Anacteana neavei (I. Bolivar , 1912) I. Bolivar, 1912

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

Anacteana neavei (I. Bolivar, 1912) comb. n.

Type species.

- Acteana neavei I. Bolívar, 1912 here designated.

Material.

-Holotype female: D.R. CONGO (as Congo Belge): Bunkeya-Lukafu (MRAC, Tervuren).

Description.

-See below, under nominate subspecies.

Discussion.

-Synonymies and references are given in the key and under the subspecies. This is a widespread species recorded from many localities in an area extending from north-central Tanzania to northwestern Zambia and the Katanga province of D.R. Congo. As might be expected from its micropterism and limited vagility, there is considerable geographical variation. The smaller, more slender specimens with the shortest, most dentate antennae are from Shinyanga-Kahama, and the bulkiest, with the longer, smoother and more slender antennae, are from the Ufipa-Katanga areas. At their extremes of variation, the two are sufficiently distinct to be regarded as separate species, but given the occurrence of intermediate forms, it is preferable to regard them as subspecies of neavei , with the typical subspecies at the southwestern and A. n. burtti subsp. n., named after its collector the late Eric Burtt, at the northeastern end of the range. The southern highlands of Tanzania appear to form a barrier between them.