Brevitrella africana (Walker, 1869) Gorochov, 2021

Gorochov, A. V., 2021, Taxonomy of Podoscirtinae (Orthoptera: Gryllidae). Part 13: new taxa of the subtribe Podoscirtina from Africa, Zoosystematica Rossica (Zoosyst. Rossica) 30 (1), pp. 64-77 : 66

Brevitrella africana (Walker, 1869) , comb.nov.

Material examined. South Africa: 1 male, “ Port Elizabeth 91-69” ( ZIN) ; 1 female, “ 40 km N Richerds Ban ”, 20–31.I.2006 ( ZIN) ; 3 males, “ Natal, Dukuduku For. [est] Res. [erve]”, II.1971, H. Brown, D. Wessels & E. Koster ( SANC) ; 1 female, “ Natal, Cape Vidal, St. Lucia ”, 25.II.1971, H. Brown & E. Koster ( SANC) ; 1 female, “OOS-Londen SE 3327BB”, 10.IV.1994, H. Van Vuuren ( SANC) .

Remarks. This species, described as Platydactylus africanus Walker, 1869 from “Pt Natal 55.96” and “Pt Natal 58/13” in South Africa and synonymised with Platydactylus fuliginosus Walker, 1869 from “Pt Natal 58/13” ( Gorochov, 2004), was included by Chopard (1968) in the genus Kilimagryllus . However, this species is very similar and closely related to B. madagascarica and undoubtedly belongs to the same genus. Here, B. africana is recorded from additional new localities in South Africa.