Parodontomelus mazumbaiensis 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 : 45

publication ID

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

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A2A318C9-31C1-962E-FEF9-1231D579F680

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scientific name

Parodontomelus mazumbaiensis Jago, 1983
status

 

Parodontomelus mazumbaiensis Jago, 1983 View in CoL Fig. 61

Parodontomelus mazumbaiensis Jago, 1983b: 111, figs 29, 33, 43, 44.

Material.

-Holotype male: TANZANIA: W. Usambara Mts., Mazumbai Forest Res., Vl. 1967 (NHMUK).

Description.

-As in key above. Known only from the unique male type. Similar to P. brachypterus in uniform brownish coloration of tegmina, but fastigium of vertex and pronotal disc narrower.

Distribution.

-TANZANIA: Eastern end of W. Usambara Mountains, in relict forest.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Orthoptera

SuperFamily

Acridoidea

Family

Acrididae

Tribe

Pargaini

Genus

Parodontomelus