4244.4.1
03FF407FDD4F5679FF3CFCEFFD10F878.text	03FF407FDD4F5679FF3CFCEFFD10F878.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Phlesirtes gladiolus Hemp	<div><p>Phlesirtes gladiolus Hemp n. sp.</p><p>(Fig. 1; Fig. 4 I, J; Fig. 5 C; Fig. 9; Fig. 16)</p><p>http://lsid.speciesfile.org/urn:lsid: Orthoptera .speciesfile.org:TaxonName:496065</p><p>Holotype male. Kenya, Ngong Hills, road Kiserian to Isinya, grassland, 1760 m, May 2005. Depository MfN.</p><p>Paratypes. 1 female, same data as holotype but June 2007 . Depository MfN. 1 male, same data as holotype but May 2006, 1 female, same data as holotype but June 2007. Depository EDNMK. 1 male, same data as holotype but May 2006; 1 female, same data as holotype but June 2007. Depository BMNH.</p><p>Additional paratype material. 5 males, 3 females, male nymph, same data as holotype and May and December 2006, and May 2010 . 9 males, 7 females, Kenya, Maparasha Hills near Bissel, savanna grassland, 1720 m, May 2010. Collection C. Hemp.</p><p>Description. Male. Colour pattern. Some individuals completely straw-coloured with faint fasciae (Fig. 9 A) but also with typical pattern for Phlesirtes with contrasting fasciae on head and pronotum and green pronotal lobes and on part of the legs. Abdomen dorsal brown with broad black lateral fasciae and deep black 10th abdominal tergite and cerci (Fig. 9 B). Spines of hind tibiae black-tipped. Abdomen. Last abdominal tergite with thorn-like processes and an angular incision (Fig. 4 I). Outer branch of male cercus very short and blunt, inner branch almost starting where outer branch ends (Fig. 4 J).</p><p>Female. Colour pattern as in male with same variation from straw-coloured (Fig. 9 C) to contrasting pattern of dark and light fasciae. Ovipositor dark to reddish brown, nearly straight, slender, typical for genus (Fig. 5 O). Subgenital plate small and more angular than in most other species (Fig. 5 C).</p><p>Measurements male (mm) (N=7). Length of body 9.0–10.5 (mean: 9.8), length of pronotum 4.7–5.5 (mean: 5.1), length of anterior femur 2.1–2.5 (mean: 2.3), length of posterior femur 9.5–10.2 (mean: 9.7), visible part of elytra from above 0.6–1.3 (mean: 0.9).</p><p>Measurements female (mm) (N=7). Length of body 10.4–11.8 (mean: 11.0), length of pronotum 3.6–4.6 (mean: 4.0), length of anterior femur 2.5 (mean: 2.5), length of posterior femur 10.4–11.2 (mean: 10.7), ovipositor 10.3–12.0 (mean: 11.3).</p><p>Diagnosis. P. gladiolus n. sp. may be distinguished by its thorn-like processes of the last abdominal tergite. Only P. chyuluensis n. sp. also has thorn-like processes but P. gladiolus n. sp. has a subgenital plate which is roundly incised while it is very shallowly and more angular incised in P. chyuluensis n. sp. Otherwise both species are very similar in size and colour pattern. P. chyuluensis n. sp. is only known from the Chyulu Hills while P. gladiolus n. sp. occurs on the lower slopes of the Ngong Hills, around Kajiado and the Maparasha Hills in savanna grasslands.</p><p>Habitat and distribution. Open grasslands in the montane zone of the on the foothills of the Ngong Hills, around Kajiado and the Maparasha Hills in Kenya.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FF407FDD4F5679FF3CFCEFFD10F878	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Hemp, Claudia;Heller, Klaus-Gerhard	Hemp, Claudia, Heller, Klaus-Gerhard (2017): The genus Phlesirtes Bolivar, 1922 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae, Conocephalini; Karniellina), a review of the genus with data on its bioacoustics and the description of new species. Zootaxa 4244 (4): 451-477, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4244.4.1
03FF407FDD4D567BFF3CFF5DFB20FB39.text	03FF407FDD4D567BFF3CFF5DFB20FB39.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Phlesirtes hanangensis Hemp	<div><p>Phlesirtes hanangensis Hemp n. sp.</p><p>(Fig. 4. K, L; Fig. 5 D; Fig. 10 C; Fig. 16)</p><p>http://lsid.speciesfile.org/urn:lsid: Orthoptera .speciesfile.org:TaxonName:496066</p><p>Holotype male. Tanzania, Mt Hanang, 1900 m grassland at lower border of montane forest, May 2006. Depository MfN.</p><p>Paratypes. 1 female, same data as holotype. Depository MfN . 1 male, 1 female, same data as holotype. Depository BMNH .</p><p>Additional material examined. 6 males, 5 females, same data as holotype. Collection C. Hemp.</p><p>Description. Male Colour pattern. Brown with little green. Abdomen brown-black with broad black lateral fasciae. Legs. Fore and mid tibiae with two rows of each 6 spines ventrally, being the only species to present in the genus with 6 spines (usually 5). Spines of hind tibia black tipped. Abdomen. Space between processes of 10th abdominal tergite almost rectangular (Fig. 4 K). Outer branch of cercus almost ending where inner branch starts; slender, little curved (Fig. 4 L).</p><p>Female. Colour pattern as in male but more brown. Ovipositor typical for genus (Fig. 10 C). Subgenital plate shield-like as in Fig. 5 D.</p><p>Measurements male (mm) (N=7). Length of body 8.0 –10.0 (mean: 9.1), length of pronotum 4.2–4.7 (mean: 4.4), length of anterior femur 2.3–2.5 (mean: 2.4), length of posterior femur 9.7–11.3 (mean: 10.1), visible part of elytra from above 0.4–0.6 (mean: 0.5).</p><p>Measurements female (mm) (N=5). Length of body 12.2–13.0 (mean: 12.5), length of pronotum 3.5–3.8 (mean: 3.7), length of anterior femur 2.5–2.7 (mean: 2.6), length of posterior femur 11.2–13.0 (mean: 12.0), ovipositor 10.4–12.5 (mean: 11.3).</p><p>Diagnosis. P. hanangensis n. sp. is the only member of the genus to present having two rows of each 6 spines on fore and mid tibiae. It is easily recognized by the shape of the male cerci: the outer branch is almost reduced, ending blunt and the inner one slender and little curved. Also P. gladiolus n. sp. has male cerci with a very short outer branch and an inner branch starting almost where the outer branch ends but has two rows of each 5 spines on fore and mid tibiae and a different shaped gap formed between the processes of the 10th abdominal tergite.</p><p>Habitat and distribution. Only known from the montane zone of Mt Hanang, north-western Tanzania. It occurs in grasslands and in grassy patches along hedges at the lower border of the montane forest.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FF407FDD4D567BFF3CFF5DFB20FB39	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Hemp, Claudia;Heller, Klaus-Gerhard	Hemp, Claudia, Heller, Klaus-Gerhard (2017): The genus Phlesirtes Bolivar, 1922 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae, Conocephalini; Karniellina), a review of the genus with data on its bioacoustics and the description of new species. Zootaxa 4244 (4): 451-477, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4244.4.1
