Ocnocerus diabolicus Karsch, 1893

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 : 54

Ocnocerus diabolicus Karsch, 1893 Fig. 74

Ocnocerus diabolicus Karsch, 1893: 63, 64, fig. 5.

Material.

-Holotype female: TOGO: Bismarckburg (MfN, Berlin).

Description.

-Smaller, and comparatively more slender, than O. bayaoi , with shorter and wider antennae (Fig. 74).

Distribution.

-West Africa: all countries from SENEGAL to NIGERIA, and Northern UGANDA (Arua, Adjumani, Acholi and Karamoja) in grassland savannas.