Brachybothrus hola, Popov †, George B., Fishpool, Lincoln D. C. & Rowell, C. Hugh F., 2019

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 : 79

publication ID

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

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/44721DCF-27DF-AD40-6B8D-08D9E0A968D3

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scientific name

Brachybothrus hola
status

sp. n.

Brachybothrus hola View in CoL sp. n. Figs 304-309

Material.

-Holotype male: KENYA: Hola 01°30'S 40°00'E, 29.XII.1972, coll.?; allotype female, same data as holotype. All paratypes: l male, l female, 17 kms N.E. of Mambeala Rock Rd., Nguni-Kora 00°20'S, 38°32'E 1800'. 28.V.1975, Robertson and Robertson (NHMUK).

Description.

-Diagnosis as under genus and key to species. Size small. Coloration of similar pattern to phyllopterus , but in more vivid, contrasting shades and hues.

Measurements.

-See Table 10.

Discussion.

-As under genus; marked terricole mode of life.

Distribution.

-KENYA.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Orthoptera

Family

Acrididae

Genus

Brachybothrus