03FF407FDD4D567AFF3CFB32FB40FC33.text	03FF407FDD4D567AFF3CFB32FB40FC33.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Phlesirtes keniensis Hemp	<div><p>Phlesirtes keniensis Hemp n. sp.</p><p>(Fig. 1; Fig. 5 E; Fig. 10 D; Fig. 11 A, B; Fig. 16)</p><p>http://lsid.speciesfile.org/urn:lsid: Orthoptera .speciesfile.org:TaxonName:496067</p><p>Holotype male. Kenya, Mt Kenya, Chogoria Route, tussock grassland, 3000 m, March 2003. Depository MfN.</p><p>Paratypes. 1 female, same data as holotype. Depository MfN . 1 male, 1 female, same data as holotype. Depository EDNMK . 1 male, 1 female, same data as holotype. Depository BMNH .</p><p>Additional material examined. 6 males, 10 females, 2 nymphs, same data as holotype . 4 males, 3 females, Kenya, Mt Kenya, northern slopes, Sirimon Route, grassland, 2400–2600 m, November 2014. Collection C. Hemp.</p><p>Description. Male. Colour pattern. Green and various shades of brown, typical for Phlesirtes (Fig. 10 D). Abdomen. Processes on posterior margin of 10th abdominal tergite broadly in-rolled at their tips. Space formed between them u-shaped (Fig. 11 A). Outer branch of cerci blunt, hardly overtopping junction of inner branch. Inner branch slender, tips curved downwards and elongated (Fig. 7 B). Posterior margin of subgenital plate almost straight.</p><p>Female. Colour pattern as male. Ovipositor typical for Phlesirtes . Subgenital plate shield-like as in Figs. 5 E.</p><p>Measurements male (mm) (N=10). Length of body 8.5–10.6 (mean: 9.3), length of pronotum 4.2–4.8 (mean: 4.4), length of anterior femur 2.0–2.1 (mean: 2.05), length of posterior femur 7.7–8.1 (mean: 7.9), visible part of elytra from above 0.6–0.9 (mean: 0.7).</p><p>Measurements female (mm) (N=10). Length of body 9.5–10.8 (mean: 10.1), length of pronotum 4.5–5.3 (mean: 4.8), length of anterior femur 2.0–2.3 (mean: 2.2), length of posterior femur 8.3–8.8 (mean: 8.6), ovipositor 0.3–0.7 (mean: 0.5).</p><p>Diagnosis. P. keniensis n. sp. and P. kinangopa n. sp. are morphologically sister taxa. P. keniensis n. sp. is slightly smaller and less stout than P. kinangopa (see measurements). Measured and compared individuals were all collected at a similar altitude ( P. keniensis at 3000 m, P. kinangopa at 3100 m). Also the width of the fastigium verticis between antennal sockets of all measured individuals was 0.9 mm while it was 1.0 mm in all measured individuals of P. kinangopa . Generally P. keniensis has a less conspicuous colour pattern, being more brownish with less green which is also more pale, while the pronotal lobes in P. kinangopa are vivid green and the abdomen of a darker black colour.</p><p>Habitat and distribution. Montane grasslands and tussock grasslands on Mt Kenya.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FF407FDD4D567AFF3CFB32FB40FC33	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Hemp, Claudia;Heller, Klaus-Gerhard	Hemp, Claudia, Heller, Klaus-Gerhard (2017): The genus Phlesirtes Bolivar, 1922 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae, Conocephalini; Karniellina), a review of the genus with data on its bioacoustics and the description of new species. Zootaxa 4244 (4): 451-477, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4244.4.1
03FF407FDD4C567AFF3CFC3DFD89F869.text	03FF407FDD4C567AFF3CFC3DFD89F869.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Phlesirtes kilimontanus Hemp	<div><p>Phlesirtes kilimontanus Hemp n. sp.</p><p>(Fig. 12 A; Fig. 16)</p><p>http://lsid.speciesfile.org/urn:lsid: Orthoptera .speciesfile.org:TaxonName:496068</p><p>Holotype male. Tanzania, Mt Kilimanjaro, Oloitokitok Route, upper montane zone, grasslands, 2650 m, September 2009. Depository MfN.</p><p>Paratypes. 1 female, same data as holotype. Depository MfN.</p><p>Additional material examined. All Tanzania, Kilimanjaro, northern slopes, Oloitokitok Route. 1 male, 2 females, 1 female nymph, same data as holotype but July 2007 . 2 female, forest clearing 2130 m, July 2002. 1 female, grassland 2550 m July 2002. Collection C Hemp.</p><p>Description. Male. Mix of brown and green but with generally more green. Abdomen. Last abdominal tergite with median depression. Inner branch of male cerci twisted at tip, tip long and acute. Space between processes of 10th abdominal tergite rhombic (Fig. 12 A).</p><p>Female. Ovipositor typical for Phlesirtes, straight and about body length. Subgenital plate shield-like, similar as in P. chyuluensis n. sp. or P. elgonensis n. sp.</p><p>Measurements male (mm) (N=2). Length of body 7.5–8.5, length of pronotum 3.6–3.9, length of anterior femur 8.2–9.0, length of posterior femur 1.8–2.2, visible part of elytra from above 0.8–0.9.</p><p>Measurements female (mm) (N=3). Length of body 9.0–9.5, length of pronotum 2.9–3.2, length of anterior femur 9.2–9.8, length of posterior femur 2.0–2.2, ovipositor 9.2–9.5.</p><p>Diagnosis. The smallest Phlesirtes species at present. Characterized by a median depression on the 10th abdominal tergite. This character is shared with P. merumontanus which is larger though and generally has a pattern of more brown and less green. The posterior margin of the subgenital plate is roundly incised in P. merumontanus while it is almost straight in P. kilimontanus n. sp. P. timboroa n. sp. also has a median depression on the 10th abdominal tergite. The posterior margin of the subgenital plate is v-shaped incised in this species and it is restricted to the Kenyan highlands around Eldoret. Fig. 12 gives an overview of P. merumontanus from different localities in northern Tanzania and P. kilimontanus n. sp. only found in the upper montane and subalpine zone of Mt Kilimanjaro.</p><p>Habitat and distribution. Montane and subalpine grasslands on the northern slopes of Mt Kilimanjaro in altitudes between 2600 m and 2800 m.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FF407FDD4C567AFF3CFC3DFD89F869	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Hemp, Claudia;Heller, Klaus-Gerhard	Hemp, Claudia, Heller, Klaus-Gerhard (2017): The genus Phlesirtes Bolivar, 1922 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae, Conocephalini; Karniellina), a review of the genus with data on its bioacoustics and the description of new species. Zootaxa 4244 (4): 451-477, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4244.4.1
