Malcolmburria angolensis Uvarov, 1953

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 : 80

publication ID

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

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scientific name

Malcolmburria angolensis Uvarov, 1953
status

 

Malcolmburria angolensis Uvarov, 1953 View in CoL Figs 312-315

Material.

-Holotype male: ANGOLA: Luchase distr., Quangu R., X. Further material: ANGOLA: Moxico dist; Huamba, V; river Luena, Katula, V; river Langiliko, VI. TANZANIA: Sumbawanga (NHMUK).

Description.

-As in diagnosis of genus, above.

Discussion.

-According to its collector, Dr. M. Burr, the insects have some terricolous tendencies. Their mottled coloration blended closely with the black and grey sand on which they were found.

Distribution.

-E. ANGOLA; S.W. TANZANIA.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Orthoptera

SuperFamily

Acridoidea

Family

Acrididae

Tribe

Pargaini

Genus

Malcolmburria