Cannula gracilis (Burmeister, 1838)

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 : 41

Cannula gracilis (Burmeister, 1838) Fig. 13

Mesops gracilis Burmeister, 1838: 610.

Calamus linearis Saussure, 1861 ( Dirsh 1966)

Full synonymy given in Dirsh (1970: 415, 416).

Material.

-Holotype female: SOUTH AFRICA, Cape of Good Hope (MfN). Also: ETHIOPIA: L. Haradaka; L. Zwai; Mulu, above Mugor valley; nr. Adama, Bakuru Bridge, Didessa R. rd. UGANDA: Entebbe; Kawanda; Adachal; Kapeka; Bugwere; Mubende; Tororo; Teso; West Nile; Adjumani; Acholi; Karamoja. TANZANIA: Lotanguru; Tukuyu; Tabora; Old Shinyanga; Morogoro; Itymbya, 30 mi. W. Kahama; Ushirombo rd. 22 mi. W. Kahama; Mkwemi; Lake Rukwa. KENYA: Thika; Thiala hills; Lake Rudolf; Nairobi.

Description.

-As for the genus. Whole insect figured in Dirsh (1965): 413, fig. 328. Coloration variable, mostly in shades of stramineous and light brown, but also greyish, with fire-melanic forms common. Black spot on hind wing appears and intensifies with maturation.

Distribution.

-Widespread in Africa south of the Sahara.

Biology.

-A strict graminicole, largely confined to savanna grasslands.

Editorial note.

- Popov’s original manuscript did not treat Glyphoclonus further, but it seems appropriate to include a brief description here: