Zacompsa pedestris 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 : 82

Zacompsa pedestris Uvarov, 1953 Figs 328-330

Zacompsa pedestris Uvarov, 1953: 132.

Material.

-Holotype male, pedestris : TANZANIA: Rukwa valley, Ikuu forest, 1.IV.1950 (NHMUK); Paratype female, Muze, 26.IV.1950, Bredo. 5 males, Rukwa Rift, 5.II.1962; 1 female, Ufipa, Ilemba gap, 12.III.1959, Vesey-Fitzgerald (NHMUK).

Description.

-Differs from Z. festa Karsch in the following respects: shorter and more obtuse fastigium; broader meso- and metasternal interspaces; relatively minor differences of genital structures (Figs 328, 329); abbreviated tegmina reduced to short, leathery apically pointed pads, which just meet dorsally, and just reach middle of abdomen; in festa wings overlap and extend beyond mid-line of abdomen; details of coloration similar to festa , but even darker and more contrasting; pale femoral spots of festa , however, are lacking. Two color forms in local populations in both sexes: in one pale dorsal stripe is widened, as in festa , and contains a dark but even more contrasting elongate spot on occiput; in the other, dorsal stripe is much narrower and has no dark spot. However, there are no structural differences to warrant taxonomic recognition.

Distribution.

-S.W. TANZANIA.