Coryphosima triangularis Bouvy, 1982

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 : 69

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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jor.28.29312

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scientific name

Coryphosima triangularis Bouvy, 1982
status

comb. n.

Coryphosima triangularis Bouvy, 1982 View in CoL comb. n. Figs 144-146

Rastafaria triangularis Bouvy, 1982.

Material.

-D.R. CONGO: Katanga (as Shaba) Prov., Likasi (type locality), 10 mi. S. Kapona, 1570 m; Lubumbashi. ZAMBIA: N.W. Prov. Kapushi; Kipundu; 16 mi. N. of Mwinilunga (NHMUK).

Description.

-Main diagnostic character is the triangular shape of the pyriform vesicle of the tympanum ( Bouvy 1982).

Discussion.

-Size and structural details species closely resembles morotoensis (compare Figs 144 and 149); separated by presence of a dark dorso-medial band which extends from occiput to tip of abdomen (Figs 145, 146).

Distribution.

-D.R. CONGO, ZAMBIA.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Orthoptera

Family

Acrididae

Genus

Coryphosima