Brachytrupes acuminipennis ( Fairmaire, 1858 ), 2023

Simeu-Noutchom, Alain, Heller, Klaus-Gerhard, Nyobe, Philene Corinne Aude Um & Kekeunou, Sevilor, 2023, Taxonomy review of the genus Brachytrupes (Orthoptera: Gryllidae) with the description of a new species and key to the species, Zootaxa 5336 (3), pp. 373-388 : 381-382

Species Brachytrupes acuminipennis ( Fairmaire, 1858) stat. rev. ( Table 4 )

Gryllus acuminipennis Fairmaire, 1858: p. 257

Type material: unspecified; central Africa , Gabon .

Description ( Fairmaire 1858) Reddish, with a brown tint on the front of the head, the top and sides of the prothorax, lighter on the tegmina; hind femur thighs with short brown hatching, forming a longitudinal band above the middle, a brown spot before the end. Antennae longer than the body, reaching the end of the tegmina; forehead having, between the antennae, a slight impression with raised edges. Widely sinuate prothorax in the middle of the anterior border, on the disc a wide furrowed impression in the middle. Tegmina fairly long, acuminate, with strong veins. The four forelegs rather short and fairly robust, finely hairy; large and very robust hind femora, thigh much longer than tibia, very thick, sharp and somewhat leafy below; tibia armed, outside, with a double row of spins, and at the extremity with four very strong mobile spurs; first segment of hind tarsi almost twice as long as third, spiny above; the second almost hidden, very small; abdominal appendices half as long as the abdomen.

Distribution: Gabon