Bruno Massa

Bruno Massa, Italian entomologist.

University of Palermo, Department of Agricultural and Forest Sciences, Viale Scienze 13, I-90128 Palermo, Italy
E-mail: bruno.massa@unipa.it

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Allegrucci, G., Massa, B., Trasatti, A., Sbordoni, V. 2014. A taxonomic revision of western Eupholidoptera bush crickets (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae): testing the discrimination power of DNA barcode. Systematic Entomology 39(1): 7–23. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12031 Reference page.
Massa, B. 2013. Pamphagidae (Orthoptera: Caelifera) of North Africa: key to genera and the annotated check-list of species. Zootaxa 3700(3): 435–475. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3700.3.7 Reference page.

Francesca, N., Carvalho, C., Sannino, C., Guerreiro, M.A., Almeida, P.M., Settanni, L., Massa, B., Sampaio, J.P. & Moschetti, G. 2014. Yeasts vectored by migratory birds collected in the Mediterranean island of Ustica and description of Phaffomyces usticensis f.a. sp. nov., a new species related to the cactus ecoclade. FEMS Yeast Research 14(6): 910-921 DOI: 10.1111/1567-1364.12179 Reference page.

Massa, B. 2015. New genera, species and records of Phaneropterinae (Orthoptera, Phaneropteridae) from sub-Saharan Africa. ZooKeys 472: 77–102. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.472.8575 Reference page.
Massa, B. 2015. Taxonomy and distribution of some katydids (Orthoptera Tettigoniidae) from tropical Africa. Zookeys 524: 17–44. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.524.5990 Preview (PDF) Reference page.
Massa, B., Ünal, M. & Lo Verde, G. 2015. Revision of the genus Prionotropis Fieber, 1853 (Orthoptera: Pamphagidae: Thrinchinae). Zootaxa 4059(3): 499–524. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4059.3.4 Preview (PDF). Full article (PDF). Reference page.

Felix, R. & Massa, B. 2016. Orthoptera (Insecta: Tettigonioidea, Pyrgomorphoidea, Acridoidea) of Kafa Biosphere Reserve, Bale Mountains National Park and other areas of conservation interest in Ethiopia. Zootaxa 4189(1): 1–59. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4189.1.1. Reference page.
Hillert, O., Arnone, M., Král, D. & Massa, B. 2016. The genus Bolbelasmus in the western and southern regions of the Mediterranean Basin (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae: Bolboceratinae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 56(1): 211–254. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Massa, B. 2016. The identity of the tropical African Polichne mukonja Griffini, 1908 (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Phaneropterinae). ZooKeys 621: 37–44. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.621.9725. Reference page.
Massa, B. 2017. New taxa of Orthoptera (Insecta Tettigoniidae Phaneropterinae) from Madagascar. Zootaxa 4242(2): 299–312. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4242.2.5. Reference page.
Skuhravá, M., Massa, B. & Cerasa, G. 2016. Rediscovery and identity of Pumilomyia protrahenda De Stefani (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) in Sicily with redescription and reassessment of its taxonomic position. ZooKeys 617: 129–137. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.617.9850 Reference page.

Benkenana, N. & Massa, B. 2017. A new species of Pamphagus (Orthoptera: Pamphagidae) from Algeria with a key to all the species of the genus. Zootaxa 4254(1): 102–110. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4254.1.6. Reference page.
Hemp, C. & Massa, B. 2017. Review of the African genera Arantia Stål and Goetia Karsch (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae). Zootaxa 4362(4): 451–498. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4362.4.1 Reference page.
Massa, B. 2017. New and interesting Orthoptera from the Arabian Peninsula and Socotra. ZooKeys 679: 37—46. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.679.11967 Reference page.
Massa, B. 2017. New genera, species and records of Afrotropical Phaneropterinae (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae) preserved at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Bruxelles. Zootaxa 4358(3): 401–429. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4358.3.1. Reference page.
Massa, B. 2017. Revision of the tropical African genus Tetraconcha (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae) with the description of ten new species. Journal of Orthoptera Research 26(2): 211–232. DOI: 10.3897/jor.26.21469 Reference page.

Cerasa, G., Lo Verde, G., Caleca, V., Massa, B., Nicholls, J.A. & Melika, G. 2018. Description of Dryocosmus destefanii new species (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) from Quercus suber L. in Italy. Zootaxa 4370(5): 535–548. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4370.5.5 Reference page.
Heller, K-G., Hemp, C., Massa, B., Kociński, M. & Warchałowska-Śliwa, E. 2018. Paraplangia sinespeculo, a new genus and species of bush-cricket, with notes on its biology and a key to the genera of Phaneropterinae (Orthoptera: Tettigonioidea) from Madagascar. Journal of Orthoptera Research 27(2): 143–153. DOI: 10.3897/jor.27.24243 Reference page.
Massa, B. 2018. Synonymy of two recently described taxa of Phaneropterinae (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae). Zootaxa 4394(3): 450–450. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4394.3.12 Reference page.
Massa, B. 2018. The tropical African tribes Poreuomenini, Zeuneriini and Morgeniini with the description of a new genus (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae). Zootaxa 4514(2): 293–300. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4514.2.12 Reference page.
Massa, B., Heller, K-G., Warchałowska-Śliwa, E. & Moulin, N. 2018. The tropical African genus Morgenia (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Phaneropterinae) with emphasis on the spur at the mid tibia. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 65(2): 161–175. DOI: 10.3897/dez.65.26693 .Reference page.

Buzzetti, F.M., Brizio, C., Fontana, P. & Massa, B. 2019. A new voice from Sardinia: Uromenus annae (Targioni-Tozzetti, 1881) (Insecta: Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Bradyporinae: Ephippigerini). Zootaxa 4560(2): 311–320. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4560.2.4 Reference page.
Fontana, P., Buzzetti, F.M. & Massa, B. 2019. A new rare species of Oedipoda Latreille, 1829 (Orthoptera: Acrididae) from South Italy. Zootaxa 4614(1): 50–60. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4614.1.2 Reference page.
Heller, K–G., Hemp, C., Massa, B., Rakotondranary, J. & Krištín, A. 2019. Notes on a small collection of phaneropterine bush-crickets (Insecta: Orthoptera: Tettigonioidea) from Central and Southern Madagascar with the description of two new species. Zootaxa 4563(2): 297–310. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4563.2.4 Reference page.
Massa, B. & Tagliavia, M. 2019. On the identity of Tettigonia krugeri Massa from Libya with some remarks on variability of Tettigonia species (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae; Tettigoniinae). Zootaxa 4658(2): 343–354. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4658.2.8 Reference page.

Massa, B. 2020. Revision of the Afrotropical genus Leiodontocercus (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Phaneropterinae) with a description of four new species. ZooKeys, 951: 47–65. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.951.53814 Reference page.
Bellia, E., Cesara, G., Cigna, V., Lo Brutto, S. & Massa, B. 2020. Epinephelus sicanus (Doderlein, 1882) (Perciformes: Serranidae: Epinephelinae), a valid species of grouper from the Mediterranean Sea. Zootaxa 4758(1): 191–195. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4758.1.10 Reference page.