03FF407FDD535664FF3CFABCFF32FEF8.text	03FF407FDD535664FF3CFABCFF32FEF8.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Phlesirtes kinangopa Hemp	<div><p>Phlesirtes kinangopa Hemp n. sp.</p><p>(Fig. 5. F; Fig. 10 E, Fig. 11 C, D; Fig. 16)</p><p>http://lsid.speciesfile.org/urn:lsid: Orthoptera .speciesfile.org:TaxonName:496069</p><p>Holotype male. Kenya, Aberdare Range, Fishers Lodge, 2900 m, January 2001. Depository MfN.</p><p>Paratypes. 1 female, same data as holotype. Depository MfN . 1 male, 1 female, same data as holotype. Depository EDNMK . 1 male, 1 female, same data as holotype. Depository BMNH .</p><p>Additional paratype material. 19 males, 17 female, same data as holotype . 1 male, 2 females, Kenya, Aberdare Range, grassy roadside vegetation, 2518 m, January 2001. Collection C. Hemp.</p><p>Description. Male. Color pattern of green and various shades of brown and black (Fig. 10 E). Abdomen. Processes of 10th abdominal tergite at tips broadly inwardly rolled. Processes forming an oval-shaped gap between them (Fig. 11 C). Most individuals with pair of dark patches on 10th abdominal tergite. Inner branch of male cercus short, little curved (Fig. 11 D).</p><p>Female. Colour pattern as male. Ovipositor typical for genus. Subgenital plate as in Fig. 5 F.</p><p>Measurements male (mm) (N=10). Length of body 9.5–10.8 (mean: 10.1), length of pronotum 4.5–5.3 (mean: 4.8), length of anterior femur 2.0–2.3 (mean: 2.2), length of posterior femur 8.3–8.8 (mean: 8.6), visible part of elytra from above 0.3–0.7 (mean: 0.5).</p><p>Measurements female (mm) (N=10). Length of body 9.5–12.3 (mean: 11.0), length of pronotum 3.2–3.6 (mean: 3.4), length of anterior femur 2.2–2.3 (mean: 2.2), length of posterior femur 8.5–9.2 (mean: 8.9), ovipositor 7.8–8.7 (mean: 8.0).</p><p>Diagnosis. See P. keniensis .</p><p>Habitat and distribution. Moorland zone and grasslands on the Aberdare range. Recorded between 2500– 2900 m.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FF407FDD535664FF3CFABCFF32FEF8	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Hemp, Claudia;Heller, Klaus-Gerhard	Hemp, Claudia, Heller, Klaus-Gerhard (2017): The genus Phlesirtes Bolivar, 1922 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae, Conocephalini; Karniellina), a review of the genus with data on its bioacoustics and the description of new species. Zootaxa 4244 (4): 451-477, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4244.4.1
03FF407FDD525664FF3CFE7DFF75FAAD.text	03FF407FDD525664FF3CFE7DFF75FAAD.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Phlesirtes laikipiaensis Hemp	<div><p>Phlesirtes laikipiaensis Hemp n. sp.</p><p>(Fig. 5 G; Fig. 11 E, F; Fig. 16)</p><p>http://lsid.speciesfile.org/urn:lsid: Orthoptera .speciesfile.org:TaxonName:496070</p><p>Holotype male. Kenya, Laikipia District, ADC Mutara Ranch, 18–1900 m, Themeda-Pennisetum grassland, September 1986, coll. D. K. Olson. Depository EDNMK.</p><p>Paratypes. 2 females, same data as holotype. Depository EDNMK.</p><p>Description. Male. Colour mix of brown and green. Abdomen. Last abdominal tergite with two processes, leaving a rhombic space between them; the whole median area of posterior margin with processes down-curved (Fig. 11 E) Cerci differentiated into two branches, outer one blunt and short, inner one comparatively short, curved inwardly, slender (Fig. 11 F). Subgenital plate shallow and broadly incised between styles.</p><p>Female. Ovipositor typical for genus. Subgenital plate broader than long, broadly incurved at posterior margin with vertical orientated shallow median groove and thus very similar to other Phlesirtes species with a shield-like subgenital plate (Fig. 5 G).</p><p>Diagnosis. Well characterized by the rhombic gap formed between the processes of the 10th abdominal tergite. P. ngorongoroensis n. sp. has also a rhombic gap between the processes but the inner branch of the male cerci is somewhat inflated before the tip while in P. laikipiaensis n. sp. the inner branch of the male cerci is of normal shape, evenly tapering to its tip. Also P. kilimontanus n. sp. has a rhombic gap but is of much smaller body size and also restricted to the montane and subalpine zone on Mt Kilimanjaro.</p><p>Measurements male (mm) (N=1). Length of body 8.3, length of pronotum 4.7, length of anterior femur: missing, length of posterior femur: missing, visible part of elytra from above 1.1.</p><p>Measurements female (mm) (N=2). Length of body 11.2–12.2, length of pronotum 4.0, length of anterior femur 2.6, length of posterior femur 10.6, ovipositor 11.0–12.2.</p><p>Habitat and distribution. Kenya, Laikipia plateau in montane Themeda-Pennisetum grasslands, 1800–1900 m.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FF407FDD525664FF3CFE7DFF75FAAD	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Hemp, Claudia;Heller, Klaus-Gerhard	Hemp, Claudia, Heller, Klaus-Gerhard (2017): The genus Phlesirtes Bolivar, 1922 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae, Conocephalini; Karniellina), a review of the genus with data on its bioacoustics and the description of new species. Zootaxa 4244 (4): 451-477, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4244.4.1
