Mogoplistes aff. M. brunneus Serville, 1838

Felix, Rob, Bouwman, Jaap, Odé, Baudewijn, Ketelaar, Robert, Pham, Duc Minh & Bailey, James, 2025, The grasshoppers and crickets (Orthoptera) of the Socotra Archipelago (Yemen): a comprehensive overview and a description of a new Oecanthus Tree Cricket (Oecanthidae), Contributions to Entomology 75 (1), pp. 21-166 : 21-166

Mogoplistes aff. M. brunneus Serville, 1838

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Diagnostic notes.

Mogoplistes is distinguished from Ectatoderus by the following characteristics: males are apterous with a more or less square pronotum (not elongated), the clypeus lacks a median furrow, the scape is very narrow and the broad inter-antennal space broad (hence with a very high inter-antennal space / scape width ratio).

On Socotra, a yet unidentified member of the Mogoplistini tribe occurs (Fig. 161 ), probably belonging to Mogoplistes and related to M. brunneus Serville, 1838 . Since M. brunneus is a species confined to the Mediterranean, the taxon on Socotra probably belongs to another species. For now, only nymphs have been recorded. In 2009 and 2010, several specimens were collected; in 2024, a late instar nymph was photographed (Fig. 161 ). For proper identification and description, more material must be collected.

Distribution and occurrence.

Mogoplistes aff. M. brunneus is known from several records on the island, suggesting a rather wide distribution. See https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/203184073.

Figures

Figure 160. Mogoplistes aff. M. brunneus Serville, 1838, female, nymph. Firmihin, Socotra, 3 Feb 2024 (photograph James Bailey).

Figure 161. Ectatoderus sp. 3 and its calling song. Oscillogram (A) and spectrogram (B) depicting 500 ms (A) and 2 s (B). C. Recorded male specimen. Noged Plain, Socotra, 3 Feb 2024, 20: 53 h (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/199187230). (photograph James Bailey).