Parodontomelus brachypterus (Karny, 1915)

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 : 45

Parodontomelus brachypterus (Karny, 1915) Fig. 60

Acteana brachyptera Karny, 1915: 132, by subsequent designation, Ramme, 1929: 262, 275.

Material.

-Holotype female: TANZANIA: nr. Dar es Salaam (NHMV).

Description.

-As in key above. Differs from the other members of genus in its combination of uniformly brown tegmina and robust hind femora and, in male, by hind femur length/depth ratio of 4.3. General coloration in dull shades of brown.

Distribution.

-Known only from the type locality, but probably occurs in other local forest relicts in the coastal area.