03FF407FDD525664FF3CFA4FFB81F899.text	03FF407FDD525664FF3CFA4FFB81F899.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Phlesirtes latifrons Chopard 1954	<div><p>Phlesirtes latifrons Chopard, 1954</p><p>(Fig. 11 G, H)</p><p>http://lsid.speciesfile.org/urn:lsid: Orthoptera .speciesfile.org:TaxonName:16429</p><p>Type. Phlesirtes latifrons male. Depository BMNH.</p><p>Measurements male (mm) (N=1). Length of body 11, length of pronotum 5.1, length of anterior femur 2.8, length of posterior femur 10.7.</p><p>Diagnosis. The inner branch of the male cercus is inflated at its tip (Fig. 11 G, H). Only P. ngorongoroensis n. sp. also has a slightly inflated and laterally compressed inner branch of the male cerci but not as conspicuous as in P. latifrons .</p><p>Habitat and distribution. Kenya, Mt Marsabit and Moyale. Upland grassland.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FF407FDD525664FF3CFA4FFB81F899	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Hemp, Claudia;Heller, Klaus-Gerhard	Hemp, Claudia, Heller, Klaus-Gerhard (2017): The genus Phlesirtes Bolivar, 1922 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae, Conocephalini; Karniellina), a review of the genus with data on its bioacoustics and the description of new species. Zootaxa 4244 (4): 451-477, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4244.4.1
03FF407FDD525667FF3CF887FEF8FC35.text	03FF407FDD525667FF3CF887FEF8FC35.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Phlesirtes limuru Hemp	<div><p>Phlesirtes limuru Hemp n. sp.</p><p>(Fig. 2; Fig. 5. H; Fig. 10 A, B; Fig. 11 I, J; Fig. 16)</p><p>http://lsid.speciesfile.org/urn:lsid: Orthoptera .speciesfile.org:TaxonName:496071</p><p>Holotype male. Kenya, near Limuru, montane grassland, 2100 m, May 2006. Depository MfN.</p><p>Paratypes. 1 female, same data as holotype. Depository MfN . 1 male, 1 female, same data as holotype. Depository EDNMK . 1 male, 1 female, same data as holotype. Depository BMNH .</p><p>Additional paratype material. 17 males, 10 females, same data as holotype . 19 males, 6 females, Kenya, near Limuru, montane grassland, 37 M 0 237188 9870544, 2200 m, December 2006. Collection C. Hemp.</p><p>Description. Male. Mix of brown and green colours. Abdomen. Incision of 10th abdominal tergite angular and similar as in the morphologically and molecularly closely related P. elgonensis n. sp. The processes on the posterior margin of the 10th tergite are straight (Fig. 11 I). Differences between both species are seen in the stoutness of the processes: P. limuru n. sp. has longer and more slender processes while in P. elgonensis n. sp. these processes are stouter, broader and shorter. Male cercus with stout outer branch and comparatively short and little curved inner branch (Fig. 11 J)</p><p>Female. Colour pattern as in male. Ovipositor typical for genus. Subgenital plate with two lobes at posterior margin which is not found in any other Phlesirtes species at present (Fig. 5 H).</p><p>Measurements male (mm) (N=10). Length of body 8.8–10.5 (mean: 9.4), length of pronotum 4.5–4.7 (mean: 4.6), length of anterior femur 2.1–2.2 (mean: 2.1), length of posterior femur 8.3–9.6 (mean: 9.2), visible part of elytra from above 0.4–1.5 (mean: 0.8).</p><p>Measurements female (mm) (N=10). Length of body 8.7–11.5 (mean: 10.3), length of pronotum 3.6–4.1 (mean: 3.8), length of anterior femur 2.3–2.6 (mean: 2.4), length of posterior femur 9.8–11.0 (mean: 10.3), ovipositor 9.0–10.2 (mean: 9.9).</p><p>Diagnosis. Morphologically related to P. elgonensis n. sp. (distinguishing characters see at P. elgonensis n. sp. and above).</p><p>Habitat and distribution. Kenya, lower slopes of Aberdare Range around town Limuru . Montane grasslands 2100–2200 m.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FF407FDD525667FF3CF887FEF8FC35	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Hemp, Claudia;Heller, Klaus-Gerhard	Hemp, Claudia, Heller, Klaus-Gerhard (2017): The genus Phlesirtes Bolivar, 1922 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae, Conocephalini; Karniellina), a review of the genus with data on its bioacoustics and the description of new species. Zootaxa 4244 (4): 451-477, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4244.4.1
03FF407FDD515667FF3CFC37FBF0F93D.text	03FF407FDD515667FF3CFC37FBF0F93D.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Phlesirtes mauensis Hemp	<div><p>Phlesirtes mauensis Hemp n. sp.</p><p>(Fig. 11 K, L; Fig. 16)</p><p>http://lsid.speciesfile.org/urn:lsid: Orthoptera .speciesfile.org:TaxonName:496072</p><p>Holotype male. Kenya, SW Mau Forest, 2400 m, Kipteget River 8–11 February 1988, coll. A. Wilson. Depository EDNMK.</p><p>Paratypes. 1 male, same data as holotype . 1 male, Kenya, Endabarra Camp, Mau Forest, January 1946. Depository EDNMK.</p><p>Description. Male. Abdomen. Brown-black. Last abdominal tergite at posterior margin with horizontally down-bent processes, forming between them a triangular space (Fig. 11 K). Cerci with blunt outer process and slender inwardly curved longer processes; tips of inner processes twisted (Fig. 11 L). Subgenital plate with posterior margin incised with faint median carina.</p><p>Female. Unknown.</p><p>Measurements male (mm) (N=3). Length of body 9.6–12.0, length of pronotum 3.2–4.8, length of anterior femur 2.5, length of posterior femur 9.3–9.8, visible part of elytra from above 0.9–1.5.</p><p>Diagnosis. A triangle shaped gap between the processes of the 10th tergite is also found in P. githunguri n. sp. However, P. githunguri n. sp. has inwardly rolled tips of the processes of the 10th abdominal tergite while the processes in P. mauensis n. sp. are straight.</p><p>Habitat and distribution. Kenya, Mau Escarpment. Montane forest, 2400 m.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FF407FDD515667FF3CFC37FBF0F93D	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Hemp, Claudia;Heller, Klaus-Gerhard	Hemp, Claudia, Heller, Klaus-Gerhard (2017): The genus Phlesirtes Bolivar, 1922 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae, Conocephalini; Karniellina), a review of the genus with data on its bioacoustics and the description of new species. Zootaxa 4244 (4): 451-477, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4244.4.1
