Redescription of Libanasa brachyura Karny, 1928. (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae: ?Lutosinae) from Tanzania and problems at the subfamily level

PETER M. JOHNS; CLAUDIA HEMP

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3946.1.5

Issue: Vol. 3946 No. 1: 8 Apr. 2015

Type: Article

Published: 2015-04-08

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3946.1.5

Page range: 113–124

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**Redescription of Libanasa brachyura Karny, 1928. (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae: ?Lutosinae) from Tanzania and problems at the subfamily level**

PETER M. JOHNS⁺⁻
CLAUDIA HEMP⁺⁻

Research Fellow, Canterbury Museum, Christchurch, New Zealand.

University of Würzburg, Dept. Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology (Zoology III), Würzburg, Germany.

Orthoptera Anostostomatidae king cricket weta Lutosinae subfamily characters

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Abstract

Libanasa brachyura Karny, 1928 is resurrected and redescribed. Morphological details are added which now question its placement in the Lutosinae, and this in turn questions the subfamily arrangements as a whole. New characters are introduced for future comparison with other genera. Some details of its biology are also added.