Phryganomelus phalangidus A review of the Acridinae s. str. (Orthoptera: Acridoidea: Acrididae) of eastern Africa with taxonomic changes and description of new taxa Popov †, George B. Fishpool, Lincoln D. C. Rowell, C. Hugh F. Journal of Orthoptera Research 2019 28 2 37 105 4GVKM Jago, 1983 Jago 1983 Insecta Acrididae Phryganomelus CoL Animalia Phryganomelus phalangidus Orthoptera 48 85 Arthropoda species phalangidus   Phryganomelus phalangidusJago, 1983a: 157.  Material. -N.E. D.R. CONGO: Bas-Uele, valley of the Semliki river. UGANDA: Budongo Forest, Bugoma Forest, Mabira Forest, Mpanga Forest (ml. 21 Kampala-Masaka road), and Bwamba Forest, L. Albert (Butiaba), and Kigezi.  Description. -Of medium size for genus. Male: Antennae longer than combined length of head and pronotum; flattened basal part shorter than rounded apical part (Fig. 360). Head more elongate than pronotum, apex very prominent (Fig. 360). Tegminal apices not surpassing back edge of abdominal tergite 1. Tip of abdomen as in Fig. 361; epiphallus as in Fig. 362. Coloration distinctive, underside of thorax and base of abdomen orange-red. Fore and mid-legs light red-brown. Hind femora orange-red below, shading to dark-brown apically; outer and dorsal areas brown. Hind tibiae dark-brown, black near knee. Female: spermathecal duct as in Fig. 363 ( P. romi). Vertex and tegmina structurally similar to male. Underside of body orange-red. Hind femora shortest in genus and distinctly more stocky than in P. auriventer.  Discussion. -Its range of distribution broadly overlaps with Odontomelus kwidschwianusto which it bears a slight superficial resemblance. While both species occur in the same forests (from Bas Uelein N.E. D.R. CONGO, the valley of the Semliki river and forests from the western rift of UGANDA east to the Nile (fig. 15 in Jago (1983a): Budongo, Bugoma, Mpanga, and Bwamba Forest Reserves), P. phalangidusfavors the sunlit forest floor and litter along forest paths, while O. kwidschwianusinhabits the leaves and stems of forest grasses above ground level.  Distribution. -N.E. D.R. CONGO; W. and C. UGANDA.