Sphingonotus brackensis Usmani, 2008

Usmani, Mohammad Kamil, 2008, Studies on Acridoidea (Orthoptera) with some new records from Fezzan, Libya, Zootaxa 1946, pp. 1-41 : 36

45. Sphingonotus brackensis Usmani, 2008

Sphingonotus brackensis Usmani, 2008b: 44 .

Diagnosis: This species superficially resembles S. octofasciatus in having two black fasciae on tegmina and wings but differs in colouration of bases of wings which is yellow. It can be identified by its vertex weakly impressed, median carinula only slightly marked, margins wealy raised, pronotum weakly constricted in prozona and maximum width of vertex twice the width of frontal ridge between the antennae. Habitat: The specimens were found in grass and two specimens were observed and found to be attracted to light during night.

Material examined: Al-Shati region : Brack, 3 ♂ s, 3 ♀ s, on grass, 25.ix.1994 ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, on light, 5.12.1994.

Localities: Fezzan: Al-Shati: Brack.

Distribution: Libya.

Remarks: The species seems to have the most restricted distribution, having been described and reported so far only from Brack in Al-Shati region.