Brachyphlaeobella Jago, 1983

Popov †, George B., Fishpool, Lincoln D. C. & Rowell, C. Hugh F., 2019, A review of the Acridinae s. str. (Orthoptera: Acridoidea: Acrididae) of eastern Africa with taxonomic changes and description of new taxa, Journal of Orthoptera Research 28 (2), pp. 37-105 : 43

Brachyphlaeobella Jago, 1983

Brachyphlaeobella Jago, 1983b: 122.

Type species.

- Brachyphlaeobella achilles Jago, 1983b, by original designation.

Description.

-As in key to genera (pp. 44, 45). Known only from the female types. Superficially most like Afrophlaeoba Jago but smaller. Antennae short and robust, weakly dilated basally. Fastigium of vertex about as wide as long; medial carinula weak, interrupted by transverse arcuate sulcus positioned slightly ahead of edge of compound eyes. Frontal ridge with lateral margins rounded and gradually fading below level of antennal sockets (sharp and entire down to clypeal suture in Afrophlaeoba ). Pronotal prozona about 1.5x as long as greatest width of pronotal disc (proportionately longer in Afrophlaeoba ). Lateral carinae weakly excurved; rear margin of metazona medially emarginate. Tegmina strap-like, slender and small, 6x longer than wide, barely extending half-way across first abdominal tergite. Tympanic membrane reduced, less than half width of first tergite and not covered by tegmen. Genital structures and hind knee-lobes unspecialized.

Discussion.

-The genus is rare and, being small, is easily overlooked and could be mistaken for nymphs of other genera such as Paralobopoma and Odontomelus .