03FF407FDD515666FF3CF93FFA84FA92.text	03FF407FDD515666FF3CF93FFA84FA92.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Phlesirtes melanocercus Hemp	<div><p>Phlesirtes melanocercus Hemp n. sp.</p><p>(Fig. 5 I; Fig. 13 A, B; Fig. 16)</p><p>http://lsid.speciesfile.org/urn:lsid: Orthoptera .speciesfile.org:TaxonName:496073</p><p>Holotype male. Uganda, northern side Mt Elgon, clearing in forest plantation, 2100 m, November 2011 ; acoustics CH 7493. Depository MfN.</p><p>Paratypes. 1 female, same data as holotype. Depository MfN.</p><p>Additional paratype material. 2 males, 2 female nymphs, same data as holotype. Collection C. Hemp.</p><p>Description. Male. Mix of green, brown and black. Conspicuous is the deep black abdomen in males. Also fastigium verticis black and not brown as in most other Phlesirtes species. Abdomen. Space formed between processes of last abdominal tergite almost rectangular or square, processes bent down-wards (Fig. 13 A). Inner branches of cerci stout, slightly inflated midway (Fig. 13 B). Cerci completely black.</p><p>Female. Predominantly of brown-black colour with little green on the pronotal lobes. Ovipositor typical for genus. Subgenital plate as in Fig. 5 I.</p><p>Diagnosis. Comparatively large species. The deep black abdomen including the cerci reminds of species of the genus Melanoscirtes . Only in P. ngorongorensis n. sp. also males with a black abdomen and black fastigium verticis occur (although most individuals are of rather dark brown colour than deeply black as found in P. melanocercus n. sp.). The space formed between the processes of the 10th abdominal tergite are rhombic in P. ngorongoroensis n. sp. but rectangular to almost square in P. melanocercus n. sp.</p><p>Measurements male (mm) (N=3). Length of body 9.0–10.0, length of pronotum 4.3–4.7, length of anterior femur 2.5–2.6, length of posterior femur 8.8–9.6, visible part of elytra from above 0.2–1.5.</p><p>Measurements female (mm) (N=1). Length of body 13.5, length of pronotum 3.7, length of anterior femur 3.0, length of posterior femur 12.0, ovipositor 14.</p><p>Habitat and distribution. Uganda, N Elgon. Montane grasslands and grassy forest clearings, 2100 m.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FF407FDD515666FF3CF93FFA84FA92	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Hemp, Claudia;Heller, Klaus-Gerhard	Hemp, Claudia, Heller, Klaus-Gerhard (2017): The genus Phlesirtes Bolivar, 1922 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae, Conocephalini; Karniellina), a review of the genus with data on its bioacoustics and the description of new species. Zootaxa 4244 (4): 451-477, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4244.4.1
03FF407FDD505661FF3CFAA8FAEDFE17.text	03FF407FDD505661FF3CFAA8FAEDFE17.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Phlesirtes merumontanus (Sjöstedt 1909) Sjostedt 1909	<div><p>Phlesirtes merumontanus (Sjöstedt, 1909)</p><p>(Fig. 1; Fig. 5. J; Fig. 12 B–D; Fig. 13 C, D; Fig. 14; Fig. 16) http://lsid.speciesfile.org/urn:lsid: Orthoptera .speciesfile.org:TaxonName:16427</p><p>Type: Xiphidion merumontanum, male. Depository: Naturhistoriska Rjiksmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden . Locality: Tanzania, Mt Meru (Ngabana).</p><p>Measurements male (mm) (N=6). Length of body 9.0–12.8 (mean: 10.0), length of pronotum 4.4–5.1 (mean: 4.7), length of anterior femur 2.1–2.6 (mean: 2.3), length of posterior femur 9.0–10.0 (mean: 9.6), visible part of elytra from above 0.6–1.2 (mean: 1.0).</p><p>Measurements female (mm) (N=6). Length of body 9.3–12.8 (mean: 11.9), length of pronotum 3.8–4.4 (mean: 4.1), length of anterior femur 2.5–2.7 (mean: 2.6), length of posterior femur 10.0–11.0 (mean: 10.4), ovipositor 10.4–10.6 (mean: 10.5).</p><p>Habitat. Colline to montane zone on Mt Meru (Sjöstedt 1909); on forest clearings and along forest paths from about 1700 m up to 2700 m in grassy patches within shrubland on the eastern slopes of Mt Meru. Montane grasslands and forest clearings on the Monduli Range. Montane grasslands on Mt Kitumbeine. Montane grasslands and forest clearings on southern, western and northern slopes of Mt Kilimanjaro at altitudes of 1700–2000 m. Reaches sometimes very high abundancies on montane meadows.</p><p>Diagnosis. Predominantly with light and dark brown colour pattern, pronotal lobes and part of the legs green (Fig. 14 A–C), a typical colour pattern of many Phlesirtes species. One of three Phlesirtes species with a median depression on the 10th abdominal tergite. Differentiated by the posterior margin of the subgenital plate which is roundly incised while it is straight in P. kilimontanus n. sp. and v-shaped incised in P. timboroa n. sp. (see key). Females of P. merumontanus (Fig. 14 C) with a shield-like subgenital plate as typical for many Phlesirtes species (Fig. 5 J). Nymphs already with typical colour pattern of Phlesirtes (Fig. 14 D) but more black and white striped which is also seen in most other nymphs of Phlesirtes species.</p><p>Distribution. Tanzania, Mt Meru (Sjöstedt 1909), Mt Kitumbeine, Monduli Range, Mt Kilimanjaro.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FF407FDD505661FF3CFAA8FAEDFE17	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Hemp, Claudia;Heller, Klaus-Gerhard	Hemp, Claudia, Heller, Klaus-Gerhard (2017): The genus Phlesirtes Bolivar, 1922 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae, Conocephalini; Karniellina), a review of the genus with data on its bioacoustics and the description of new species. Zootaxa 4244 (4): 451-477, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4244.4.1
03FF407FDD575663FF3CF936FCC2FE83.text	03FF407FDD575663FF3CF936FCC2FE83.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Phlesirtes ngongensis Hemp	<div><p>Phlesirtes ngongensis Hemp n. sp.</p><p>(Fig. 2; Fig. 3; Fig. 5. K; Fig. 13 E, F; Fig. 15; Fig. 16)</p><p>http://lsid.speciesfile.org/urn:lsid: Orthoptera .speciesfile.org:TaxonName:496074</p><p>Holotype male. Kenya, Ngong Hills, grassland, August 2001. Depository MfN.</p><p>Paratypes. 1 female, same data as holotype. Depository MfN . 1 male, 1 female, same data as holotype. Depository EDNMK . 1 male, 1 female, same data as holotype. Depository BMNH .</p><p>Additional paratype material: 13 males, 8 females, 3 nymphs, same data as holotype and January 2007.</p><p>Description. Male. Mix of green and brown colours. Lateral beside light and dark brown median fasciae of head and pronotum vivid green fasciae (Fig. 15 A). Abdomen light brown with lateral dark fasciae (Fig. 15 B). Abdomen. With inwardly rolled tips of the processes of the 10th abdominal tergite. Space between processes almost round and gap at posterior end where tips are inwardly rolled almost closed (Fig. 13 E). Inner branch of male cerci comparatively short, little curved (Fig. 13 F).