Pseudomogoplistes vicentae Gorochov, 1996


Pseudomogoplistes vicentae: Male (N-Portugal, app. 10km south of Viano do Castelo, October 2013) [M] Pseudomogoplistes vicentae: Male (N-Portugal, app. 10km south of Viano do Castelo, October 2013) [M] Pseudomogoplistes vicentae: Male (N-Portugal, app. 10km south of Viano do Castelo, October 2013) [M] Pseudomogoplistes vicentae: Female nymph (N-Portugal, app. 10km south of Viano do Castelo, October 2013) [M] Pseudomogoplistes vicentae: Female nymph (N-Portugal, app. 10km south of Viano do Castelo, October 2013) [M] Pseudomogoplistes vicentae: Female nymph (N-Portugal, app. 10km south of Viano do Castelo, October 2013) [M] Pseudomogoplistes vicentae: Female nymph (N-Portugal, app. 10km south of Viano do Castelo, October 2013) [M] Pseudomogoplistes vicentae: Habitat (N-Portugal, app. 10km south of Viano do Castelo, October 2013) [N] Pseudomogoplistes vicentae: Habitat (N-Portugal, app. 10km south of Viano do Castelo, October 2013) [N]

Nutrition:
The animals should feed on deposits of the sea and other dead plant material.

Habitat:
Pseudomogoplistes vicentae inhabits the Atlantic coast. I observed animals in N-Portugal at a sandy beach on gravelly spots quite numerously. The animals rested during the day especially under stones in loose vegetation.

Life cycle:
I observed Adults, but especially nymphs in October 2013. Pseudomogoplistes vicentae in its stages is probably recordable year-round.

Endangerment factors:
Pseudomogoplistes vicentae does probably not tolerate mass tourism and coastal overbuilding.

Remarks:
Pseudomogoplistes vicentae occurs only very local and with vast interruptions on the Atlantic coast of Morocco, Portugal, France and S-England (with Channel Islands).

Hints on determination:
Normally the females have a comparatively long ovipositor. Thus the shown female individuals should be larvae.

Literature:
Gorochov, A. V., 1996. A new species of Pseudomogoplistes from Morocco and Portugal
(Orthoptera: Mogoplistidae). Zoosystematica Rossica, 4 (2): 292.