AN INDEX-CATALOGUE OF AFRICAN PHANEROPTERINAE (ORTHOPTERA : TETTIGONIIDAE) By D. R. RAGGE CONTENTS Page SYNOPSIS ............ 75 INTRODUCTION ........... 75 TREATMENT ........... 76 THE STATUS OF THE PHANEROPTERINAE ...... 78 CATALOGUE OF AFRICAN PHANEROPTERINAE ...... 79 REFERENCES ........... 98 INDEX ............ 103 SYNOPSIS A catalogue is given of all the genera and species of Phaneropterinae known at present to occur in Africa and its off-shore islands (but not those of the Mediterranean Sea or the Malagasy Sub-region) , and in the Arabian peninsula. The species are arranged alphabetically under the genera to which they have been assigned in the most recent literature, and the arrangement of the genera is also alphabetical. Generic and specific synonyms, junior homonyms and deliberate variations in spelling are listed chronologically under the valid name. The type-species is cited for all generic names, and full information on the type-material is given for all specific names. The catalogue includes 115 genus-group and 358 species-group names; of these, eighty-three generic, 295 specific and seven subspecific names are currently regarded as valid. The status of the Phaneropterinae is discussed. INTRODUCTION THIS catalogue has been compiled as the first stage of a comprehensive revision of the African Phaneropterinae. It includes all the species of Phaneropterinae known at present to occur in Africa, listed alphabetically under the genera to which they have been assigned in the most recent literature. As a deliberate policy, no new combina-tions (with the exception of an unavoidable one mentioned below) or synonyms are established in this paper; any necessary nomenclatorial changes will appear in the systematic revision to be published later. With the exception of groups covered by recent revisions (Ragge, 1955, 19560, 19566, 1957, 19600, 19606, 19610, 19616, 19620, 19626, 1964) the nomenclature will thus be subject to some alteration during the next few years. However, the standard of taxonomic work on the Tettigoniidae during most of the past century has been remarkably high and there are very few nomen-clatorial problems. The geographical region covered by this catalogue includes the whole of the African mainland and off-shore islands (e.g. Socotra, Zanzibar and the islands of the Gulf of Guinea) and the Arabian peninsula, but excludes the Malagasy Sub-region; there is ENTOM. 22, 3. 3
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