</p><p>Female. Colour pattern similar to male (Fig. 15 C). Ovipositor slightly shorter than body length (Fig. 15 C). Subgenital plate shield-like, as in Fig. 5 K.</p><p>Measurements male (mm) (N=10). Length of body 9.1–11.2 (mean: 9.8), length of pronotum 4.3–5.2 (mean: 4.7), length of anterior femur 2.1–2.5 (mean: 2.3), length of posterior femur 8.2–9.5 (mean: 8.7), visible part of elytra from above 0.3–0.9 (mean: 0.65).</p><p>Measurements female (mm) (N=10). Length of body 8.5–13.5 (mean: 10.9), length of pronotum 3.6–4.4 (mean: 4.0), length of anterior femur 2.2–2.7 (mean: 2.3), length of posterior femur 9.5–11.0 (mean: 10.0), ovipositor 8.4–10.5 (mean: 9.5).</p><p>Diagnosis. Similar to most other Phlesirtes species the lateral processes on the 10th abdominal tergite are very broad and stout and positioned very close to each other forming only a very narrow gap between them which is almost round. Although molecularly the sister taxon to P. limuru n. sp. morphologically well separated. P. limuru n. sp. and P. elgonensis n. sp have an angular incised posterior margin of the 10th tergite and the processes straight.</p><p>In P. ngongensis n. sp. the tips of the lateral processes formed at the posterior margin of the 10th tergite are rolled inwardly. Inwardly rolled tips of these processes are also found in P. keniensis n. sp., P. kinangopa n. sp. and P. githuguri n. sp. (all latter three are morphological closely related, see Diagnosis at P. githunguri n. sp.). With P.</p><p>kinangopa n. sp. P. ngongensis n. sp. shares processes of the 10th tergite that are positioned very closely to each other, almost touching each other where the tips are rolled inwardly and they also form an almost round gap.</p><p>Habitat and distribution. Kenya, Ngong Hills. Found around 1800 m to summit of Ngong Hills in montane grasslands, forest edge and forest clearings (Fig. 15 D).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FF407FDD575663FF3CF936FCC2FE83	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Hemp, Claudia;Heller, Klaus-Gerhard	Hemp, Claudia, Heller, Klaus-Gerhard (2017): The genus Phlesirtes Bolivar, 1922 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae, Conocephalini; Karniellina), a review of the genus with data on its bioacoustics and the description of new species. Zootaxa 4244 (4): 451-477, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4244.4.1
03FF407FDD555662FF3CF934FA96FC14.text	03FF407FDD555662FF3CF934FA96FC14.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Phlesirtes ngorongoroensis Hemp	<div><p>Phlesirtes ngorongoroensis Hemp n. sp.</p><p>(Fig. 1; Fig. 5 L; Fig. 13 G, H; Fig. 16)</p><p>http://lsid.speciesfile.org/urn:lsid: Orthoptera .speciesfile.org:TaxonName:496075</p><p>Holotype male. Tanzania, Ngorongoro crater rim, grassy patches roadside, March 1999. Depository MfN . Paratypes. 1 female (CH 6884), Tanzania, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=35.483334&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-3.2333333" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 35.483334/lat -3.2333333)">Ngorongoro</a> crater rim, Simba camping site A 3°14´S 35° 29´E February 2007, coll. K.- G. Heller. Depository MfN .</p><p>Additional paratype material. 1 male (CH 6886), Tanzania, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=35.483334&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-3.2333333" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 35.483334/lat -3.2333333)">Ngorongoro</a> crater rim, Simba camping site A 3°14´S 35° 29´E February 2007, coll. K.- G. Heller. Collection C. Hemp . 1 male (CH 6885), 2 females (CH 6891, CH 6687 in spirit), Tanzania, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=35.483334&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-3.2333333" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 35.483334/lat -3.2333333)">Ngorongoro</a> crater rim, Simba camping site A 3°14´S 35° 29´E February 2007, coll. K.- G. Heller. Collection K.- G. Heller.</p><p>Description. Male. Mix of green and brown colours, abdomen and fastigium verticis in some males black. Colour pattern similar to P. melanocercus n. sp. but abdomen and cerci not as deep black but of more dark brown colour. Abdomen. Space between processes of 10th abdominal tergite rhombic (Fig. 15 G). Inner branch of male cerci inflated and slightly compressed. Tip very narrow again and acute (Fig. 15 H).</p><p>Female. Ovipositor typical for Phlesirtes, as long as body length. Subgenital plate as in Fig. 5 L.</p><p>Measurements male (mm) (N=2). Length of body 10–10.5, length of pronotum 4.7–5.0, length of anterior femur 2.4–2.5, length of posterior femur 9.3–9.4, visible part of elytra from above 1.4–1.8.</p><p>Measurements female (mm) (N=1). Length of body 11.5, length of pronotum 3.9, length of anterior femur 2.5, length of posterior femur 10.2, ovipositor 11.5.</p><p>Diagnosis. Rhombic shaped gaps between the processes of the 10th abdominal tergite are also found with P. nou n. sp., P. kilimontanus n. sp. and P. laikipiaensis n. sp. None of the above listed species with rhombic gaps between the processes of the 10th abdominal tergite has an inner branch of the male cerci which is inflated though. An inflated but laterally compressed inner branch of the male cerci is also present in P. latifrons . In P. ngorongoroensis n. sp. the inner branch of the male cerci is not as strongly laterally compressed as in P. latifrons . The tip of the inner cercal branch is also very thin and acute in P. ngorongoroensis n. sp. while it is stouter in P. latifrons .</p><p>Habitat and distribution. Tanzania, Ngorongoro conservation area. Montane grasslands 2200–2400 m.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FF407FDD555662FF3CF934FA96FC14	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Hemp, Claudia;Heller, Klaus-Gerhard	Hemp, Claudia, Heller, Klaus-Gerhard (2017): The genus Phlesirtes Bolivar, 1922 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae, Conocephalini; Karniellina), a review of the genus with data on its bioacoustics and the description of new species. Zootaxa 4244 (4): 451-477, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4244.4.1
