Coryphosima cytidonota Jago, 1970

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 : 66

publication ID

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

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scientific name

Coryphosima cytidonota Jago, 1970
status

 

Coryphosima cytidonota Jago, 1970 View in CoL Figs 138, 139

Material.

-Known only from type series. TANZANIA: Kasulu region, 24 km W. of Kasulu, 1500-2000 m, IX (NHMUK, ANSP).

Description.

-As in key to species. Size smallest for genus; total length: males 11-12, females 15-17 mm. Antennae slightly flattened basally; in males rather longer than combined length of head and pronotum. Fastigium of vertex as in Fig. 138, arcuate sulcus near middle; anterior area smooth, posterior area coarsely callose; margins and medial carinula weak but distinct. Temporal foveolae absent. Pronotal disc as in Fig. 139, lateral carinae straight, almost parallel and nearly complete in metazona. Metazona distinctly shorter than prozona, its hind margin obtuse angular. Tegmina vary in length from almost reaching supra-anal plate, to barely reaching posterior edge of fifth abdominal tergite; costal field surpassing middle of anterior border of tegmen. Hind femora relatively heavy. General coloration in shades of dark and lighter brown, with a contrasting black and creamy lateral stripe extending obliquely from base of antenna, across gena and lower part of lateral pronotal lobe. Dorsum of pronotum uniform brown, of light brown with medial carina narrowly edged with dark brown. Tegmina uniform brown. Hind femora pale brown, upper outer face and knee blackish; hind tibiae light brown, blackish towards extremities.

Distribution.

-N.W. TANZANIA.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Orthoptera

Family

Acrididae

Genus

Coryphosima