03FF407FDD545662FF3CFC16FDFAF8AB.text	03FF407FDD545662FF3CFC16FDFAF8AB.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Phlesirtes nou Hemp	<div><p>Phlesirtes nou Hemp n. sp.</p><p>(Fig. 5 M; Fig. 13 I, J; Fig. 16)</p><p>http://lsid.speciesfile.org/urn:lsid: Orthoptera .speciesfile.org:TaxonName:496076</p><p>Holotype male. Tanzania, Manyara Escarpment, Nou Forest, forest clearing, 2100 m February 2005. Depository MfN.</p><p>Paratypes. 1 female, same data as holotype. Depository MfN . 1 male, 1 female, same data as holotype. Depository EDNMK . 1 male, 1 female, same data as holotype. Depository BMNH .</p><p>Additional paratype material. 19 males, 12 females, 6 nymphs, same data as holotype. Collection C. Hemp.</p><p>Description. Male. Mix of green and brown and black colours. Abdomen. The space between the processes of the 10th abdominal tergite is u-shaped with a median indentation (Fig. 15 I). The processes are thin and straight. The inner branch of the male cercus is thick and then abruptly narrowed into an acute tip (Fig. 15 J).</p><p>Female. Ovipositor typical for Phlesirtes, nearly the length of the body. Subgenital plate as in Fig. 5 M.</p><p>Measurements male (mm) (N=10). Length of body 8.7–10.2, length of pronotum 4.1–4.6, length of anterior femur 2.0–2.2, length of posterior femur 8.8–9.2, visible part of elytra from above 0.6–1.2.</p><p>Measurements female (mm) (N=10). Length of body 9.5–12.0, length of pronotum 3.1–3.5, length of anterior femur 2.1–2.4, length of posterior femur 9.0–9.8, ovipositor 9.2–10.0.</p><p>Diagnosis. P. ngorongoroensis n. sp. and P. latifrons also have modified inner branches of the male cerci, in P. ngorongoroensis n. sp. slightly inflated. In P. nou n. sp. the inner cercal branch is round and suddenly narrowed to form an acute apex. In P. ngorongoroensis n. sp. the space between the processes of the 10th abdominal tergite is rhombic while it is u-shaped in P. nou n. sp. with a median indentation. In P. latifrons the space between the processes of the 10th abdominal tergite is evenly and broadly rounded.</p><p>Habitat and distribution. Tanzania, Manyara escarpment, Nou Forest Reserve, grassy patches along forest edge and on forest clearings, 2100 m.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FF407FDD545662FF3CFC16FDFAF8AB	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Hemp, Claudia;Heller, Klaus-Gerhard	Hemp, Claudia, Heller, Klaus-Gerhard (2017): The genus Phlesirtes Bolivar, 1922 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae, Conocephalini; Karniellina), a review of the genus with data on its bioacoustics and the description of new species. Zootaxa 4244 (4): 451-477, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4244.4.1
03FF407FDD54566DFF3CF841FB78FC4F.text	03FF407FDD54566DFF3CF841FB78FC4F.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Phlesirtes timboroa Hemp	<div><p>Phlesirtes timboroa Hemp n. sp.</p><p>(Fig. 1; Fig. 3; Fig. 5 N; Fig. 13 K,L; Fig. 16)</p><p>http://lsid.speciesfile.org/urn:lsid: Orthoptera .speciesfile.org:TaxonName:496077 Holotype male. Kenya, between Eldoret and Londiani A 104, near Timboroa about 800 m west of Equator, open grassland, 2700 m, November 2011. Depository MfN.</p><p>Paratypes. 1 female, same data as holotype. Depository MfN . 1 male, same data as holotype. Depository EDNMK . 1 male, 1 female. 1 male, Timboroa, coll. G. N. D. Beale, 5.1948. Depository EDNMK. 1 male, 1 female, same data as holotype, Depository BMNH .</p><p>Additional paratype material: 6 males, 1 female, 2 female nymphs, same data as holotype. Collection C. Hemp.</p><p>Description. Male. Mix of green and brown colours, abdomen with black lateral fasciae. Abdomen. The space between the processes of the 10th abdominal tergite is u-shaped or almost rectangular, the apices of the processes of the 10th abdominal tergite with acute tips. The median depression of the 10th abdominal tergite shallow (Fig. 15 K). The male cerci have a comparatively short inner branch which is moderately curved at its tip (Fig. 15 L).</p><p>Female. Ovipositor slightly shorter than body length, otherwise typical for Phlesirtes . Subgenital plate as in Fig. 5 N.</p><p>Measurements male (mm) (N=6). Length of body 9.5–11.0, length of pronotum 4.5–5.0, length of anterior femur 2.2–2.3, length of posterior femur 9.5–10.2, visible part of elytra from above 0.6–1.3.</p><p>Measurements female (mm) (N=3). Length of body 9.5–12.0, length of pronotum 3.5–4.0, length of anterior femur 2.3–2.6, length of posterior femur 11, ovipositor 8.5–9.0.</p><p>Diagnosis. P. kilimontanus n. sp. and P. merumontanus both also have a depression medially on the 10th abdominal tergite which is however, deeper than in P. timboroa n. sp. In P. kilimontanus n. sp. the space between the processes of the 10th abdominal tergite is rhombic while it is narrow u-shaped or almost rectangular in P. timboroa n. sp. and thus very similar to P. merumontanus . Both species are geographically separated. P. timboroa n. sp. occurs on the central Kenyan highlands around Eldoret while P. merumontanus is distributed throughout northern Tanzania.</p><p>Habitat and distribution. Kenya, highlands around Eldoret; montane grasslands 2700 m.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FF407FDD54566DFF3CF841FB78FC4F	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Hemp, Claudia;Heller, Klaus-Gerhard	Hemp, Claudia, Heller, Klaus-Gerhard (2017): The genus Phlesirtes Bolivar, 1922 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae, Conocephalini; Karniellina), a review of the genus with data on its bioacoustics and the description of new species. Zootaxa 4244 (4): 451-477, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4244.4.1
03FF407FDD5B566CFF3CFBEDFA5AFD68.text	03FF407FDD5B566CFF3CFBEDFA5AFD68.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Phlesirtes	<div><p>Key to the species of male Phlesirtes</p><p>1 Fore and mid tibiae with double row each of 6 ventral spines. Tanzania, Mt Hanang................. P. hanangensis n. sp.</p><p>1´Fore and mid tibiae with double row each of 5 ventral spines................................................... 2</p><p>2 Tips of processes of last abdominal tergite inwardly rolled (Fig. 8)...............................................3</p><p>2´Processes of last abdominal tergite not curved inwardly.......................................................6</p><p>3 Only posterior tips of processes inwardly curved, gap between both processes circle-shaped Kenya, Ngong Hills................................................................................................ P. ngongensis n. sp.</p><p>3´Posterior ends of processes broadly incurved................................................................4</p><p>4 Gap between processes triangle-shaped, also part of processes at dorsal aspect tri-angular. Kenya, Aberdare Range.............................................................................................. P. githunguri n. sp.</p><p>4´Gap between processes not triangle shaped.................................................................5</p><p>5 Posterior margin of subgenital plate almost straight. Gap between processes open, u-shaped. Kenya, Mt Kenya................................................................................................... P. keniensis n. sp.</p><p>5´Posterior margin of subgenital plate roundly incised. Gap between processes oval-shaped; Kenya, Aberdare Range............................................................................................... P. kinangopa n. sp.</p><p>6 Part of abdomen, last abdominal tergite and cerci partly or fully black............................................7</p><p>6´Abdomen and last abdominal tergite not completely black, predominantly brown and cerci not completely black..........8</p><p>7 Space formed between processes of last abdominal tergite almost rectangular, processes curved down-wards. Inner branches of cerci stout, slightly inflated midway. Cerci completely black. Uganda, northern slopes of Mt Elgon.... P. melanocercus n. sp.</p><p>7´Space formed between processes of 10th tergite triangular, tips of processes oriented to each other almost closing triangle- shaped space between them. Kenya, Mau Escarpment............................................ P. mauensis n. sp.</p><p>8 Inner branch of cercus very long and slender, twisted at tip. Kenya, Chyulu Hills.................... P. chyuluensis n. sp.</p><p>8´Inner branch of cercus shorter and stouter.................................................................. 9</p><p>9 Inner branch of cercus twisted at posterior end, inflated and/or laterally compressed before tip........................10</p><p>9´Inner branch of cercus not inflated/compressed before tip..................................................... 11</p><p>10 Inner branch of cercus strongly inflated, tip stout. Last abdominal tergite with u-shaped incision. Ethiopia ..................................................................................................... P. latifrons Chopard</p><p>10´Inner branch of cercus not as strongly inflated, tip thin and acute. Tanzania, Ngorongoro Highlands..................................................................................................... P. ngorongoroensis n. sp.</p><p>11 Inner branch of cercus very short, little curved, in diameter round..............................................12</p><p>11´Inner branch of cercus very short, little curved slightly laterally compressed, tips twisted or not.......................13</p><p>12 Tip of inner branch of cercus thin, acute. Posterior margin of 10th abdominal tergite between processes angular incised. Space between processes of 10th abdominal tergite angular to roundish. Kenya, Aberdare Range................. P. limuru n. sp.</p><p>12´Tip of inner branch of cercus not thinner than rest of branch; Inner cercal branch comparatively stout and short and little curved; gap formed between processes of 10th abdominal tergite shaped like a house with straight lateral sides and a roof-like posterior margin formed by the 10th tergite. Ethiopia .......................................... P. brachiatus Uvarov</p><p>13 Tip of inner branch of cercus not twisted..................................................................14</p><p>13´Tip of inner branch of cercus twisted.....................................................................15</p><p>14 Tip of inner branch of cercus round and thick, suddenly narrowed shortly before apex; tip acute. Posterior margin of 10th abdominal tergite between processes u-shaped with median indentation. Tanzania, Manyara Escarpment....... P. nou n. sp.</p><p>14´Tip on inner branch of cercus not thick and suddenly narrow at apex; gap between processes rhombic.. P. laikipiaensis n. sp.</p><p>15 10th abdominal tergite without median depression. Lateral processes of 10th abdominal tergite thorn-like stout. Kenya, Mt Elgon................................................................................ P. elgonensis n. sp.</p><p>15´10th abdominal tergite with median depression............................................................. 16</p><p>16 Gap between processes of 10th abdominal tergite not rhombic shaped............................................17</p><p>16´Gap between processes of 10th abdominal tergite rhombic; very small body size. Posterior margin of subgenital almost straight. Tanzania, upper montane zone on Mt Kilimanjaro ........................................... P. kilimontanus n. sp.</p><p>17 Gap between processes of 10th abdominal tergite plate u-shaped or almost rectangular incised. Median depression on 10th abdominal tergite shallow. Kenya, area around Eldoret.......................................... P. timboroa n. sp.</p><p>17´Gap between processes of 10th abdominal tergite u-shaped but not rectangular. Median depression on 10th abdominal tergite deep. Tanzania, Mt Kitumbeine, Monduli Range, Mt Meru, Mt Kilimanjaro .................. P. merumontanus (Sjöstedt)</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FF407FDD5B566CFF3CFBEDFA5AFD68	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Hemp, Claudia;Heller, Klaus-Gerhard	Hemp, Claudia, Heller, Klaus-Gerhard (2017): The genus Phlesirtes Bolivar, 1922 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae, Conocephalini; Karniellina), a review of the genus with data on its bioacoustics and the description of new species. Zootaxa 4244 (4): 451-477, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4244.4.1
